Paradise Restored: A Biblical Theology of Dominion (80066) (Paperback)

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Does the Bible teach Christians to expect victory or defeat in this world? In this powerful book, David Chilton sets forth extensive biblical evidence for the historic Christian view know as postmillennialism - the teaching that, before the Second Coming of Christ, the world will be successfully evangelized and discipled to Christianity. The author emphasized that our view of the future is inescapably bound up with our view of Jesus Christ. The fact that Jesus is now King of kings and Lord of lords means that His Gospel must be victorious: The Holy Spirit will bring the water of life to the ends of the earth. The Christian message is one of Hope: Pentecost was just the beginning. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 341 pages
• Publisher: Dominion Pr (March 1987)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0930462521
• ISBN-13: 978-0930462529
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #579,738 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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35 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Truly Outstanding explanation of Post-Millenial Theology, November 8, 1997

By	[e-mail] (Dayton, Ohio, USA) - See all my reviews

This book shows the Post-Millenial perspective to be the only truly Biblical interpretation. The book is heavily backed up with scripture and historical references, including a large appendix of Josephus' history of the Roman war against the Jews. I highly recommend the book!

Main points are:

- The Bible Interprets Itself. To understand a scripture, you must look to other similar scriptures.

- The New Testament was written to an audience intimately familiar with the Old Testament. Revelations in particular refers to numerous passages in the Old Testament.

- Reading the New Testament with the corresponding Old Testament passages clearly shows that:

-- Christ reigns in Heaven now!

-- Christ's Kingdom was initiated on earth at His first advent.

-- The Great Tribulation occured in the first century and culminated with the destruction of the Jewish Temple in 70 AD. Other tribulations will occur later, but not to the same degree.

-- Christ's Kingdom will progress through history (with ups and downs, but definite progression nonetheless). Christ's church will be victorious in history!

-- Christ will finalize His kingdom at his second advent when He resurrects believers to eternal life and unbelievers to eternal damnation.

36 of 38 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Common Sense 101, August 27, 2001

By	Gary C. Cox "rennock" (Henderson, Nevada United States) - See all my reviews

This book is a must read for anyone genuinely interested in Eschatology and Biblical Prophecy. David Chilton does something that Tim LaHaye, Hal Lindsey and all the other popular christian teachers fail to do. He applies the first basic rule of Biblical interpretation to the book of Revelation and other "End Times" prophecies. That first rule is to discover what the text meant to the people it was originally written to. The poetic imagery of The Song of Songs makes no sense to 20th Century Americans, but it make perfect sense to the members of the ancient culture the book was written for. The failure to apply this first rule to the Revelation and other prophecies has resulted in massive misinterpretations of these texts. Chilton takes the reader step by step through the process of discovering exactly what the Apostle John was saying to the first century Church. David Chilton called himself a "Christian Reconstructionist", but the truth is he was just discovering what the Church has always believed since its conception. The doctrine of Dispensationalism is less than 200 years old, yet many christians don't know this. (I was one of them a few years ago!) By starting each chapter with a quote from one of the early bishops of the Church, Chilton shows us that the Church held a different view of the "End Times" and "Rapture" than is preached by numerous dispensationalists. His approach and evidence is almost impossible to reproach since his primary proof text is the Bible itself. If you ever wanted to know what the Early Church Fathers and the Church through out the centuries really believed about the "End Times", the book of Revelation and Eschatology; then you need to read this book.

22 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Post-mil 101, November 25, 2000

By A Customer

This is a good book to start with if you are wondering how can anyone possible hold to a postmil view. Mr Chilton was one of the best Reconstructionist writers and this book shows why. The book is a quick read and is setup for easy reference later. If you want to know the postmil position from their own words this is the book for you.