This is not some religious argument, that we have been given
dominion over all things.
He believes, with the Testament, that God created the universe and called it good, that God gave man
dominion over the things of nature and expected man to enjoy them, Christianity has fought off these religions and heresies which called creation evil.
Any notion of Christian citizenship must have a fuller concept than his of God's
dominion over all things and God's desire to redeem all of creation.
Man is given
dominion over all things on the earth (Genesis 1:28) and science may be thought of as one form of such dominion.
Hence it is idolatrous of the rich to usurp God's absolute
dominion over things.
It is God the Father holding «
dominion over all things,» a dominion he «exercises through his Word.»
There's a sense that we've achieved
dominion over a thing when we've snugged it into place within a list: to order is akin to ordering about.
Not exact matches
Those are just silly
things the evil christians tell children and the weak to keep
dominion over them.
GEN 1:26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have
dominion over the fish of the sea, and
over the fowl of the air, and
over the cattle, and
over all the earth, and
over every creeping
thing that creepeth upon the earth.
So at least to some, one would think they have a view that man has
dominion over all other living
things.
This is, of course, no more than we should expect, if we take the New Testament's Paschal triumphalism to heart: «Now is the judgment of this world, now will the prince of this world be cast out» (John 12:31); «I have overcome the world» (John 16:33); he is «far above all principality, and power, and might, and
dominion» and all
things are put «under his feet» (Ephesians 1:21 - 2); «having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a show of them openly, triumphing
over them in it» (Colossians 2:15); «he led captivity captive» (Ephesians 4:8); and so on.
The power that raised Christ from the dead, that seated Christ at the right hand of God, that gave Christ supremacy
over all rulers and authorities,
over all powers and
dominions,
over ever title that can be given throughout all eternity, that placed all
things under Christ and that appointed Christ as the head
over everything,... this power, is for the church.
It is statements like yours that scare me the most because not only does it attribute bad deeds to outside forces, detaching humanity from its own actions, but it gives those who can «detect» the demons a mistaken sense of
dominion over all others too «blinded» to see
things your way, and countless followers who will not question your actions either.
In documenting the first indictment authors often cite Genesis 1:26: «Let us make man in our image, after our likeness; and let them have
dominion over the fish of the sea, and
over the birds of the air, and
over the cattle, and
over every creeping
thing that creeps upon the earth.»
Some also quote Genesis 1:29: «Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; and have
dominion over the fish of the sea and
over the birds of the air and
over every living
thing that moves upon the earth.»
The sensual one will not slip past death, who has
dominion over what belongs to the earth and who will change into nothing the one
thing which the sensual person desires.
And let them have
dominion over the fish of the sea and
over the birds of the heavens and
over the livestock and
over all the earth and
over every creeping
thing that creeps on the earth.»
And God blessed them, and God said to them, «Be fruitful and multiply, and till the earth and subdue it; and have
dominion...
over every living
thing that...
In Genesis 1:26 - 28 we are told that God addressed the divine beings who made up the heavenly council, proposing that they make man in the divine image and that he be given
dominion over all living
things.
And finally, the awareness that our existence and whatever we have are God's gifts, and whatever control we have
over the world is a delegated responsibility — in which, to use the Genesis phrase, God has made us to «have
dominion»
over the
things of nature — ought to give us a wider, deeper sense of stewardship.
«Let us make humankind in our image,» God says, «according to our likeness; and let them have
dominion over the fish,... birds, cattle,... all the wild animals... every creeping
thing.»
Then God said, «Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have
dominion over the fish of the sea,
over the birds of the air, and
over the cattle,
over all the earth and
over every creeping
thing that creeps on the earth.»
«And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let THEM have
dominion over the fish of the sea, and
over the fowl of the air, and
over the cattle, and
over all the earth, and
over every creeping
thing that creepeth upon the earth.»
26Then God [Elohim] said, «Let us make man in our image, after our likeness; and let them have
dominion over the fish of the sea, and
over the birds of the air, and
over the cattle, and
over all the earth, and
over every creeping
thing that creeps upon the earth.»
God commands us to «be fruitful and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have
dominion over... every living
thing that moveth upon the earth.»
NewYorkGal12, Also... «And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have
dominion over the fish of the sea, and
over the fowl of the air, and
over every living
thing that moveth upon the earth.»
I was just thinking of some other
things that are not inherently evil that we have
dominion over, but keep owning and operating even though they are driving us into the ground.
Our great country was founded by Christians and the Constitution was written by Christians who followed the teachings of a religion which says, 26And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have
dominion over the fish of the sea, and
over the fowl of the air, and
over the cattle, and
over all the earth, and
over every creeping
thing that creepeth upon the earth.
Humans are any other animal and speaking of humans as if they are some outside force or
thing that has
dominion over earth is not only wrong, it's egotistical.
Galvis quickly realized that these beings were the only
thing standing between him and total
dominion over The Astral Plane and resolved himself to find and destroy each and every one of them.
«I'm not suggesting that the leading standard should automatically be anointed
dominion over everything, although it wouldn't be the worst
thing in the world.
Its
dominion is information in transit, with authority
over things like what frequencies radio stations or Wi - Fi routers should use, or standards for transmitting digital TV signals.