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END TIMES LIES: For Satan and his workers of iniquity to bring about end times events, they must lie about what’s in the Bible.
MAN GAVE UP DOMINION OF THE EARTH TO SATAN:
AN END TIMES LIE
“Dominionism” is one of the basic lies which the dragon (Satan) uses to build his end times church.
“Dominionism” (or “Dominion Theology“) is a movement by pretend Christians to exert control over the whole earth.
In the late 1980s, several prominent evangelical authors used the phrase Dominion Theology (and other terms such as dominionism) to label a loose grouping of theological movements that made direct appeals to this passage in Genesis. [Gen 1:26] Christians typically interpret this passage as meaning that God gave humankind responsibility over the Earth, but the distinctive aspect of Dominion Theology is that it is interpreted as a mandate for Christian stewardship in civil affairs, no less than in other human matters.
The basic endgame to Dominionism is unBiblical. That goal is a church which rules the earth and presents the earth to Jesus when He comes back at His Second Coming.
As befits such a movement, it all begins with twisting legitimate Scripture. In this case, one of the Bible verses used by the Dominionists is Genesis 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.”
—Genesis 1:26
This is basically repeated in Genesis 1:27-28.
“So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. 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.”
—Genesis 1:27-28
So far, so good.
Where the lie begins is in the claim by Dominionists that man lost his dominion over the earth to Satan when Adam sinned–a claim that is found NOWHERE in God’s Word. Because man has supposedly lost his dominion, the “church” conveniently needs to reassert its dominion over the earth.
What “proof” do the Dominionists give that Satan now has dominion over the earth? Why, Satan’s own words.
“And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it.”
—Luke 4:5-6
So the Dominionists base their entire creed on the words of Satan–a notorious liar.
The claim is that Jesus did not “correct” the devil’s lie about the kingdoms of this world belonging to him.
This is false. Jesus said:
“Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.”
—John 8:44
Jesus said NO TRUTH is in the devil. Which makes Satan’s claim that he somehow has dominion over the kingdoms of this world a LIE.
However, what can one expect from a movement that will fulfill the Bible’s prediction of Satan worship in the end times?
Scripture directly refutes the central claim of Dominionism: that Satan somehow took over dominion of this world from man after Adam and Eve sinned in the garden.
“What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him? For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour. Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet: All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field; The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.”
—Psalm 8:4-8
DRAGON WORSHIP
Dominionists claim that the church has to take dominion of the whole earth. And the Bible says there will be a church which does just exactly that: a church (or religious movement) which looks like Christianity but which speaks the words of the dragon (Satan).
The church of the dragon.
“And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.”
—Revelation 13:11
God’s Word also declares that this satanic church movement will deceive men by using end times miracles.
“And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; “
—Revelation 13:14
The whole world will worship the dragon.
“And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.”
—Revelation 13:4,8
Going hand-in-hand with the claim that man lost dominion of the earth is the lie that Satan is the god of this world. Both are important to those seeking to elevate the dragon.
Man did not lose dominion over the earth. That is written nowhere in Scripture (outside of the devil’s words).
Which makes the claim that man has to “re-take dominion” a lie.
There is nothing left to retake.
“For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.”
—1 John 5:4
THE GOSPEL
“Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:”
–1 Corinthians 15:1-4
“That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him.
“For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.”
—Romans 10:9-13
CHINA: The Rich Are Getting Richer In China. Much Richer – China in the 2000s occupies the same position the USA did after World War II: both countries’ finances have been artificially raised by the mystery of iniquity.
===NATIONAL
GOP signals reluctance to fight Obama over immigration – Oh, for sure! It matters little what the great majority of their constituents desire. This is the type of action which is supposed to demonstrate to Americans that their present system does not work. And it doesn’t.
“For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.”
-–Romans 1:16
THE GOSPEL
“Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:”
-–1 Corinthians 15:1-4 – (h/t:B)
Oil’s Swoon creates the opening for a carbon tax – Sure, because 1- only a life-long one-world government wienie would look at $2.50/gallon gasoline and think “The price is too low. This is our big chance to pass a tax!” and 2- the price of oil will never go back up–ever. Expect agitation from the globaloney warmists to increase. The guess? Oil will remain “low” until a tax is passed and then the price will jump to $4-5/gallon. And all of the one-world government puppets will say “Ooops! My bad!”
