The Partial Or The Perfect

Just as the size and placements of windows lock in one’s view from a home, so in the Preterist framework one’s position on the “partial or perfect” locks in their perspective on other doctrines. The terms “partial” and “perfect,” which come from 1 Corinthians 13, are also described as first-fruits and harvest, and pledge (down payment) and fullness . . . . (p. 394)

This chapter briefly examines the partial – the down payment – that the Church was already experiencing in the 1 st Century, and compares it to what they were expected at Christ’s Second Coming. A synopsis of two main Preterist views on when we receive the perfect follows.