re revelations hudson athena cs uga edu paul hudson jr writes now as to the suggestion that all prophecy tends to be somewhat cyclical can you elaborate i m not exactly sure what you mean how does the suggestion relate to isaiah s prophecy of the birth of christ by a virgin i don t see any cycles in that prophecy maybe cyclical is not the best word another example would be the scripture quoted of judas and his bishoprick let another take another example is something that isaiah said of his disciples which is also applied to christ in hebrews the children thou hast given me how does the preterist view account for this phenomenon ah double fulfillment first of all i would say that i m not sure all the prophecies had double fulfillment e g the isaiah prophecy i would say that just because this happens on some occasions does not mean it will occur always especially with regard to nt prophecies the apostles who quoted the ot and applied those passages to jesus were acting as divine messengers and giving the inerrant word of god to the church no one has that authority today no one has the apostolic authority to say that such and such a prophecy has double fulfillment if the imagry of revelation fits with events of the st century it is folly for us to try and make it apply to events centuries later tom albrecht