Actually, they won’t. Guys like Lawrence Summers (the author of the linked article) will write more articles explaining why taxing the little guy on something he needs was exactly the right idea.
C’mon! You have to feel a little bit of pain! It’s for the planet!
(VIDEO) Ronald Reagan: Man of Faith – (h/t:B) Posted not because of the boilerplate that all politicians employ in public, but because Reagan spoke the name of Jesus–twice!–in this video. Ronald Reagan was a man of faith. The question, as with all who wield earthly power is: faith in what?
(VIDEO) Barack Obama says “Jesus Christ is Lord” – Obama says what all American politicians say in public. Is Obama a Christian? No more than any other US president. Obama is like all who wield power at the highest levels: his faith is in power, wealth and the god of this world–no matter what he may say.
“Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.”
—Matthew 7:15-20
“Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.”
—Matthew 7:21
Top 100 Christian films of 2014 – In this case “Christian” is more of a label than an actual description of the type of film listed. Of the films with which this writer is familiar (the first 3 films in the Revelation Road series, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew and Noah), any resemblance between the films and Scripture is completely accidental.
“Imaginary meal” pill makes you feel full – Of course, so few overweight people eat because they are hungry. This pill doesn’t address all of the other sundry reasons for eating.
“How can the reader know when the Corporate Media is lying to him (never mind the fact that the media is Satan’s Mouthpiece and Satan is the father of lies)? One easy way to tell is the use of “Why” and “How” in the headlines of an article. When the reader sees “Why?” or “How?” in the headline–occasionally “What” is used–that which follows will be a fairy tale, a narrative, a bedtime story spun by the media for the benefit of the media’s master.” “Why” usually denotes an on-going narrative; “How” signifies a story line which explains past events. Not all narratives begin with “How” or “Why.” However, the most in-your-face, over-the-top ones usually do.
How to fight a Huck – In which the author downplays Dominionism by purposely misrepresenting it. Of course, much more work like this will have to be done in the next year or two because the GOP field contains many Dominionists–led by Ted Cruz (whose father is a Dominionist preacher) Rick Perry, Michelle Bachmann and Sarah Palin (should she run).
More nonsense has been said and written about former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee than about any other presidential candidate. Some of his critics have accused him of being a “Dominionist” — someone who wants the government strictly to enforce all Biblical commands — because he has said that same-sex marriage contradicts “God’s standards.” One infelicitous comment, even repeated, hardly means that Huckabee is itching to stone adulterers. Yet even some conservatives rushed to compare him to the Taliban.
Dominionism isn’t nonsense: it’s the end times church of the man of sin according to the Bible. And Dominionism doesn’t have anything to do with the Bible–other than to help fulfill its end times prophecies. Dominionism is the theology of the one-world church which the Bible declares will worship Satan (though they believe it to be God Almighty) and take over the whole earth.
And it will win at some point.
2016 is as good a year as any.
Mike Huckabee might be used in the upcoming 2016 race to keep Dominionist/evangelical attention focused on himself while Ted Cruz flies “under the radar.” It’s strongly suspected that some sort of dramatic “come from behind” script has been prepared for the non-Bush GOP winner, probably Cruz.
We will see.
Huckabee is the poison pill for conservatives – This piece is chocked full of political narratives about WHY 2008 turned out the way it did, attempting to rewrite a scripted event AS IF it were an actual happening of random chance. Presidential elections gives Satan’s Mouthpiece (the Corporate Media) a chance to try out narratives (lies) about WHY and HOW another political hack few Americans could stomach ended up as president of the Land of the Free.
GOP Presidential Power ratings – Another tool created by the Corporate Media to go along with all of the other Corporate Media tools (polls, $$$ raised, televised debates, straw polls) which have nothing to do with voting, but which seem to decide who’s going to be the candidates for president. Are are events controlled or easily manipulated by the TPTB, the mystery of iniquity and Satan’s Mouthpiece, the Corporate Media.
The Corporate Media has been awash with talk of persecution and martyrdom of Christians.
In Syria.
In the Middle East.
All over the world.
Why is that?
Has the Corporate Media suddenly developed this great love for Christians–a group it absolutely despises? Is it trying to warn believers? Do they really believe that “Brotherhood of Man” stuff they’re constantly pushing on the great unwashed?
No.
