A
Short History of Dominionism
By
Sandy Simpson
In order to understand where the modern
fusion called “Dominioism” comes from, I want to
first give you definitions of Kingdom Now, Dominionism
and Reconstructionism.
Dominionism is sparsely defined as follows:
“Dominion Theology (also known as Dominionism) is a group of Christian political ideologies
that seek to institute a nation governed by Christians based on their personal
understandings of biblical law. Extents of rule and ways of achieving governing
authority are varied. For example, Dominion Theology can include theonomy, but does not necessarily involve advocating
Mosaic law as the basis of government. The label is
applied primarily toward groups of Protestants in the United States.” [1]
It is more closely defined this way:
“Dominionism, or Christian Dominionism is a
term coined by social scientists and popularized by journalists to refer to a
subset of American Christianity that is conservative, politically active, and
believes that Christians should, and eventually will, take control of the
government. The term is sometimes used as a “catch-all” by bloggers to describe
any politically active Christian, but not every conservative, politically
minded Christian is a Dominionist. Christian Dominionists believe that God desires Christians to rise to
power through civil systems so that His Word might then govern the nation. The
belief that “America is a Christian nation” is sometimes called “soft dominionism”; the idea that God wants only Christians to
hold government office and run the country according to biblical law is called
“hard dominionism.”
[2]
“Hard Dominioism”
as it is called in the above definition, is what C. Peter Wagner (deceased) of
the New Apostolic Reformation (a term he coined) have been advocating,
following the teachings of the New Order of the Latter Rain and Reformed
Theology “Reconstructionism”. Wagner stated on more than one occasion, in
fact pretty consistently after he has been introduced to the Latter Rain the
following:
“The cultural mandate, which some refer to
as Christian social responsibility goes as far back as the Garden of Eden. After God created Adam and Eve, He said to them:
"Be fruitful and multiply, fill the earth and subdue it, have dominion
over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living
thing... Both the cultural mandate and the evangelistic mandate are
essential parts of biblical mission, in my opinion. Neither is optional.
There is a growing consensus on this point in Evangelical circles. This was not
true as early as twenty-two years ago when the Berlin World Congress on
Evangelism was held in 1966. One of the first Evangelicals to stress the
cultural mandate in a public forum was Horace Fenton of the Latin America
Mission at the Wheaton Congress on the Church's Worldwide Mission, also held in
1966. Following that, the social consciousness generated by the social
upheavals of the 1960's brought the cultural mandate to prominence until it
was given a relatively high profile on the platform of the International
Congress on World Evangelization at Lausanne in 1974." [3] … See, the problem is, is that Satan
has had too much of his way in our society because he has a government! And the only way to overthrow a government
is with a government. It won’t
happen otherwise. So therefore the
government of the church has to get into place in the extended church just like
we do have it very well in place, we haven’t reached our goal yet, but it’s
very well established in the nuclear church. ... These apostles in the
workplace are the ones that are going to come into the picture and with them
we’ll be open these gates, without them we can have all the prayer meetings we
want, all the marches for Jesus we want, all the prayer walking we want, the
gates aren’t going to be opened. Because it takes a
government to overthrow a government. Gate number one,
letter A, the gate of social transformation, the gate of social
transformation. ... This
gate will be opened when we understand about the church in the workplace, that
the church has a government, that it takes a government to overthrow a
government, and when we understand this, if we renew our minds, if we
embrace this paradigm shift, if we see, if we hear what the spirit is saying to
the churches, if we recognize ministry in the extended church and government in
the extended church, the revival we’ve been praying for is just around the
corner. We will see it. ...And now I
pray for every individual here, before you, who is in the workplace, who
tomorrow and in the days to come will be going out to their ministries in the
workplace, and I impart to them an anointing, I impart to them an anointing for
not seeing a job, but seeing a ministry in the workplace. And I impart an anointing to them and to this
whole community to recognize and raise up apostles who will set the church in
the workplace in order so that our cities, our communities, our states, and our
nations will be transformed for Your glory, in Jesus’ name. [4]
If you are an astute and discerning
Christian you will already recognize that Wagner’s claims are ridiculous and
have nothing whatsoever to do with our “mandate” as Gentile Christians. But more on that later.
