He Shall Have Dominion: A Postmillennial Eschatology (Hardcover)

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 584 pages
• Publisher: Inst for Christian Economics (September 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0930464621
• ISBN-13: 978-0930464622
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6.2 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,004,312 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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18 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good comparison of postmillennialism to other eschatologies, December 5, 2001

By	"[e-mail]" (Temple, TX United States) - See all my reviews

Having read Gentry's "Before Jerusalem Fell" and leaning toward a preteristic approach to Revelation, I was prepped to abandon all the dispy ideas I'd absorbed growing up under a Dallas Seminary-trained pastor. Gentry does a good job of explaining the issue, showing the points of dispute and different interpretations between dispensationalism/premillennialism, amillennialism, and postmillennialism. It's hinted at throughout the book--and blatantly obvious in the appendices--that Gentry believes that postmillennialism directly leads to the acceptance of theonomy and perhaps the Christian Reconstruction movement, which prescribes Old Covenant law as the basis for civil governments. He did a fine job of showing the many errors in dispensationalism and gave good reason to prefer postmillennialism over amillennialism, but I am left without a satisfying explanation as to why a victorious Kingdom of God on earth equals the continuance of the Law. The NT view of the Law is a complex issue, not to be dealt with by merely shooting down a bad argument in an appendix. I wish Gentry would have either left the theonomy issue out of the book completely or given a more comprehensive description of how it necessarily complements postmillennialism and how this might practically be approached in the present days.

19 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Joy to the Earth! the Saviour Reigns! (Psalm 98), February 16, 1999

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If you have ever really thought about the words to Isaac Watt's Christmas carol, "Joy to the World", you would either refuse to sing it (because it doesn't fit your theology), or you would sing it with all your heart because you believe the truth that Jesus Christ is now reigning as the Risen Lord over all things, as the Scriptures say. Gentry does a fine job defending biblical eschatology (the study of last things). He is not ashamed of proclaiming that Christ reigns now, and that we do not have to wait for a future millennium to enjoy the blessings of His reign. In an age when modern theologians and Christian believers in general are certain of future doom and gloom, this book is a breath of fresh air that states plainly that the future is bright and glorious because "all the earth will be filled with the glory of the Lord" (Numbers 14:21).

The title is a quote from the prophecy of evil Balaam who attempted to prophesy evil regarding God's people but could only prophesy good because God's Spirit would not allow him to do otherwise (from Numbers 24:17-19). Frankly, we all can take a lesson from that stubborn naysayer.

I found that Gentry's argument for gradualistic postmillennialism--the conviction that Christ will return to judge the earth after a long period of history in which all things are progressively subjected to His authority and all nations are given His gospel--was founded on Scripture, on historical evidences and on clear reason. I have been through the whole gamut of eschatological views--premillennial, then amillennial--but am convinced that these views fall short when measured against the overwhelming Bible teaching about the last days.

If you would challenge this, I highly recommend you read Gentry. He answered all the arguments I raised and now I've changed my skeptical mind. In fact, because of the inspiration of this book, I have followed the example of Isaac Watts and written a couple hymns of my own.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Don't be "left behind": read this book!, January 26, 2001

By	bill wilson (South Carolina) - See all my reviews

Kenneth Gentry is undoubtedly among the greatest biblical scholars alive today, and this book is his greatest triumph. He demolishes the current pre-millennial rapture drivel by employing careful, exhaustive and methodical exposition of the Word. Then he establishes the post millennial position as by far the most biblical option. Forget Tim Lahaye and his pessimistic kind; read He Shall Have Dominion and then get about the work Christ entrusted to us.