Paradise Restored

David Chilton werkte als een schrijver en editor van zowel het Instituut voor Christian Economics als het Amerikaanse Bureau voor Economic Research in Tyler Texas. Een Presbyterian pastor en sterke supporter van de Theonomische beweging, incapacitated door zwake gezondheid en gestorven in .... ? Hij is auteur van verschillende boeken.

Het eerst kwam ik met hem in aanraking vanwege een kritisch boek van Ronald Sider:

Productive Christians in an Age of Guilt Manipulators

Here is a supremely biblical refutation of Ronald Sider's call for 1977 socialism in his book, Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger . Chilton demonstrates that "Christian Socialism" is simply a baptized humanism, the goal of which is not charity but raw police state power. Combining incisive humor with hard hitting arguments and extensive biblical references, this book provides more than just a fascinating debate. It is also a major introduction to the system of Christian Economics with chapters on law, welfare, poverty, the third world, overpopulation, foreign aid, advertising, profits, and economic growth. 

Lees vooral ook welke rol Gary North heeft gehad bij het tot stand komen van dit boek in What would Jesus steal?

Een ander belangrijk boek is Paradise Restored - a biblical theology of dominion.

Paradise Restored: A Biblical Theology of Dominion. Fort Worth, Texas: Dominion Press, 1987. In this book Chilton argues for an A. D. 70 fulfillment of the Olivet discourse and all of the book of Revelation.
Does the Bible teach Christians to expect victory or defeat in this world? In this powerful book, David Chilton sets forth extensive biblical evidence for the historic Christian view known as postmillennialism - the teaching that, before the Second Coming of Christ, the world will be successfully evangelized and discipled to Christianity. The author emphasizes that our view of the future is inescapably bound up with our view of Jesus Christ. The fact that Jesus is now King of kings and Lord of lords means that His Gospel must be victorious: The Holy Spirit will bring the water of life to the ends of the earth. The Christian message is one of Hope: Pentecost was just the beginning. Recensie

The Days of Vengeance: An Exposition of the Book of Revelation

This is quite possibly the most comprehensive verse by verse treatment of the Book of Revelation ever written. David Chilton has tackled what Calvin and Luther never even attempted. Following in the train of thought of his Paradise Restored, Chilton sees the Church triumphant to the end with Satan defeated at the return of Christ. The Apostle John presents a vision of victorious Christians who overcome all opposition through the work of Jesus Christ. Chilton asserts that for too long the Church has labored under the delusion that failure is her only role in the world. An inviting, yet non-threatening commentary for the layman as well as the scholar. Recensie

The Great Tribulation Fort Worth: Dominion Press, 1987. An attempt to deal with some loose ends relative to the great tribulation, which, according to him, ended in A. D. 70. Much of the material in this one seems to be taken from his earlier books, 'Paradise Restored' and his 'Days of Vengeance.'
For centuries, Christians have sought to interpret the Bible's scriptural meaning - often erroneously assigning modern ideology to scriptural passages. This is perhaps the most comprehensive and easily understood writing available on this cataclysmic event "which so many Christians are awaiting." As Chilton proves however, it will be a long wait, since this event occurred in A.D. 70. This book is also an excellent tool for modern man in learning how Scripture interprets Scripture. Recensie.

Aan het eind van zijn leven is David Chilton echter helemaal doorgeschoten naar full of hyper-preterism, waardoor Gary North en Kenneth Gentry en Keith Mathison oa duidelijk afstand van hem hebben genomen: Gary North vs. David Chilton. Zie ook PRETERISM AND "ORTHODOXY"

Meer over de future versus preterist debate, zie de preterist archive.

Hij stierf in 1997 op 45-jarige leeftijd als gevolg van een hartaanval