The definition of “Reconstructionism”
is:
Christian Reconstructionism
is a fundamentalist Reformed theonomic movement that
developed under the ideas of Rousas Rushdoony, Greg Bahnsen and Gary
North; it has had an important influence on the Christian Right in the United
States. Reconstructionists advocate theonomy and the restoration of certain biblical laws said
to have continuing applicability. The movement declined in the 1990s and was
declared dead in a 2008 Church History journal article,although Christian Reconstructionist
organizations such as the Chalcedon Foundation and American Vision are active
today. Christian Reconstructionists are usually
postmillennialists and followers of the presuppositional
apologetics of Cornelius Van Til. A Christian
denomination that advocates the view of Christian Reconstructionism
is the Reformed Presbyterian Church in the United States. Most Reformed
Christians, however, disavow Christian Reconstructionism
and hold to classical covenant theology, the traditional Reformed view of the
relationship between the Old Covenant and Christianity. [5]
Reconstruction is not dead as it has been
absorbed by Dominon theology as evidenced by this
quote by Chuck Colson:
“Today-some 30 years into my ministry-I
have come to believe passionately that all Christians need to take their faith
out of the pews and into the trenches. We've got to be faithful to the cultural
commission to have dominion, to work for Christian values to arrest our
worldview slide.” [6]
Another definition of Reconstrucitonism
is:
Christian Reconstructionism
(also known as theonomy) is a highly controversial
movement within some conservative Christian circles. It maintains that the world should be brought
under (reconstructed) the lordship of Jesus Christ in all areas: social, moral, political, judicial, military,
family, art, education, music, etc.
Christian Reconstructionism advocates the
restoration of Old Testament civil and moral laws in order to reconstruct
present American society into an Old Testament type Mosaic form and that the three
main areas of society - family, church, government - should all be biblically
modeled, the Bible being the sole standard.
This would include severe punishments for law breakers. Some Christian reconstructionists would advocate death for
adulterers, abortionists, idolaters, murderers, homosexuals, rapists, etc. [7]
So you can already begin to see the
similarities between Dominionism and Reconstructionism.
Kingdom Now
theology lays the basis for both Dominionism and Reconstructionism.
Latter Rain is one of the strongest legs of the stool of modern Dominion
thsology.
Latter Rain is defined as:
The Latter Rain Movement had its
beginnings in the years following World War II and was contemporary with the
evangelical awakening led by Billy Graham, as well as the Healing Revival of
Oral Roberts, Jack Coe, and William Branham. Branham is often erroneously considered the founder of the Latter
Rain because those who started it were inspired by attending one of his
meetings. Rather, several leaders of the small Pentecostal, 'Sharon Orphanage'
in North Battleford, Saskatchewan, were inspired to
look for a deeper dimension of Christianity after visiting Branham's meeting.
They began to fast and pray in search of it. Later that year, groups organized
large revival events, and news quickly swept across Canada and the United
States, influencing many Pentecostal believers.” [8]
The New Order of the Latter Rain inspired
by false prophet William Branham and others, was roundly rejected by the
Assemblies of God :
“In 1949 at the General Council of the
Assemblies of God held in Seattle, the Council overwhelmingly approved a
resolution that was prepared by a committee that dealt with the Latter Rain
Movement. The resolution adopted disapproved of the following practices of the
Latter Rain, and the action was made necessary as a result of the movement
invading the Assembly of God churches:
1. The overemphasis relative to imparting,
identifying, bestowing, or confirming of gifts by the laying on of hands and
prophecy.
2. The erroneous teaching that the Church
is built on the foundation of present-day apostles and prophets.
3. The extreme teaching as advocated by
the “New Order,” regarding the confession of sin to man and deliverance as
practiced, which claims prerogatives to human agency which belongs only to
Christ.
4. The erroneous teaching concerning the
impartation of the gift of languages as special equipment for missionary
service.
5. The extreme and unscriptural practice
of imparting or imposing personal leadings by the means of the gifts of
utterance.
