From the book Thy Kingdom Comes
Chapter 10. Two Paths
God’s dominion from the Beginning
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
When man was granted dominion, the kingdom of Heaven on earth was established. It was not what we think of as a kingdom today with men ruling over other men and exercising authority. It was never meant to be that way in the kingdom of God. Cain created a kingdom in opposition to God and in his own personal image, not in the image of God.
In the house of the righteous [is] much treasure: but in the revenues of the wicked is trouble. Proverbs 15:6
The kingdom of God or Heaven was not a place where men decided for other men what was good and what was evil, nor was it a place where men made laws as if they were gods of men. It was a place where men under God’s Law were to dress and keep the earth and love one another as God loves man.
God gave man and all mankind an undivided interest in the earth and an absolute interest in himself. Each man lived on land that he cared for and his rights to that land and the improvements attached to it were proper. These rights are called property rights. His neighbor protected his rights as much as he protected his own and if usurpers came they stood together as brothers, sons of God. If there was famine they called on more distant brothers to aid in their calamity through charity serviced by volunteers individually called to assist. This was self governance by God acting through man’s heart according to God’s love.
In a perfect world men on earth are the living clay altars of God as they walk with God, do His will and live according to His ways. As man is not perfect he stumbles but if he is humble and loves God he will return to the Father and continue in faith and obedience.
But some men do not love God. Though they were made in His image they denounce the character of the Father and decide for themselves what is good and what is evil. Their image is not that of the Father and they part from His ways and follow the ways of sin, the ways of the wicked. They are made in a new image.
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