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The end times: a contentious subject amongst Christians.


Will there be a literal 1,000 years after Christ’s return as dramatized by the popular Left Behind novels?

 

However, premillennialism is not the only option for Christians. In this important new book, Sam Storms provides a biblical rationale for amillennialism; the belief that 1,000 years mentioned in the book of Revelation is symbolic with the emphasis being the King and his Kingdom.

 

Perhaps it’s time that the theology of Left Behind was left behind.

 

Accessible scholarship: extraordinary observations presented in a down to earth manner. This comprehensive and substantial work faithfully deals with the relevant Biblical texts in great depth.

 

Some of Storms’ stop–offs include: 

  • Foundational Principles for the Interpretation of Prophecy
  • Dispensationalism
  • Daniel’s contribution
  • Israel: “Replacement” theology and the future of Israel
  • The Olivet Discourse of Jesus
  • Revelation: Chronology, The Binding of Satan, The First Resurrection
  • A study of the Antichrist
  • The case for Amillennialism

 

A substantial and trustworthy contribution to the eschatological debate that deserves to be taken seriously. Sam Storms’ work will be a valuable resource to both students and the wider church.  

 

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Sam Storms’ book, Kingdom Come: the Amillennial Alternative, is a substantial work on the viability of the amillennial perspective on eschatology, including that of the book of Revelation … Even those who may disagree with Storms’ amillennial approach will definitely benefit from his book.

-- G. K. Beale (Professor of New Testament and Biblical Theology, Westminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

Storms marshals exegetical and theological arguments in defense of his view in this wide–ranging work. Even those who remain unconvinced will need to reckon with the powerful case made for an amillennial reading. The author calls us afresh to be Bereans who are summoned to search the scriptures to see if these things are so.

-- Thomas R. Schreiner (James Buchanan Harrison Professor of New Testament Interpretation and Associate Dean, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky)

… the most helpful book on the various millennial views I have seen since W. J. Grier’s The Momentous Event. His work is marked by careful exegesis of pertinent texts, and ranges widely and deeply in all of the relevant Scriptural passages dealing with the end of the age.

-- Douglas F. Kelly (Professor of Theology Emeritus, Reformed Theological Seminary, Charlotte, North Carolina)

This is a remarkable book which will surely become the standard bearer for amillennialism for years to come.

-- Kevin DeYoung (Senior Pastor, Christ Covenant Church, Matthews, North Carolina)

Sam Storms’ Kingdom Come is a remarkably comprehensive and informative study of eschatology from a Reformed perspective. Not only does he persuasively argue the amillennial position but he provides a clear and charitable understanding of the alternatives. On topic after topic, I marveled at Storms’ sound handling and lucid teaching of difficult material. Kingdom Come is extraordinarily helpful to the student of eschatology and no Reformed library will be complete without this book.

-- Richard D. Phillips (Senior Minister, Second Presbyterian Church, Greenville, South Carolina)

There is something in here to challenge and to encourage all of us, no matter our persuasion. I pray this book will help others in the same way it has helped me.

-- Justin Taylor (Executive vice president for book publishing, Crossway, Wheaton, Illinois)

Imminently readable, this is the book I would recommend on amillennialism from here on out.

-- Jared C. Wilson (Director of Content Strategy for Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and Managing Editor of For The Church, Midwestern's site for gospel-centered resources.)

About the Author

Sam Storms is Pastor Emeritus at Bridgeway Church in Oklahoma City, the President of Enjoying God Ministries, and Executive Director of the Convergence Church Network.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Christian Focus; Revised edition (November 20, 2015)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 592 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1781911320
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1781911327
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.7 x 1.5 x 8.6 inches
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Sam has spent 39 years in ministry as a pastor, professor and author. He was visiting Associate Professor of Theology at Wheaton College from 2000–2004, and is currently Lead Pastor for Preaching and Vision at Bridgeway Church in Oklahoma City. He has authored 22 books and founded Enjoying God Ministries. He’s a graduate of The University of Oklahoma (B.A.), Dallas Theological Seminary (Th.M) and The University of Texas (Ph.D.). He and his wife Ann have been married for 40 years and are the parents of two grown daughters and have four grandchildren. On a more personal level, Sam loves baseball, books, movies, and anything to do with the Oklahoma Sooners.