6. Such other wrestlings
and distortions of scripture interpretations which are in opposition to
teachings and practices generally accepted among us.(1)
The Latter Rain featured individuals with
“oil in the hands”; congregational singing of “the song of the Lord” singing in
the Spirit; the emphasis on “God is doing a new thing”; the manifested sons of
God teaching; the placing of experience over exposition; the branding of those
who denounced the movement; getting away from what the church had been.” [9]
The influences that have coalesced into
the modern form of Dominion Theology are many and varied. Not all had the same exact interpretation of
what Dominionism is, but they all agreed that the mandate
of the Church is to take over the governments and every other aspect of life on
this planet to prepare for the return of Christ.
First of all, the Catholic Church, almost
from the beginning, attempted to establish dominance over the world of the Middle Ages through their “Holy Roman Empire”. They continue this tradition through the many
varied Templar societies such as the Knights of Malta, whose membership
includes Rick Joyner, Paul Cain and Jerry Boykin and who continue to swear
fealty to the pope.
Some quotes by those organizations and
individuals who espouse Dominionism:
Catholic Church
For its part, the Church is better served
by staying out of the political and ideological weeds, focusing instead on
forming societies in relation to the meaning and responsibilities of dominion …
[10]
It follows, then, that with such
capabilities, and by virtue of our dignity, God placed human beings in
governance over his creation: "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" (Gen. 1:26). This dominion was specified
as a command to "till and keep" the garden, and was first manifested
in the naming of the animals (Gen. 2:15—20). Since naming something is to know
that thing’s nature, we see the first manifestation of man’s rational nature.
Moreover, by the command of the Lord to till and keep the garden, we can assume
that man was commanded to use his rationality in the governance of creation for
the sake of bringing forth fruit from the earth. As is evidenced by man’s
original "nakedness," we can conclude that man’s dominion over
creation was intended to provide us with the means for sustaining and enhancing
our existence. This stands in stark contrast to the animals and plants for
which God’s eternal law has provided physical attributes that sustain their
existence. All of this occurred before the Fall,
and it constitutes the originating Catholic vision of man’s place within the
created order. [11]
(Catholic Catechism) #307 To human
beings God even gives the power of freely sharing in his providence by
entrusting them with the responsibility of "subduing" the earth
and having dominion over it. God thus enables men to be intelligent and
free causes in order to complete the work of creation, to perfect its harmony
for their own good and that of their neighbors. Though often unconscious
collaborators with God's will, they can also enter deliberately into the divine
plan by their actions, their prayers and their sufferings. They then fully
become "God's fellow workers" and co-workers for his kingdom. [12]
Knights of Malta
The Knights of Malta are under the pope.
In
accordance with the
Code of Canon
Law, the churches and conventual
institutions of the Order
are exempt from
the jurisdiction of the dioceses
and are directly subject to the Holy See. [13]
General Jerry Boykin (Grand Chancellor in
the Knights of Malta)
Boykin said that the U.S. military is
recruiting a spiritual army that will draw strength from a greater power to
defeat its enemy. [14]
(Boykin) told the First Baptist Church of
Broken Arrow, Okla. on June 30, 2002, “What I’m here to do today is to recruit
you to be warriors of God’s kingdom.” [15]
Boykin not only went on a speaking tour to
recruit “warriors,” but prior to the tour, he’d invited a select group of
Southern Baptist pastors to meet him at the John F. Kennedy Special Warfare
Center and School at Fort Bragg, NC on April 22-23 of 2003. According to the
promotional materials sent out to the group of Southern Baptist pastors, they
would be given unprecedented access to the military base while being recruited
for the denomination’s “Super FAITH Force Multiplier” program. Boykin’s invitation was extended in a letter authored by the Rev.
Bobby H. Welch, pastor of the First Baptist Church in Daytona Beach, Fla.