No.
And no.
It’s all about fear.
THE FEAR AND THE PIT AND THE SNARE
The Coming Persecution – This article is a good overview of the stated objectives of the New Age and what its ascendency means to the true believers of Jesus Christ.
That said, this article has much good information about the trees (the New Age component of the coming New World Order spirit of antichrist beast system) but it doesn’t really see the forest (the New Age is but one component; representing the well-promoted face of coming persecution. The fear of which is meant to herd Christians to something worse than physical persecution.) Tough as it is for the modern American Christian to believe, there are worse things than physical persecution.
Like eternity in a lake of fire.
But the article gets a lot right, even if the author still holds to some of the mass-marketed eschatology of the Modern American Prophecy Industry. He makes some canny observations. [Emphasis added.]
“The Lord Jesus Christ reveals to us that mystery Babylon will be responsible not only for bringing the Antichrist to power, but for the atrocities of having both Christians and Jews put to death. New Age Babylon is referred to as being “drunk with the blood of the saints” and “the blood of the witnesses of Jesus” (Revelation 17:1-6). Since the great whore of Babylon rides the beast, she fuels his cause with religious terror and spiritual reasons as to why Christians and Jews must be put to death.”
American Christians are being primed with the fear of persecution in order to more easily herd them later into the boxcars of the beast. To the great relief of the lukewarm Christian, these boxcars will not be headed to a FEMA camp or a place of execution. For the lukewarm and deceived American pew-sitter, these will not even be literal boxcars–at least not for them.
For the lukewarm and deceived, these boxcars will be headed to a Church! (Maybe it’ll have a coffee shop?)
IF ONLY American church-goers would stumble across the many passages of their Bibles which speak of tribulation and affliction, they would discover that there are far worse things than persecution in the flesh. Far from being the “wrath of God” as many have been carefully taught, persecution is associated with words like “rejoicing” and “glory.”
“So that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that ye endure:”
–2 Thessalonians 1:4
“Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ’s sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.”
–2 Corinthians 12:10
“Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.”
–Matthew 5:11
“For in those days shall be affliction, such as was not from the beginning of the creation which God created unto this time, neither shall be.”
–Mark 13:19
“For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;”
–2 Corinthians 4:17
“Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin;”
—1 Peter 4:1
But those in the end times churches will experience neither persecution nor glory. And since they will be under a “strong delusion,” the chances of anyone reversing course don’t look so good.
The Bible has repeatedly warned us. In fact, Isaiah 24 lays out the whole New Age/Whore of Babylon game plan to any willing to read it–particularly verses 17 and 18.
“Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth. And it shall come to pass, that he who fleeth from the noise of the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up out of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for the windows from on high are open, and the foundations of the earth do shake.”
—Isaiah 24:17-18
The fear of persecution will drive millions of deluded, lukewarm pew-sitters who play at Christianity into the pit of the end times American Babylonian whore Church. From the pit of that church, God’s eventual judgments on the earth will snare them.
“I have laid a snare for thee, and thou art also taken, O Babylon, and thou wast not aware: thou art found, and also caught, because thou hast striven against the LORD.”
—Jeremiah 50:24
Not a pretty scenario–and it could be avoided if only Americans had a love for the truth.
NEW AGE END TIMES PERSECUTION of the SAINTS: The Rider of the Pale Horse?
Make no mistake: there will be persecution and cleansing under the New Age, New World Order.
“New Age leader, Barbara Marx Hubbard has stated, “people will either change or die,” for “that is the choice.” According to those who would concur with Hubbard, Christians will need to be more open minded so they too can receive the mark of the Antichrist. If they will not join with the global community and its agenda, they will be killed by the “opened minded” New Agers. She states that, “This act is as horrible as killing a cancer cell. It must be done for the sake of the future of the whole. So be it; be prepared for the selection process which is now beginning. We, the elders, have been patiently waiting until the very last moment before the quantum transformation, to take action to cut out this corrupted and corrupting element in the body of humanity. It is like watching a cancer grow; something must be done before the whole body is destroyed…. The destructive one fourth must be eliminated from the social body.”
—Barbara Marx Hubbard and the Selection Process
“We are in charge of God’s selection process for planet Earth. He selects, we destroy. We are the riders of the pale horse, death… We do this for the sake of the world.”
