The cover of the book has a picture of the Orion Nebulae with neighboring interstellar gases illuminated by starlight.  Dillow:  “One day, according to the Bible, mankind will be placed over all the works of God’s hands.  He will conquer the galaxies!”  So, for you adventurers out there, this should be exciting.  And for many of you who are serious Bible students and teachers, this review should prove both strongly informative and exhilarating.

Mr. Dillow has a science degree with a major in electrical Engineering and a Th.D degree from the Dallas Theological Seminary.  He has served on the staff of Campus Crusade for Christ, Christian Family Life, and has been a visiting instructor in Systematic Theology at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School.  For many years he and his wife Linda have lived in Vienna, Austria where he has served as the founder and director of Biblical Education by Extension International (BEE), a biblical training ministry for church leadership in Eastern Europe, Russia, and China.

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Chapter by Chapter Review

The Reign of the Servant Kings

By Joseph C. Dillow

A Review-Summary-Outline

Reviewer’s Comments

Rarely do I come across a book that I feel will have a major impact on how one may interpret God’s Word, particularly as it relates to eschatology (doctrine of end-time events) and the final significance of man.  But now I believe I have; let me explain.

I have always been a strong defender of the doctrine pertaining to the “eternal security of the believer.”  This is not changed!!  But I would be less than honest if I told you that there were no passages within the Bible that appear to conflict with this view and that I am completely satisfied with my understanding of these seemingly paradoxical segments of Holy Writ.  Nevertheless, I have lived with this discomfort knowing that there is ample scripture in support of “once saved always saved,” and that my finite mind is unable to fully understand God’s entire message (yeah, I know, somewhat of a “cop-out”).  And, after all, there are several commentaries penned by great theologians, who provide plausible solutions to these problematic passages; but never to my complete satisfaction.

Furthermore, I have always been aware that even though saved, one day we will all have to answer to our Lord at the Bema (judgment) seat of Christ, not to mention that we are disciplined as children of God in this life.  And so it was in preparation for a study regarding the “judgments of God” that led me into material by Zola Levitt (a Christian Jew whom many of you know about) and others that somehow led me to a book entitled The Reign of the Servant Kings—A Study of Eternal Security and the Final Significance of Man by Joseph C. Dillow, which is published by the Schoettle Publishing Company of Hayesville, North Carolina.

Mr. Dillow has a science degree with a major in electrical Engineering and a Th.D degree from the Dallas Theological Seminary.  He has served on the staff of Campus Crusade for Christ, Christian Family Life, and has been a visiting instructor in Systematic Theology at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School.  For many years he and his wife Linda have lived in Vienna, Austria where he has served as the founder and director of Biblical Education by Extension International (BEE), a biblical training ministry for church leadership in Eastern Europe, Russia, and China.

What caught my attention was the “sub-title” of his book, “A Study of Eternal Security and the Final Significance of Man.”  The book is 650 pages long with a total of 25 chapters.  From its very first pages, my interest was sparked with the capsulated explanation of the book’s message and how it totally supports what Chuck Missler often says about the Bible:  “The New Testament is concealed in the Old Testament and the Old Testament is revealed in the New Testament.”  I was strongly intrigued as to how the book’s thesis appears to shed genuine light on God’s message to man and how it “brings together” in a consistent manner many of the problematic passages mentioned above and ties them into a comprehensible and logical whole with the eschatological applications in Scripture.  I must further add that the book deals in a most excellent fashion with the erroneous view of "lordship salvation," which adds onto the gospel message of faith alone in Christ alone a second requirement of works.  And, it provides a clear understanding of how the Calvinistic doctrine of "the perseverance of the saints" is misleading in light of the various examples within God's Word of true believers who have "fallen away" (which was the situation in my life for many years).

Because of this, I have decided to initiate a “review-summary-outline” of this work by Mr. Dillow.  I will produce and submit it chapter-by-chapter.  It will significantly reduce the book down to its germane contents (message).  Most of this review-summary-outline will be direct quotes, so that I will not mislead you.  I of course encourage you to purchase the book for yourself should you find the review enlightening, but the review will be complete enough so that you won’t miss the salient points.  I will have it posted “by chapter” on my website.

Charles of www.bibleone.net