WHY I AM A PRETERIST

Preterism is a view in Christian eschatology which holds that some or all of the biblical prophecies concerning the Last Days refer to events which took place in the first century after Christ's birth, especially associated with the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 AD. The term preterism comes from the Latin praeter, meaning past, since this view deems certain biblical prophecies as past, or already fulfilled.
I am a preterist because Jesus, John the Beloved/John the Revelator, Daniel, and the Apostle Paul were all preterists. That does not mean that the message is not also for our own time, but rather that it is an example and pattern as to how, why, and when God destroys a nation, a people, and/or a City. When any nation, city, or people fall into the same spiritual condition that Jerusalem was in, in the New Testament era, it also will be destroyed and come to an end. It is a message so relevant to the United States of America today, that we must proclaim it.
Jesus said of his prophesies in Matthew 24: "Verily I say unto you this generation shall not pass,till all these things be fulfilled," verse 34. This is also recorded in Mark 13:30; Luke 21:32. How can we ignore the clear meaning of His words? If it had not happened, Jesus would have been a false prophet.
Jesus also said: "Verily I say unto you, There be some standing here which shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of Man coming in His kingdom," Matthew 16:28. This is also recorded by Mark and Luke. 
John the Beloved Disciple, writing in 1John 2:18: "Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists, whereby we know that it is the last time."
John the Revelator stated the purpose of the Revelation of Jesus Christ was: "... to show unto His servants things which must shortly come to pass." Then in verse three he says: "... for the time is at hand." Then in the end of the Book, 22:20: "... Surely I come quickly," (soon). John was a true prophet; it happened.
Daniel had prophesied of the end of the nation, city and people which was to come at a given time, after 490 years, and a time, times and half a time, Daniel 9:24-27; 12:7. That time had come in the first century AD. The fleshly nation of Israel ended, the City of Jerusalem was destroyed, the Jewish people were destroyed, dispersed and their genealogical records were burned.
Paul, in his epistle to the Thessalonians said of the Jews of Judea: "Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets and have persecuted us, and they please not God, and are contrary to all men: Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill up their sin alway: for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost," 1Thessalonians 2:15-16. Paul wept for his natural nation, but saw clearly that it had destroyed itself by rejecting their God.
Yes, I cannot see the testimonies of all of these preterists and not realize that they were proven to be true prophets of God.