–Barbara Marx Hubbard, The Book of Co-Creation, p. 59
Of course Hubbard is wrong. The New Age is not the rider of the pale horse. The New Age may run beside the pale horse. Kinda like an annoying rainbow-colored little yapping dog. For some time the New Age and the Luciferians have very publicly held up large, brightly-colored posters that proclaimed “Hey! Look at us! We’re the pale horse! Fear us! Are you scared yet? Come on, fear us!”
“And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.”
—Revelation 6:8
So the New Age claims that it will be cleansing the planet–and there will be some of that going on–and the “purging (killing)” will be purposely horrific.
WHORE OF BABYLON: Worldwide American Apostate Church?
But there’s another group who’s also itching to cleanse the earth.
“The way to achieve dominion is not to become “America’s Taliban,” but rather to have kingdom-minded people in every one of the Seven Mountains: Religion, Family, Education, Government, Media, Arts & Entertainment, and Business so that they can use their influence to create an environment in which the blessings and prosperity of the Kingdom of God can permeate all areas of society.”
—C. Peter Wagner, The New Apostolic Reformation is not a Cult!, Charisma magazine, Aug 24, 2011
“And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.”
—Revelation 17:9
Sounds great! Little wonder most American pew-sitters won’t have to be herded into such a refuge: they’ll run to it. Like the New Age, Wagner also talks a lot about “paradigm shifts” and “comfort zones.” But the dragon’s whore church that the apostate will embrace also talks of a great end times cleansing. [Emphasis added.]
Yet, not all NAR leaders admit to promoting dominionism. Some NAR leaders, such as Mike Bickle of the International House of Prayer in Kansas City, Missouri, directly deny that they are promoting dominionism or, what he calls, “Dominion Theology.”30 But despite his denial, Bickle’s teachings are in line with “Kingdom Now” dominionism, including his teaching that the end-time church will cleanse the earth of evil. According to Bickle, this feat will be accomplished by end-time Christians — under the leadership of apostles and prophets — who will say “prophetic” prayers that will release the Great Tribulation judgments on the kingdom of the Antichrist.”
Totally 100 percent NOT biblical–unless one is talking about the satanic Whore of Babylon Church.
Then it’s completely, absolutely 100 percent biblical.
But since when has not being biblical slowed down antichrist ambitions? As long as it LOOKS biblical enough to fool most American pew-sitters, it will be close enough for one-world government work.
“The major tenets of the adherents of this sect include the belief that we are living in the final years before the return of Christ. However, they differ from dispensationalists in their belief that they must defeat evil on the earth and purify the existing churches before Jesus can return. Furthermore, the building of this “Kingdom of God” is not to be delayed until after the Rapture, or to be built in a heavenly sphere. They believe that they have a mandate to build the Kingdom in the present and in the physical realm.”
—Palin’s Churches and the New Apostolic Reformation
One has to admit it makes little difference who does the actual killing/cleansing: Hubbard’s little New Age Luciferian yapping dog or the much more dangerous “Satan’s Whore of Babylon worldwide Church of the Signs and Lying Wonders” crew.
The saints will be just as dead.
“And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months. And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven. And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.”
—Revelation 13:5,7
“And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.”
—Daniel 7:25
But the Whore will beckon and offer a safe haven, so that’s where most Americans who congregate in the churches will be. At least they won’t be lonely: they’ll have their strong delusion to keep them company.
That’s pretty much the choice for true believers: death by beheading OR death by being forced to listen to the yak-yak-yak of the Dominionist antichrist Whore of Babylon fake apostles and prophets–and then beheading.
Hate to be the one to break it: Not a lot of wiggle room.
Of course, the REAL choice is between persecution or perdition. But unfortunately, many will be looking to save their lives.
IF ONLY they believed their Bibles.
“Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it”
—Luke 17:33
The end times were never about charts and timelines. Or guessing the day and and hour. Or counting the days until the next Jewish feast. Or temples to be built with human hands. Or fake blood moons. Or guessing the nationality of that scary guy in the AntiChrist suit. Or waiting for a worldwide revival without repentance. Or renouncing the better covenant in favor of the Old under the guise of “Daniel’s 70th week for the Jews.” Or, being comfortably sucked out of Babylon before proving our love for the One who already proved His. Or any of the other cunningly-devised fables.
“And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.”