The planned meeting was scaled back after attorneys for Americans United for
Separation of Church and State complained that Boykin was “using his official
position to advance the religious mission of the Southern Baptist Convention’s
FAITH Force Multipliers program.” [16]
(Boykin) was recruiting soldiers to fight
a war to set up God’s Kingdom on earth! [17]
Rick Joyner –NAR, In Knights of Malta) (see my article called “Dominionism
Exposed”, http://www.deceptioninthechurch.com/dominionismexposed.html)
Paul Cain—Latter Rain, associate of
William Branham, in Knights of Malta)
"...all the sick are gonna be healed, the dead are gonna
be raised and nations are gonna turn to God in a
day." [18]
"God's raising up a new standard, a
new banner, if you will, that's going to radically change the expression, the
understanding of Christianity in our generation...God has invited us to have
a role in establishing a new order of Christianity...God is offering to
this generation something He has never offered to any other generation...beware
lest old order brethren rob you and steal this hope from you." [19]
I don’t know what the Second Coming is to you, …but let me tell you he’s coming to you, he’s coming to
his church, he’s coming to abide in you, to take up his abode in you….
I want you to know he’s coming to the Church before he
comes for the Church. He’s gonna perfect the Church so the Church can
be the Image, be Him, and be his representation. [20]
William Branham
Brother Branham declared that the Sons of
God must take over dominion of the earth again.
“Then when God was made flesh and became
the Messiah, then if we can yield ourselves to be the anointed like He was, we become Messiahettes, little
Lights. That's what the church is supposed to be: lights, little anointed ones.
That's God's church. His standing Light is the Light of Messiah, risen Christ
in His people, the anointed ones, carrying forth His Light into all the church
ages. Sometimes It almost goes completely out; then It
comes back again. God's anointed One, God's Messiahic
church... If Messiah means "the anointed One," and means
"King," then if the church is anointed by the Messiah Spirit, it
becomes a lesser but still a Messiah; because it has His Light, reflecting His
power, reflecting His glory, reflecting His dominion. So it is Messiah. Oh, how
it reflects Him in His Kingdom in His domain.” [21]
Franklin Hall
Franklin Hall In
his book, Subdue the Earth, Rule the Nations, quotes Revelation 12:5, and
equates the man child of the sun-clothed woman with the overcomers:
The man-child company will have dominion of this planet first. Those who
possess a house may decide who shall occupy it. In the same manner, as a group
from the church take up their authority and rulership
of the planet that God gave them, they will likewise be able to choose whom
they will, to occupy it. (Franklin Hall, Subdue The Earth, Rule The Nations, p.
11 (Franklin Hall Ministries, 1966). [22] [bold added]
Franklin Hall, a forerunner and promoter
of the Latter Rain in the 40's stated: “The man-child group of the sons of God
will be required “to rule the nations, with a rod of iron” (Revelation 12:5).
To those not accepting this invitation into Holy Ghost Light Of fire, there is
but one alternative: the opposite to light is
DARKNESS. The Light of Life will be to them a blinding and consuming fire of
destruction!” (Franklin Hall, Subdue The Earth, Rule The
Nations, Franklin Hall Ministries, 1966, p. 57.) [23]
George Hawtin
The first part of the question is,
"What is man'!" The second part of the question is, -That Thou art
mindful of him?" Or, "What hast Thou in mind for man?" The answer
is that man will be given dominion, when his perfection comes and his
Christ-likeness is complete, over fish, over birds, and over the beasts and
creeping things of the earth. Gen. 1:26. The fish represent the things
beneath. The birds represent the things in the heavens above. The beasts and
creeping things represent things on the earth. That is what God decreed in the
beginning, and that is His immutable intention now and in the ages to come
man in God's image, ruler and lord of the universe...We have already
considered how Adam's dominion over the fish beneath the earth, the animals on
the earth, and the birds above the earth was a prophetic foreshadow of man's
eventual glory as judge and ruler of the universe under God's authority and
with the mind of Christ. … [24]
New Order of the Latter Rain [25]
Ern Baxter (associate of William Branham) (see my article called “Dominionism
Exposed”, http://www.deceptioninthechurch.com/dominionismexposed.html)
”)
George Warnock
...and they do not understand that it is
God in mercy preparing His people to enter into the very heritage of Canaan. They
do not realize that this is but the foretaste and earnest of their heritage,
and that God would now lead them in to possess the land. And so King
Saul--for he was king, and this was his battle, and his victory--he charged the
people with a strange oath, forbidding them to eat any food until he was
avenged of his enemies. (Just that very morning he was resting under a
pomegranate tree with no thought of pursuing the enemy at all. But he must
maintain his kingdom and show his authority and keep the people under his rule
and sway … [26]
New Thought [27]
Bill Hamon (see my article called “Dominionism
Exposed”, http://www.deceptioninthechurch.com/dominionismexposed.html)
John Wimber
Dominion Theology was espoused by John Wimber, who was networked through a group of churches
called "The Vineyard Churches." Wimber's
teaching was, in his words, "As believers, we are to take power over
Satan and demons, we are to exercise dominion over
them." [28]
Founder
of the Vineyard churches.
