What is the Full Preterist view on Noah's flood and how it compares to the second coming of Christ?
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Matthew 24:36-44 (ESV):
> 36 “But concerning that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father only. 37 **For as were the days of Noah, so will be the coming of the Son of Man**. 38 For as in those days **before the flood** they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day when Noah entered the ark, 39 **and they were unaware until the flood came and swept them all away, so will be the coming of the Son of Man**. 40 Then two men will be in the field; one will be taken and one left. 41 Two women will be grinding at the mill; one will be taken and one left. 42 Therefore, stay awake, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming. 43 But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what part of the night the thief was coming, he would have stayed awake and would not have let his house be broken into. 44 Therefore you also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.
My personal view is that Noah's flood was a literal, worldwide cataclysmic event that wiped out all life on earth, with the exception of what was kept safe inside the ark. At least that's the impression I get from reading the Genesis account, and many share the same view. Moreover, in Matthew 24:36-44 (quoted above) Jesus himself appears to believe that Noah's flood was an actual event and refers to it to draw an analogy with his own second coming. This leads me to think that the second coming of Christ should be an extraordinary worldwide event too, that everyone would notice, and since nothing like that has ever happened (that I'm aware of), this means that the second coming hasn't happened yet. Having said that, Full Preterists believe the opposite, that the parousia already took place (in A.D. 70), which means that there must be something wrong in my reasoning from their perspective.
**Questions**
- What is the Full Preterist view on Noah's flood?
- How do Full Preterists interpret Jesus' analogy between Noah's flood and his return?
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