—Revelation 12:11
The end times were always about forcing those who honor God and Jesus with their lips to make a real choice.
That choice isn’t to run to the end times satanic whore church of the dragon which will be praying down Satan’s fire and other signs and lying wonders. If you are in that Church, you’ve already made your choice.
The real choice: Either stand up for Jesus Christ when the whhiizzzzz of the guillotine is in the air.
Or sit down and shut up.
For eternity.
Because if one stands up for Jesus Christ in the end times–the REAL Jesus, not the other Jesus that’s being taught in so many churches in America; not Baby Jesus; not Jesus the Passionate Groom; not Jesus the Presence unleashed in you for POWER or Buddy Jesus the Love-God: the real Jesus Christ, Son of the Living God of the Bible Jesus–there’s not going to be anywhere to hide.
(Unless God, in his sovereign power, has decided you need to be hidden–and if one is worshiping another Jesus, that Jesus has no power to save, either eternally or physically.)
There are those who do make it through. In spite of what the Dominionists/NAR/IHOPpers teach, there is a rapture–though it takes on a much different form than what 95 percent of America’s worldly church-goers have been spoon-fed.
It’s not the the corrupt Christian Corporate Media version.
NEW WORLD ORDER and DOMINION THEOLOGY: Peas in a pod?
The New World Order and Dominion Theology Both have the same goal in mind: control of the planet
The NWO crowd desires control of the earth in order to save it from humanity
Dominion Theology desires control of the earth in order to save it from non-believers
In March 1919, the American Baptist Publication Society published a 196-page book entitled The New World Order. The book, written in the aftermath of the First World War by Samuel Zane Batten, contains much information that is interesting to study 94 years after it was published.
One such piece of information is this quote by British PM David Lloyd George: “We are laying the foundations of a new world.”
After the horrific carnage of the First World War, with its nearly 39 million in casualties, talk of a “New World Order” became a popular topic. After the end of the Second War War in 1945, such talk dominated post-war planning, culminating with the formation of the United Nations.
The New World Order book by Batten was one of several to be printed in the interwar period. The most famous was The New World Order by H.G. Wells. Perhaps the most chilling quote from Wells’ book was:
“Countless people will hate the New World Order and will die protesting against it.”
Batten’s book is interesting in another, perhaps unintended way. The book gives the reader a glimpse into the incubation period of a growing offshoot of Christianity called Dominionism or Dominion Theology, sometimes referred to as Kingdom Now theology.
The Dominion Theology posits that man will conquer the earth for Christ before there can be a Second Coming. Since their theology is man-centered–at the very least in the near term–Dominionists many times look for political solutions to spiritual problems.
In this regard, they are allies, witting or not, with other New World Order advocates. In fact, much of Dominion Theology language sounds like it was taken from quotes of the worker bees of the New World Order. It’s mainly in their claimed ends that the two camps differ.
Most histories of Dominion Theology mark the beginnings of the movement in the 1960s or 1970s. But readers of Batten’s The New World Order will find examples of Dominionist thinking throughout the book.
Representative thoughts of the entire book are found on page 19:
“We are coming to see that the kingdom of God in Christ’s conception never means anything less than a righteous human society on earth.”
“In this new vision, we find the summons to a great new task. We are called to find the defects in the present social order and to lay new and Christian foundations.We are called by the Christian hope to reconstruct the social order in accord with the will of God and the ideal of the kingdom.”
As Batten’s New World Order demonstrates,, the language and thoughts of Dominionism predated the 1960s by decades.
To Bible-believing Christians, hope lies not in “righteous human society” or the “social order” or of anything of this present world.
The New Testament idea of hope is the recognition that in Christ is found the fulfillment of the Old Testament promises (Matthew 12:21, 1 Peter 1:3). Christian hope is rooted in faith in the divine salvation in Christ (Galatians 5:5). Hope of Christians is brought into being through the presence of the promised Holy Spirit (Romans 8:24-25). It is the future hope of the resurrection of the dead (Acts 23:6), the promises given to Israel (Acts 26:6-7), the redemption of the body and of the whole creation (Romans 8:23-25), eternal glory (Colossians 1:27), eternal life and the inheritance of the saints (Titus 3:5-7), the return of Christ (Titus 2:11-14), transformation into the likeness of Christ (1 John 3:2-3), the salvation of God (1 Timothy 4:10) or simply Christ Himself (1 Timothy 1:1).”
