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The High King of Heaven: Discovering the Master Keys to the Great End Times Debate, Dean Davis (WinePress Publishing, 722 pp.).

When I was much, much younger it was always taken for granted that one must never vote for oneself in an election. I can recall being nominated for the Student Council at my school, and also for the presidency of the Letterman’s club. In both cases, I followed suit and voted for the other guy. He won both times! I can’t break free of this, and that explains why I declined to include my own book, Kingdom Come: The Amillennial Alternative (Christian Focus), in my list of Top Ten Books of 2013. How’s that for shameless self-promotion! Keep reading...

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The High King of Heaven: Discovering the Master Keys to the Great End Times Debate, Dean Davis (WinePress Publishing, 722 pp.).

When I was much, much younger it was always taken for granted that one must never vote for oneself in an election. I can recall being nominated for the Student Council at my school, and also for the presidency of the Letterman’s club. In both cases, I followed suit and voted for the other guy. He won both times! I can’t break free of this, and that explains why I declined to include my own book, Kingdom Come: The Amillennial Alternative (Christian Focus), in my list of Top Ten Books of 2013. How’s that for shameless self-promotion!

Seriously, though, I’m very happy to include in this list the new book (released this week) by Dean Davis, The High King of Heaven: Discovering the Master Keys to the Great End Times Debate (WinePress Publishing, 722 pp.). Davis’s book is very much in line theologically with mine and presents, in my opinion, an overwhelmingly persuasive case for amillennialism. Here is the endorsement I provided for it, found on the inside cover:

The High King of Heaven, by Dean Davis, is the most sweeping and comprehensive book on eschatology that I’ve ever encountered. The scope of this book is simply breathtaking. As is typical with all books on eschatology, no one will agree with everything he says. But everyone should wrestle vigorously and thoughtfully with his approach to reading prophetic texts. This isn’t for bedside, late-night reading. In fact, it will probably keep you up at night!”

What makes this book so helpful is the extensive treatment of virtually every Old Testament passage relating to God’s eschatological purposes. Davis does a remarkable job of explaining those very difficult and challenging texts such as Ezekiel 38-39 and its reference to Gog and Magog, as well as the vision of the restored temple in chapters 40-48. His treatment of Zechariah, and in particular chapter 14 (long believed to be a mainstay of premillennialism), is masterful. Davis provides an extremely helpful hermeneutical key to reading such texts that will unlock their meaning and their fulfillment in the Church of Jesus Christ.

The back cover of the book has this explanation of its contents, and with this I’ll close. But before I do, let me again say how excited I am to be able to recommend this volume together with my own in defense of the biblical truth of amillennialism.

“For the last 150 years the evangelical world has been embroiled in a Great Debate about eschatology, about the true biblical picture of God's ultimate purpose for the universe, life, and man. Much of the debate swirls around the Kingdom of God: What is its true nature? In how many stages does it enter history? How shall we interpret the Old Testament prophecies of the Kingdom – literally (in terms of Israel) or figuratively (in terms of the Church)? There is also controversy about the Consummation: Will our world get better and better, or worse and worse? Will Christ return once, twice, or even three times? When He does return, will it be before the millennium or after? How many resurrections should we expect? How many judgments? What will the universe be like when God finally creates the new heavens and the new earth? This book was written in the conviction that the High King of heaven has given his people certain master keys by which they may know the answers to these questions,and so be fully prepared for the awesome consummation of all things. In it, pastor and author Dean Davis seeks to place those keys in our hands, so that we may behold afresh the simplicity and glory of our Blessed Hope, and thereby resolve, once and for all, the Great End Time Debate.”

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