“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” (Gen. 1:28).
The original will of God was to have men and women walking on the earth that exercise dominion, that are blessed, fruitful, that multiply and dominate.
Now mankind was created in God’s image and in God’s likeness. He was created to look like God and to have the same God-like ability. God spoke and it was so. God gave man the ability to speak and it would be so. God, obviously, operates in free will.
And mankind is the only thing in the universe that has that same right to choose. You can to operate in the kingdom of light, or you can choose to be in the nation of Satan, the kingdom of darkness. You can choose whatever you want to do because you are the captain of your own ship.
The Bible also said that God blessed the man. The word “blessed” means to invoke divine favor upon; to confer well-being or prosperity on. God intended for the man on the earth to walk in nothing less than total favor, well-being, and prosperity.
Also, God told the man to be fruitful or productive; to produce an abundance and be prolific. God wanted man to be so productive that he would almost always overproduce. For example, if a man was a farmer, he would be so successful that he would have more crops that he could ever use. That is God’s original will for all of mankind.
Then God told the man to multiply, or to increase in number. God wanted man to always increase, increase, increase, and increase in everything in this life. And God wants mankind to rule and reign, to dominate.
So, God is going to have in this earth a race of prosperous people and nothing less. There will be, before the return of Jesus, a race of people who will function in God’s image and likeness; a race of people that will be blessed. They’ll have favor conferred upon them; they will be fruitful, they will produce an abundance. And there will be a race of people who will multiply, dominate, rule and reign.
I call that one nation under God.
Scripture References: Matthew 18:18; Mark 16:16-18; Luke 10:19
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Keith Butler has been an ordained minister since 1974. He is a graduate of the University of Michigan and holds diplomas from Canada Christian College and Rhema Bible Training Center.
He serves in ministry with the support of his lovely wife, Pastor Deborah L. Butler, and their children: Pastor Andre Butler (granddaughters Alexis, Angela, and April), Pastor MiChelle Ferguson and husband Pastor Lee (grandson Lucas), and Minister Kristina Jenkins and husband Pastor Joel (grandsons Andrew and Austin, and granddaughter Alyssa).