The Sovereign Reigns, or Does He?

by Ray Ruppert

This book is discontinued. It has been combined with the sequel, "The Sovereign's Last Battle" and reprinted as 999 Years After Armageddon.

Look into the future to see what life might be like during the millennium after Armageddon. Discover why people would seek enlightenment and rebel at the end of this 1,000 year long utopia on Earth.

268 pages, Paperback

First published November 27, 2007

About the author

Ray Ruppert wrote 999 Years After Armageddon, a book about the Millennium reign of Christ after writing a commentary on the book of Revelation and reading the first of the Left Behind series. While many people are caught up in the events of Christ’s return, few have imagined what life would be like after He returns to the earth. Ray hopes that this book will provide the reader with a greater understanding of the spiritual dangers that have plagued mankind from the beginning and will continue into the Millennium.

My books are owned by Proverbs Three Nine Foundation. All royalties on sales go to the foundation. The kindle books are often free on Amazon.com. The schedule when they are free is listed on My Blog .

Ray has a MA in theological studies from Liberty University. and a BSEE degree from the University of Washington. He has been a long time student of prophecy since reading The Late Great Planet Earth in 1974 which lead him to become a Christian.

Reviews

[Kristjan · Rating 2 out of 5]

Publisher's Note: This book is discontinued. It has been combined with the sequel, "The Sovereign's Last Battle" and reprinted as 999 Years After Armageddon.

I really wanted to like this book; I requested an ebook copy from the author for review. It just didn't quite live up to my expectations.

It was a bold attempt to visualize what the Reign of Christ described in Revelation 20:1-10 might actually look like. Admittedly I have not studied pre-millennialism doctrine much, as this was rejected by the Catholic Church in 373 AD; however, recalling the Left Behind series, I was very interested in how this eschatological time would be portrayed. Given the wide variance in the interpretation of the governing scriptures, the author sets himself up an extremely difficult task. The basic story elements comply with the specific milestones that I am aware of:

1. Satan is bound/imprisoned for the duration,
2. Christ will rule the earth with his Saints.
3. Satan will be released/escape for a final conflict at the end.

The story arc only covers that last few years of the Kingdom trying to illustrate how we build up to the final battle ... Which is the biggest strike against the book. It is ALL build-up with no climax; not even a cliffhanger ending. Nothing at all to pull me into the sequel The Sovereign's Last Battle, which hopefully has a lot more action. Of the three plotlines, the only one that was truly interesting was the space exploration branch where Mr. Ruppert introduced some very original ideas about divinity. Unfortunately he also does some rather basic info-dumps that were irritating ... Probably because I was already very familiar with the topics presented; I tended to disagree with some of the material presented as well. The other two plotlines left me feeling like I had just finished reading an infomercial for evangelicals. The character development was somewhat stilted and shallow; used primarily as a means to introduce some of the more objectionable components of what amounts to a totalitarian government under Christ's control. Perhaps this was by design so that the reader would potentially identify more with rebels ... if so, he succeeded.

[Anthony · Rating 3 out of 5]

About the only book that does a tolerable job of painting a picture of what life could be in the millenium when Jesus sets up government on earth