'(Where are we going in this handbasket?)'
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'No weapon that is formed against you shall prosper;
And every tongue that accuses you in judgment you will condemn.
This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD,
And their vindication is from Me, declares the LORD. (Isa. 54:13-17)'
'The River of Life is flowing now (John 4:14; 7:37-39), and it will continue to flow in an ever-increasing stream of blessing to the earth, healing the nations, bringing an end to lawlessness and warfare through the application of Biblical law (Mic. 4:1-3). This vision of the Church's glorious future, earthly and heavenly, mends the fabric that was torn in Genesis. In Revelation we see Man redeemed, brought back to the Mountain, sustained by the River and the Tree of Life, regaining his lost dominion and ruling as a priest-king over the earth. This is our privilege and heritage now, definitively and progressively, in this age; and it will be ours fully in the age to come. Paradise is being restored.'
(Chapter 23)
PARADISE RESTORED
A Biblical Theology of Dominion
David Chilton
http://www.freebooks.com/docs/html/dcpr/Chapter23.htm
Starts here:
http://www.freebooks.com/docs/21de_47e.htm
From the intro to Paradise Restored: '....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.'
'About the Author: David Chilton, (1951-1997) M.Div., Ph.D., "Christian reconstructionist" author of three books on eschatology, Paradise Restored (1985); Days of Vengeance (1987) [ http://freebooks.entrewave.com/freebooks/docs/2226_47e.htm ]; The Great Tribulation (1987). After completing the second edition of Paradise Restored in 1994, he embraced FULFILLED prophecy. [see **The Second Coming of Christ http://www.preteristarchive.bravepages.com/StudyArchive/co-ncsc.html ] He died unexpectedly in 1997 due to a heart attack. He was in his mid-forties.' excerpt: http://www.presence.tv/cms/books30.shtml