Walking in the Reign 3 - Earth, Man's Dominion

Revelation 5:9-10 NKJV
And they sang a new song, saying: "You are worthy to take the scroll, And to open its seals; For You were slain, And have redeemed us to God by Your blood Out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation, And have made us kings and priests to our God; And we shall reign ON THE EARTH.”

Reign (dominate, take control, exert influence) on the EARTH!

Too many believers think that their best days are coming after they die. However, man was not created to die. The intent was for man to grow Gods kingdom on the earth. Gods intent was not that Adam ever leave the Garden of Eden, but that the garden expand throughout the EARTH. The earth is man's to rule, to dominate and to control and has been from the beginning.


Genesis 1:26- 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."


LET THEM in the verse above is extremely important for our understanding of the entire Bible. If God had said let US have dominion the whole Bible would be totally different. God would have seen the enemy come into the garden and he would have exerted his authority and he would have used it to run the devil out of the garden. He did not do it because he is a God of his word and he will not act contrary to his word. Why didn't he stop it? He said LET THEM have dominion, control and influence over all the earth. 


If God were to step in to take dominion and control on this earth it would make him out to be a liar. We all know he is not a liar. He has exalted his word above his name. It is also why Jesus had to come in the flesh as a MAN. Man lost the dominion and a man would have to get it back. God told Satan this from the beginning, "From the seed of the woman I will crush your head." Why wouldn't he just crush his head right then? He couldn't. Satan was on the earth, and man was given the earth as his place of dominion.


Many would say that this sounds like blasphemy. God is in control completely. However, it is just not true completely. It is truth that will make you free, and the closer one gets to truth it makes things more and more understandable. The entire creation of this universe was with MAN in mind and the Kingdom of God's expansion in mind. The earth was created FOR MAN. It is God's gift to MAN.


Earth has been given to Man:

Psalm 115:16 NKJV
The heaven,  even  the heavens,  are  the Lord's; But the earth He has given to the children of men.

To give someone something is to completely give over control. A few years ago I gave a convertible car away to a youth in our church. I handed the keys over to him and I didn't keep a set of keys. I do not go take control of it when I want to. It belonged to me and I gave it away. It is now totally and completely in his control. Why? I gave it to him! God has created this earth for man to dominate and control and take dominion. What an awesome God to give MAN a planet!

Not only has God given us the earth but he gave provision to man with ALL he would ever need to carryout his mission & purpose on earth. When you create something you create it with purpose. The earth was created with a purpose and Man was created with purpose. This planets primary purpose is to serve as mans dominion.

So you can see that all of creation was created with Man on Gods mind! The moon serves its purpose FOR MAN (gravitational pull)! The sun is serving a purpose FOR MAN by providing the energy needed for survival! Every star serves a purpose FOR MAN! All of creation was created FOR MAN! Every animal, every plant, it was all placed here with man in mind. We breathe out, the trees take it in and convert it into air suitable for man to breathe and exist.


Once we get this revelation we will see just how much our God loves us! For God so loved MAN that he gave his only son! You are of great worth and value to God! You are not unworthy, which means without worth! Religion may tell you that, but God thought enough about you to give you an entire planet.

Genesis 1:1-25 was God setting up MAN! You could read each verse and add 'for man' and not at all be out of line with scripture. The entire galaxy and galaxies are in perfect working order in order to serve man on earth. With everything perfectly placed with earth the center point and focus and MAN being its sole purpose!

The Sun: an exact 93 million miles from earth. Our closest star! The sun heats the earth and drives all weather cycles. 100 million earths would fit in the sun! It is the life giving source to earth.

Man is not just an insignificant small part of a vast creation. Man is Gods purpose for creation. 

Many say, "I am just a speck of dust in a huge cosmos. How could I really be of much value?" Be careful when you say things like that, the devil could be talking and influencing talk like that! No, it will leave you in WOW and in Wonder as to how much God loves you and cares for you when you realize everything you see God made it for you and he gave it to you to Reign over!

Now Revelation 5:10 becomes a lot more clear. The earth is man's playground! Man's dominion and under man's control. We know that man handed that authority over to Satan, but Revelation 5:9 tells us that the blood of Jesus has now put man back into his rightful position to REIGN once again. And what God has given you he has given you completely. You have been put back into your rightful place once again! Just as if Adam and Eve had never sinned, and actually even better!

I think it's time for you to walk in YOUR REIGN!