Prior to the ministry, he was manager of the pop singing group, The Righteous Brothers, he chose to go into ministry, into the Quaker
church. As time went on, he pulled a group of people together, and unilaterally
announced formation of a church with himself as pastor. He formed this church
under the umbrella of the Calvary Chapel churches in California, but a few
years later, took his church, and several others out to form his own
denomination, the Vineyard. His theology appears to have consisted of: (1)
"New Breed"/Manifest Sons of God (See note 25). (2) Joel's Army : We are to conquer the world as the manifested sons of God (i.e. in our glorified
bodies) to bring in the Millennium.(3) Dominion/Kingdom Now theology (4)
Opposed to testing manifestations by scripture (5) Believed in the
"corporate Christ". (Christ is not required during the millennium
since we are Christ (the body thereof)). Christ needs us, because without his
body he is incomplete. (6) Accepted use of relics for healing. (per Roman Catholic Church). (7) Paradigm Shift: A shift in
the way that Christians think from a rationalistic view, to an approach where
doctrine is developed using experiential approach. (8) Claimed (along with C.
Peter Wagner) that the Laughter Movement is the "Third Wave", the
Reformation being the first and the Charismatic Renewal being the second. [29]
C. Peter Wagner (see my article called “Dominionism
Exposed”, http://www.deceptioninthechurch.com/dominionismexposed.html)
Chuck Pierce
Then, from our seated position, we can
walk in the earth clothed in His glory and dispel darkness. He came to
overcome the works of the devil, and we can do this as we remain
in Him…what you are really contending over is your Garden or Promised Land
dominion. [30]
Cindy Jacobs
“I
want to tell you, and I believe, that we are on a verge of the greatest awakening,
not only what we would say just in the church, but we are on the verge of
the greatest awakening that we have ever seen in our history as a nation.” [31]
Francis Frangepane(see
my article called “Dominionism Exposed”,
http://www.deceptioninthechurch.com/dominionismexposed.html)
Jim Laffoon (see my article called “Dominionism
Exposed”, http://www.deceptioninthechurch.com/dominionismexposed.html)
Jack Deere
“Prophet” Jack Deere, who served with John
Wimber at Vineyard Christian Fellowship, explains
their view of this end-time army of God: How is God going to bring judgment
upon His Church and then judgment upon the land after His Church? He’s going to
do it with a large and mighty army. [32]
Todd Bentley
God spoke to the children of Israel to build
Him a tabernacle because He wanted to come and dwell with
them. If you don't build it He won't come and stay. You won't have
a habitation without it. We are talking about creating an
atmosphere so He can dwell and linger, a sanctuary, a place reserved.
A place where the heavens open and we keep going back to keep
it open. [33]
Ed Silvoso
"The Church now has been placed
potentially in the control of the heavenly places once ruled by the prince of
the power of the air. But this reconstituted
church must engage and defeat the enemy and retake the heavenlies
in the name of her Lord, so that the eyes of those still being held captive by
Satan will be opened."
[34]
John Dawson
"We must overcome the enemy before
employing other methods of ministry." [35]
"He (God) knew that a person would
enter his or her inheritance only by taking dominion." [36]
Rousas Rushdoony (Founder of
Reformed Reconstructionism)
The purpose of Christ's coming was in
terms of the creation mandate… The redeemed are called to the original
purpose of man, to exercise dominion under God, to be covenant-keepers, and to fulfil "the righteousness of the law" (Rom. 8:4)…
Man is summoned to create the society God requires. [37]
Chuck Colson (see my article called “Dominionism
Exposed”, http://www.deceptioninthechurch.com/dominionismexposed.html)
R.C. Sproul, Jr.
