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DOMINION AND POWER – PART TWO I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.                                                           ~ Ezekiel 36:26             I wanted to do an addendum to my most recent post on dominion and power because in the last few days a particular incident has been in the news and making the rounds on the internet that illustrates some of the concepts I was talking about in that post.   According to the story as summarized by the UK's Daily Mail : ·          ‘Under Wild Skies’ [a program on NBC Spo...

DOMINION AND POWER He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God. ~ Micah 6:8 The second half of Genesis 1:26 tells us that, coupled with creation in His image, God gave us dominion over the animals.   Bruce Birch explains, “God’s resolve to create in the divine image is coupled with a commissioning to have dominion. . . . It is as representative (image) of God that we are given capacity for power in the world.” [1]   Birch adds, “We are not absolute monarchs in the world but trustees or stewards acting in behalf of God’s sovereignty as Creator.” [2]   Moreover, because our authority over animals is a delegated power, it is not absolute; it is answerable to God, who ultimately rules over all.   This delegation of power over creation comes with an “implied moral norm [that measures] human actions by reference to their faithfulness in reflecting God’s will and ultimate r...