Did Jesus fail?

As we have demonstrated, the scripture clearly teaches that Christ would come in the first century. Inherent in the claim He did not is the admission that Christ failed to do what God sent Him in the fullness of time to do. Any Christian who takes that position should do so with careful consideration of the significance of denying God's faithfulness.

The fulfilled view of biblical eschatology is the only interpretation that honors God by defending the truth of His promises. That alone should make it worthy of serious investigation by any diligent student of God's word.

Futurism (especially pre-millennialism) is based on the premise that God was unable to accomplish what He set out to do through Christ. The pre-millennial view teaches that God intended for everything to be fulfilled in the first century but He had to put His plans on hold because the Jews rejected Jesus.

Will someone please explain how a view that says mere men are more powerful than God honors Him?

The truth is, they didn't reject Jesus, they rejected the kingdom of God because it wasn't what they wanted. Premillennialism teaches the same rebellion against God and must be rejected on that ground, if none other.

We proclaim, "Jesus did not fail, but was victorious in fulfilling all things just as He promised!" What can be more God honoring than agreeing with His word?

Matthew 5:17-18 requires Jesus to fulfill everything written before one "jot or tittle" of the law would pass away. There are those who want to say that the ceremonial law has passed but the rest remains. That is not what this text says. If Christ has not fulfilled all things as He promised, we are still obligated to keep the Old Covenant Law in its entirety. There is no room in the text to pick and choose!

Some say it really doesn't make any difference, but it is obvious that there is much at stake here. If Jesus failed, we're all wasting our time because He was not who He claimed to be. If He didn't fail, then fulfillment demands radical changes in our teaching and it has broad implications for putting faith into practice.

Jesus didn't fail, and neither should we!