Second, be careful not to heed those
critics who have precious little understanding of theonomy
or reconstruction. Those on the left, both theologically and politically,
delight to present these heirs of the Puritans as evangelical jihadists
hell-bent on imposing a Calvinistic fascist regime on the rest of the world.
Nothing could be further from the truth. Theonomists,
like the rest of us, long to see justice in the political realm. They long to
see the nations discipled. They long to see the
kingdom made manifest. They long to see every knee bow and every tongue
confess that Jesus Christ is Lord. Who, within His kingdom, could ever argue
with that? [38]
Vinson Synon (see my article called “Dominionism
Exposed”, http://www.deceptioninthechurch.com/dominionismexposed.html)
Bishop Earl Paulk
(see my article called “Dominionism Exposed”,
http://www.deceptioninthechurch.com/dominionismexposed.html)
Ern Baxter (see
my article called “Dominionism Exposed”,
http://www.deceptioninthechurch.com/dominionismexposed.html)
Benny Hinn
Benny Hinn
states Hab. 2:14: “for the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory
of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea. This is happening around the world
today” (July 17, 2000)
[39]
Kenneth Hagin (see my article called “Dominionism
Exposed”, http://www.deceptioninthechurch.com/dominionismexposed.html)
Gary North (see my article called “Dominionism
Exposed”, http://www.deceptioninthechurch.com/dominionismexposed.html)
Gary DeMar (see my article called “Who Invented Dominionism?”,
http://herescope.blogspot.com/2011/09/who-invented-dominionism.html)
Loren Cunnigham (see my article called “Who Invented Dominionism?”,
http://herescope.blogspot.com/2011/09/who-invented-dominionism.html)
Bill Bright (see my article called “Who Invented Dominionism?”,
http://herescope.blogspot.com/2011/09/who-invented-dominionism.html)
Abraham Kuyper
“We may never build a wall of separation
between the kingdom of heaven and the lower orders of creation, as if [they] no
longer have anything to do with us once we enter the kingdom. This would be a
false spiritualism that finds no support anywhere in Scripture. It is not as if
souls alone will be saved or that at the very most, humanity will be saved
as a race. Our King’s dominion must include all of creation, and for
that reason all orders and kingdoms in creation must be saved from the
oppression under which they now groan.” [40]
Jeremy Rifkin
Rifkin especially liked the fact that the
"new evangelicals" believed that there was a "mistake in
Christian doctrine, ... the misinterpretation of the
concept of dominion in the Genesis account of creation."(p.245) He
noticed, "Now, for the first time, evangelical scholars are beginning to
redefine the meaning of dominion, and in so doing, they are creating the
theological foundations for a steady-state world view."(p. 245) These "new evangelical scholars" were developing
theologies that taught that "anything that exploits or harms God's
creations is sinful and an act of rebellion against God
himself."(p. 245) Worse, "anything that undermines the 'fixed'
purpose and order that God has given to the natural world is also sinful and an
act of rebellion. This is no small theological point."(p. 245-6) So, according to this worldview, "Dominionism
means stewardship over nature."(p. 246) And there
are serious penalties for non-compliance with the stewardship/Dominion mandate.
This then leads to the idea of a covenant. [41] [emphasis
added]
These quotes are just the tip of the
iceberg. You will find many more in our
upcoming book on Dominionism. Suffice it to say many have been given over
to the idea of man taking Dominion over the world for God and today most of
those streams have coalesced into what is not the modern form of Dominionism, espoused in particular by the New Apostolic
Reformation or Third Wave. We hope the
book will educate you as to the many issues of the unbiblical teachings that
constitute Dominionism because of the way the
Scriptures are being twisted out of their original context and meaning.
“A Short History” Endnotes
1.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominion_Theology
2.
https://www.gotquestions.org/Christian-dominionism.html
3.
C. Peter Wagner,
"On the Cutting Edge of Mission Strategy," Perspectives on the World
Christian Movement, A Reader, Revised Edition (Pasadena: William Carey Library,
1981,1992), pp. D-45-46.
4.
C. Peter Wagner,
Arise Prophetic Conference, Gateway Church, San Jose, CA, 10-10-2004
5.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Reconstructionism
6.