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  • Reviewed in the United States on October 24, 2024
    If you have read the scriptures and have come to the conclusion that believing non-Jews and believing Jewish people comprise "True Israel" of Romans 9 or ecclesia, this book will make a good case for that view. It is thorough and easy to read.

    If you have concerns over why some Christians support only the State of Israel and treat them as if they have a special gospel or are more important that the non-Jewish neighbors, the book will explain the various eschatology that are behind these interpretations. The author will provide practical explanations for the rise and prevalence of Dispensationalism in the American Evangelical Church.

    In the book there are still remnants of Dispensational language and approach to interpretation regarding the Kingdom of God using a George Eldon Ladd theory of the KOG. I recommend Dallas Willard's Divine Conspiracy as an alternative view on the KOG.

    I would recommend William Hendrickson's More than Conquerors as a way to read Revelation.
  • Reviewed in the United States on August 20, 2013
    This is my first ever product review. Going to college at a highly Dispensational and Premillennial school, this topic is frequently talked about and addressed in class. I have always been unconvinced with their arguments and sought a better alternative. I have always had a strong objection with the two people's of God based on what seemed to be very clear Scripture teaching otherwise within much of the New Testament. After reading this book, it was so good that I was compelled to write this for everyone. No matter your current views on the Millennial Kingdom, Sam Storms' book will be educational and persuasive. This book is extremely timely and valuable in the midst of modern evangelicalism. Although it is assumed and taught as dogma in most evangelical churches and on TV, Storms shows us how the premillennial understanding of end times theology is not the best interpretation. Based on the entirety of the Old and New Testaments, Storms walks us through verses that clearly point to a better hermeneutical approach to the highly symbolic book of Revelation.

    Storms helps us understand the Millennial Kingdom in light of what numerous other Scriptures teach in a much clearer way. His approach is to understand the highly symbolic and metaphorical book of Revelation in light of the clarity of Eschatology within the New Testament. This is a clear contrast to most dispensationalists who interpret Revelation with a "literal hermeneutic" and try to make the rest of Scripture conform to their preconceived understandings of the Millennial Reign of Christ.

    Additionally, Storms clearly and persuasively addresses my greatest objection to Premillennialism in confronting the unbiblical doctrines of the supposed "clear distinction" between Israel and the church. Storms defends that God has always had one elect of God from the beginning of time, through Israel, and through the church age. He defends the idea that "not all Israel is Israel," as Paul writes in Romans. Clearly, there is an elect within Israel that constitutes the "one true people of God," This one true people of God, or true Israel, were the elect Jewish congregation that would become the foundation of the church. This true church, which includes the elect of Jews and Gentiles both, now constitutes the elect of God and the true Israel. Furthermore, Storms shows how Christ was the true Israel, God's true obedient Son, in whom all the elect of both Jews and Gentiles reside through the Spirit of God. Through our union with the true Israel, Christ, we are children of the promise.

