Exposing the Lie of “Satan’s Little Season” Preterism

Preterism — especially its full-blown form — is one of the most dangerous lies in the church today. It teaches that nearly all prophecy was fulfilled in 70 A.D., that Christ’s “coming” already happened, and that we are now in some vague symbolic “new heavens and new earth.” To prop up this heresy, they cling to the concept of “Satan’s little season” and claim we are living in it now.

But is that what Scripture really says? Let’s expose the deception with the Word of God.

1. What Preterists Teach About “Satan’s Little Season”

Full Preterists argue that:

  • Revelation 20 already happened in the first century.
  • Satan was “released for a little while” in the Roman-Jewish wars leading up to 70 A.D.
  • The destruction of Jerusalem = the “end of the age.”
  • We are now in a symbolic “new creation.”

 In other words, they claim all the great future promises of Christ’s return, the resurrection of the dead, and the final judgment already took place in the past. This is not only false — it’s blasphemous, because it denies the Blessed Hope (Titus 2:13).

2. What Scripture Actually Says

a) Satan’s Binding and Release Are Future Events

  • Revelation 20:1–3 – Satan is bound so he cannot deceive the nations until the thousand years are complete. After that, he is released for “a little season.”
     Has Satan been unable to deceive the nations since 70 A.D.? Clearly not! The nations have been drowning in idolatry, false religion, and wickedness for centuries. The binding is future, connected to Christ’s return and millennial reign.

b) The “Little Season” Comes After the Millennium, Not in the First Century

  • Revelation 20:7–9 – “When the thousand years are ended, Satan will be released…and they marched up over the broad plain of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints.”
     The release happens after Christ’s reign, not before it. Preterism flips the order upside down.

c) Where Is the Resurrection?

  • Revelation 20:5–6 – The first resurrection of the saints happens before the Millennium.
  • 1 Corinthians 15:51–52 – The resurrection takes place “at the last trumpet.”
    No mass resurrection of the dead happened in 70 A.D. To say otherwise is to deny the hope of the gospel.

d) Where Is the Final Judgment?

  • Revelation 20:11–15 – After Satan’s little season comes the Great White Throne judgment, when the dead are raised and judged according to their works.
  • Did every person who ever lived stand before Christ in 70 A.D.? No. The graves are still full. Death is still here. The final judgment has not come.

3. God’s Timing Is Not Our Timing

Preterists cling to Jesus’ words “I am coming quickly” (Rev. 22:7, 12, 20) as if it means “within 40 years.” But:

  • 2 Peter 3:8–9 – “With the Lord one day is as a thousand years.”
  • The Greek word tachy means “suddenly, without delay once it begins” — not “within your lifetime.”
    The return of Christ is certain and imminent, not expired or past.

4. The Danger of the “Little Season” Cult

Preterism denies:

  • The visible return of Christ (Acts 1:11).
  • The resurrection of the dead (1 Cor. 15:52).
  • The destruction of death (1 Cor. 15:26).
  • The new heavens and new earth (Rev. 21:1–4).

Paul warned that some were already teaching “the resurrection has already happened” — and he called it a gangrene-like heresy that destroys the faith of some (2 Timothy 2:17–18). That is exactly what preterism does.

5. The True Hope for the Saints

Our hope is not that 70 A.D. was the “end.” Our hope is that:

  • Christ will return visibly and gloriously (Matthew 24:30, Revelation 1:7).
  • The dead in Christ will rise (1 Thessalonians 4:16).
  • Satan will be destroyed forever (Revelation 20:10).
  • Death will be no more (1 Corinthians 15:26).
  • God will dwell with His people in the New Jerusalem (Revelation 21:3–4).

This is the Blessed Hope (Titus 2:13) — not some past historical tragedy.

The so-called “Satan’s little season cult” twists Scripture, denies the promises of God, and replaces the true Blessed Hope with a counterfeit narrative. Preterism is nothing new — it’s the same old lie that the resurrection is past, and it leads only to despair and unbelief.

We must cling to the truth: Christ is coming again — visibly, powerfully, after the tribulation — to raise the dead, destroy evil, and bring in the new creation. Until then, we wait in hope, not deception.

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