Chuck Colson,
Prison Ministry and Worldview: A Match Made in Heaven, Prison Fellowship,
08/29/2004,http://www.pfm.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=PFM_Site&template=/CM/HTMLDisplay.cfm&ContentlD=1
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7.
https://carm.org/christian-reconstructionism-theonomy
8.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latter_Rain_(post%E2%80%93World_War_II_movement
9.
http://www.deceptioninthechurch.com/ditc11.htm
10.
Environmental
dogma, domination, and dominion by Thomas M. Duran, The Catholic World Report,
http://www.catholicworldreport.com/2017/02/19/environmental-dogma-domination-and-dominion/
11.
The Catholic
Church and Stewardship of Creation by Father J. Michael Beers, Ph.D., S.S.L.,
Associate Professor in Historical Theology, Pontifical College Josephinum, Dr.
Russell Hittinger, Warren Professor of Catholic Studies, University of Tulsa,
Father Matthew Lamb, S.T.L., Professor of Theology, Boston College, Father Richard
John Neuhaus, President, Institute for Religion & Public Life, Dr. Robert
Royal, President, Faith and Reason Institute, Father Robert A. Sirico,
President, Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty at Action
Institute, https://acton.org/public-policy/environmental-stewardship/theology-e/catholic-church-and-stewardship-creation
12.
Catechism of the
Catholic Church, Providence and Secondary Causes, citing Col 1:24, 1 Cor 3:9; 1
Thes 3:2; Col 4:11, http://www.vatican.va/archive/ccc_css/archive/catechism/p1s2c1p4.htm
13.
Constitutional
Charter and Code, Knights of Malta, Article 4, Part 2,
https://www.orderofmalta.int/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Sovereign-Order-of-Malta-Constitutional-Charter-and-code.pdf
14.
Washington Post,
August 19, 2004. “General’s Speeches Broke Rules,” By R. Jeffrey Smith and Josh
White. At
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?A14262-2004Aug19?language=printer
15.
http://www.homestead.com/prosites-prs/generalboykin.html
16.
Americans
United, “U.S. Military Support For Baptist Evangelism
Program Draws Protest From Americans United” April 7, 2003. Published at:
http://www.au.org/site/News2 page=NewsArticle&id=5114&abbr=pr&security=1002&ne
17.
See “The
Despoiling Of America: How George W. Bush Became the Head of the new American
Dominionist Church State” February 11, 2004, by Katherine Yurica
at: http://www.yuricareport.com/Dominionism/TheDespoilingOfAmerica.htm
18.
Bob Jones and
Paul Cain, "Selections from the Kansas City Prophets," audiotape
19.
Paul Cain,
"You Can Become the Word!", 1989, Vineyard Prophetic Conference, with
comment from Deception In The Church, 1997
20.
Paul Cain, in a
Grace Ministries (“Kansas City Prophets,” precursor to IHOP) tape, November
1988, titled “My Father’s House. This is cited by Ed Tarkowski in the article
“The Signifiance of Filled
Stadiums,” http://www.discernment-ministries.org/Articles/FilledStadiums.pdf.
Emphasis added. Mike Bickle has a longtime
association with C. Peter Wagner of the NAR. See,
e.g.,http://www.discernment-ministries.org/Newsletters/NL1998NovDec.pdf
21.
http://www.dewitttabernacle.org/mystery%20of%20the%20inheritence%20of%20the%20sons%20of%20god.htm;
William Branham, The Messiah 61-0117
22.
Mike
Oppenheimer, "A NEW Thing," Let Us Reason,
http://www.letusreason.org/Latrain11.htm,
23.
Mike
Oppenheimer, "The Cleansing for the Kingdom,"
http://www.letusreason.org/latrain14.htm
24.
To understand
this "man-child" concept, see page 40 of the book Strange Fire: The
Rise of Gnosticism in the Church by Travers and Jewel van der Merwe, posted
online http://www.discernment-ministries.org/StrangeFire.pdf. Also see the
May/June 2007 Discernment Newsletter,
http://www.deceptioninthechurch.com/May-June2007.htm
25.
The Restitution
of All Things by George Hawtin,
https://www.godfire.net/restitutionHawtin.html
26.
http://www.letusreason.org/Latrain7.htm
27.