    The book itself is beautiful. It's also over 550 pages long. Storms does a wonderful job defending a position biblically and faithfully. It will open up a door of understanding and clarity of the treasures of God's Word as seen through the lens of His covenant promises to people who are unworthy to receive them. It will also illuminate Christ as the greatest treasure and King this world has ever seen. It will also shine the light back on the cross and resurrection, where God's glory is most clearly seen by all. There, after all, is where Jesus ascended His throne until the new heavens and new earth where we will reign with Christ forever. To take our eyes and focus off the cross and work of Christ on this earth to look for an earthly Kingdom is to miss the point. God's Kingdom has come in the death and resurrection of Christ. When He returns in glory, which could be at any time, He will consummate His Kingdom in the new heavens and new earth.
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  • Reviewed in the United States on July 17, 2014
    First let me point out that you can't beat the price for nearly 600 pages of systematic eschatology.
    Dr. Storms is like a breath of fresh air to all who genuinely employ logic, hermeneutics, and biblical attitude regarding the millennial debate. His writing is clear and he uses the appropriate amount of information respective to each chapter to make consistent, sound, logical, accessible, and persuasive points and conclusions. What impressed me even before reading this book was the conservative endorsements found on the back cover and the selected topics (as seen in the table of contents) that he included to build a case for his view. Though this millennial view is much older than that of the recent dispensational view (birthed less than 200 years ago), Storms offers new biblically synergistic perspectives which employ the tested hermeneutical principles established by the NT authors who in essence interpret the OT for us (esp. the Messianic passages). Like Storms, I too was taught to use a hyper literalistic approach to eschatological passages without any consideration for the OT use of e.g. the same metaphors.
    When considering a millennial position, one must not use Revelation chapter 20 as a matrix in which to interpret all of Scripture but rather consider its interpretation in light of the whole of Scripture. This is the hermeneutical principle termed "The Analogy of Faith." Though this book's purpose is to present a case for amillennialism, its span of pertinent topics therein serve to aid the reader in a broader, consistent, conservative, eschatological view in which Jesus is the apex of eschatology - not the reinstitution of old covenant ceremonies, land, temples, and sacrifices. To revert back to such as these reverses progressive revelation to digressing revelation and thus "trample(s) the Son of God underfoot," says the author of Hebrews. In that context, he is warning Jews that reverting back to such is as treating the blood of Jesus as an unholy thing (Heb. 10:29). Jesus died "once and for all" (Heb. 10:2, 10, 12, and 13) in His pure Temple so that we are now temples "living stones" who have no need of a building, land, or temple made from earth. We simply now look to our great hope of His return and our simultaneous rapture/resurrection (1 Cor. 15:52-55; 1 Thes. 4:16-17; Jn. 5:28-29). Reading a seven year period in between a rapture and resurrection in these passages stretches any hermeneutic to its snapping point. One must interpret the cloudy in light of the clear - not vice versa.
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    5.0 out of 5 stars Great purchase
    Reviewed in Canada on September 29, 2023
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  • Samuel
    5.0 out of 5 stars Very Interesting Read!
    Reviewed in India on December 3, 2023
    Sam Storms really storms the other views with a reasonable, convincing defense. I had been a pre-mill for over three decades but I decided to get this book after listening to a panel discussion organized by John Piper with Sam Storms, Doug Wilson and Hamilton. I was kind of convinced by Sam then. Later I decided to listen to a series of sermons by Dr. Joel Beeke and Dr. Martyn Llyod Jones.

    As with the dispenstionalists, a few passges (like Daniel's 70 weeks, part of Mtt. 24) are kind of not that convincing. Being familiar only with a futurists reading of Daniel 2,7,8,11, Sam's exegesis have shed a new light on me. His chapters on Problem with Premillennialism, Matthew 24-25, Rom. 9,11, Acts. 1, 15, etc. are just mindblowing!!

    Though I haven't decided yet whether to join Amill or stay on Premill, one thing I would highly recommend that everyone must read this book at least once.

    Print quality is a bit poor, and a blurry cover design. Got the copy with a minor damage due to poor packing.
  • Dierk Mueller
    5.0 out of 5 stars Clear, exegetical, logical!
    Reviewed in Germany on December 6, 2022
    Finally a book on the endtimes that will outlast the next 30 years! Finally a book that faithfully exegetes the Biblical texts first before creating a theology. With a thorough logic Sam Storms will win you to consider amillenialism as your end-time scheme. And not because he puts the other views down, but because he makes sense of the Biblical text in their original setting. A must read for anyone who wants to know what Jesus said about the last days.
  • Doudou
    5.0 out of 5 stars Sans doute le meilleur sur l'amillenialisme
    Reviewed in France on March 28, 2020
    Si vous ne vous retrouvez pas dans les doctrines dispensationnalistes ou prémillenialistes (qui ne respectent pas les Saintes Ecritures, malgré ce que peuvent en dire leurs défenseurs), alors c'est le livre qu'il vous faut.
    Tout est y passé à la loupe.
    Un véritable "must read" pour la communauté chrétienne non-catholique qui se pose des questions sur l'eschatologie (c'est à dire une minorité de personnes en France, malheureusement ...)
  • Hasan Aziz
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 31, 2014
    I have not yet completed the book, but what I have read is very impressive with plenty of scriptural proof texts and contexts to validate with compelling force, that amillennialism is the true exposition of Scripture. Highly recommend this book.