The Kingdom Years of the Chosen People

Daniel Charles writes a fascinating account of the chosen people in The Kingdom Years of the Chosen People: An Illuminating Era of Human History. The Bible's chosen people are the only ethnic group in the world whose history is saturated with God's indelible imprint. God's true nature is revealed through them and Charles sheds a new understanding of this nature through his thoroughly researched and expertly written narration. Reading the account of the kings of God's chosen people is often misinterpreted or confusing to the layman-who was who, who did what, who ruled what kingdom and when? How did the kingdom become divided and what transpired that resulted in the Babylonian Captivity? More importantly, how does this distant past relate to present day? Charles dissects the complexities through detailed and stimulating discussion-each one of the kings of Israel and Judah is presented. Charles' book not only integrates the teachings of the Old and New Testament with contemporary issues, but provides a comprehensive chart that summarizes the reign of each king during the period from 1000 BC to 587 BC. With stunning clarity, Charles' narration provides the reader a coherent and harmonious message regarding the experiences of the chosen people and their relationship to writings of the prophets and the teachings of Jesus Christ.