Max King

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Max R. King (b. 1930) is the founder of the school of thought known as Transmillennialism. King served as a minister in the Churches of Christ for 40 years prior to developing Transmillennialism.

King created a field of theology that he termed "covenant eschatology." King contended that Biblical eschatology was not related to the end of the space-time universe, but to the transition of the Old Covenant to the New. King offered a unique interpretation concerning the millennium as found in Revelation 20 as pertaining to the forty year period of time from 30-70 AD. He called this time "the transition period" from Old Covenant to New Covenant. In King's view, this transition opened the way for the full presence of God to dwell with all of humanity. To describe this relationship, King coined the phrase "Comprehensive Grace."

King's Transmillennialism emerged in the late 1990s as an alternative to dispensational premillennialism, amillennialism, or postmillennialism. It differentiated itself from Reformed preterism and Christian Reconstructionism in view of postmodern issues facing the Emerging Church and the need to forward its scholarship in the context of historical Jesus studies. In King's view, the covenantal transformation of the first century serves as a model for personal, organizational and societal transformation today. Max King's first major book "The Spirit of Prophecy" was published in 1971. He published a monthly print journal "The Living Presence" for 15 years; it is currently available in electronic format. King's annual "Covenant Eschatology Seminar" spanned the 1990s and continues today as the "Transmillennial" national conference. Some of King's other major works include "Old Covenant Israel and New Covenant Salvation" and "The Cross and The Parousia of Christ."

King resides in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA. His organization is Presence International.