The Bible speaks of an end times power that will subdue “all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.” (Revelation 13:7)
This power is not a force for good; it will not subdue the earth for Christ, but antichrist. Jesus also warned multiple times about Christians of the end times being deceived. (Matthew 24)
Whether they are secular humanists, Dominonists, Theosophists or atheists, those who place their faith in The Plans of the Ancient Masters of Wisdom, or other New World Order plans to save and/or rule the world, are destined for disappointment.
It matters not what label they apply to themselves.
PRESENT, n. – That part of eternity dividing the domain of disappointment from the realm of hope.
–Ambrose Bierce
“Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.”
–Hebrews 11:1
EARTHLY DISTRACTIONS from the gospel of Jesus Christ
100-Year-Old Book on the New World Order
Dominionism & Kingdom Now Theology
A Christian’s Hope is not of this World
In March 1919, the American Baptist Publication Society published a 196-page book entitled The New World Order. The book, written by Samuel Zane Batten in the aftermath of the First World War, contains much interesting information, such as this quote by British PM David Lloyd George: “We are laying the foundations of a new world.”
It is also interesting as this book appears to be an early example of “Dominion theology” and spends the greatest part of it contents speaking of what men can do for God politically and socially here on this fallen earth. [These teachings and their repercussions are summarized nicely in Dominionism and Kingdom Now Teachings. Unfortunately, their impact is felt throughout the American church in 2013 in both word and deed.]
Representative thoughts of the entire book are found on page 19:
“We are coming to see that the kingdom of God in Christ’s conception never means anything less than a righteous human society on earth.”
“In this new vision, we find the summons to a great new task. We are called to find the defects in the present social order and to lay new and Christian foundations.We are called by the Christian hope to reconstruct the social order in accord with the will of God and the ideal of the kingdom.”
HOPE FOR THE CHRISTIAN lies not in the things of this world
Of course, the Christian hope lies not in “righteous human society” or the “social order” or of anything of this present world.
“Most people understand hope as wishful thinking, as in “I hope something will happen.” This is not what the Bible means by hope. The biblical definition of hope is “confident expectation.” Hope is a firm assurance regarding things that are unclear and unknown (Romans 8:24-25; Hebrews 11:1, 7). Hope is a fundamental component of the life of the righteous (Proverbs 23:18). Without hope, life loses its meaning (Lamentations 3:18; Job 7:6) and in death there is no hope (Isaiah 38:18; Job 17:15). The righteous who trust or put their hope in God will be helped (Psalm 28:7), and they will not be confounded, put to shame, or disappointed (Isaiah 49:23). The righteous, who have this trustful hope in God, have a general confidence in God’s protection and help (Jeremiah 29:11) and are free from fear and anxiety (Psalm 46:2-3).
The New Testament idea of hope is the recognition that in Christ is found the fulfillment of the Old Testament promises (Matthew 12:21, 1 Peter 1:3). Christian hope is rooted in faith in the divine salvation in Christ (Galatians 5:5). Hope of Christians is brought into being through the presence of the promised Holy Spirit (Romans 8:24-25). It is the future hope of the resurrection of the dead (Acts 23:6), the promises given to Israel (Acts 26:6-7), the redemption of the body and of the whole creation (Romans 8:23-25), eternal glory (Colossians 1:27), eternal life and the inheritance of the saints (Titus 3:5-7), the return of Christ (Titus 2:11-14), transformation into the likeness of Christ (1 John 3:2-3), the salvation of God (1 Timothy 4:10) or simply Christ Himself (1 Timothy 1:1).”
Everything that takes time from the preaching of the gospel of Jesus Christ–whether it is “a new vision,” a “great task” or any other man-concocted scheme–is a distraction from the Great Commission.
This NWO book was linked to remind believers that despite the best-laid plans of man; regardless of the decades-old machinations of the enemy: nothing can separate us from the love of Christ.
“Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
—Romans 8:35-39
Believers do not need man-authored books to know that persecution and tribulation is soon to come: it’s all laid out clearly enough in the Bible. However, believers should see in this coming persecution great hope–and should need nothing more than the assurances given in God’s Word of eternal deliverance.
Believers: Do not be distracted. Keep your eyes on Christ.
“Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.”
—Colossians 2:8
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