The Feast of
Tabernacles, George Warnock, http://latter-rain.com/escha/warnock.htm
28.
New Thought
& Mind Sciences, http://www.letusreason.org/WF48.htm
29.
John Wimber
cited in The Deception of Dominion Theology, http://dominion-theology.blogspot.com/
30.
John Wimber, The Interactive Bible, 1998
31.
Chuck Pierce,
“This is NOT a Time to be Passive but to Go to War and
Worship Violently!” TheElijahList, August 7, 2010,
http://www.elijahlist.com/words/html/textonly-080710-Pierce.html
32.
Remarks by Cindy
Jacobs transcribed in “Jacobs: ‘The Bible is the Government of the People, by
the People, and for the People,” April 16, 2010,
http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/jacobs-bible-government-people-people-and-people
Video coverage and more articles from the perspective of the political Left can
be found at:
http://www.alternet.org/news/146634/exposing_the_christian_right%27s_new_racial_playbook_/
and also here: http://www.truthwinsout.org/blog/2010/04/8311/
33.
Jack Deere, “It
Sounds Like the Mother of All Battles “Joel’s Army”
(Vineyard Ministries International. 1990, audiocassette message); as quoted in
“Joel’s Army” by Mike Oppenheimer: http://www.letusreason.org/Latrain10.htm.
34.
Advertisement
on TheElijahList for Todd Bentley’s CD
“Preparing for Habitation: Secrets to Having God’s Presence in Your Life
Continuously,” April 23, 2008. Emphasis added.
35.
Ed Silvoso, "That None Should PerishHow
to Reach Entire Cities for Christ through Prayer Evangelism" (Regal:
Ventura CA 1994), p. 117.
36.
Dawson,
"Engaging the Enemy: How to Fight and Defeat Territorial Spirits,"
Regal Books, 1991
37.
John Dawson, And
In This Corner, Born To Battle, Chapter 12, p. 128
38.
Rushdoony 1973,
pp. 3–4., https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Reconstructionism#cite_note
FOOTNOTERushdoony19733.E2.80.934-34
39.
What Is
Reconstructionism? What Is Theonomy? by R.C. Sproul,
http://www.ligonier.org/blog/what-reconstructionism-what-theonomy/
40.
This promise is
to the King of Babylon and the Babylonians who built their city with blood.
(Babylon is a type of the world who serve self and not God) One day this will
all change when the Lord comes to set up his kingdom that he will be
acknowledged by everyone. But Many are saying this is
actually happening now through the gospel and the Church’s influence. (Mike
Oppenheimer, Kingdom Triumphalism, http://www.letusreason.org/Latrain12.htm
41.
https://blog.logos.com/2016/07/10-thought-provoking-quotes-from-abraham-kuyper/
42.
"The
EMERGENT BLUEPRINT: Part 5: The Next Great Awakening. . . Or Great
Deadening?" Herescope, 10/6/10,
http://herescope.blogspot.com/2010/10/emergent-blueprint.html
. This article was part of a series. Part 6, titled "The Emerging
Order" can be accessed here:
http://herescope.blogspot.com/2010/10/emerging-order.html Note that Rifkin, like
other proponents of Dominionism, refers to a Second Reformation and a Third
Great Awakening, which are connected to the idea of a New Apostolic Reformation
at a multitude of levels. Note Constance Cumbey's insightful comments and
history on Jeremy
Rifkin's Dominionism. We are indebted to Cumbey for alerting us to Rifkin in
her book A Planned Deception, where she says that Rifkin wrote in his book
ENTROPY: A New World View (Bantam, 1981) that "...Only the entropy
paradigm provides a scythe that is both sharp enough to cut through the tangled
debris of this death-bound culture and broad enough to clear a path for the
dawn of a new age. . . The specifics of what is to be done can only come after
a thorough cleansing away of the last remaining vestiges of the mechanical
world view. Our own conversion is the first order of business. Only when we
have cast aside forever the old way of thinking and behaving and take onto
ourselves the new entropic world view will we be ready to go forth and remake
our culture. The new order of the ages must begin with a revolution in science,
education and religion. . ." (Citation:
http://www.discernment-ministries.org/Newsletters/NL1998AugSep.pdf)