I only just learned about man’s dominion that God gave us all a few years ago. I don’t know how many people teach this, but it’s pretty awesome to know that God gave Adam and Eve and all their descendants (including you and me) authority over creation. We gave it to Satan when we sinned in the Garden of Eden (3:6), but Jesus took it back from him (Matthew 28:18). I don’t know why anyone could believe otherwise. My main problem is that politics has interfered with everything, and if you don’t have excellent discernment about it, starting with at least knowing that people shouldn’t be divisive or tyrannical in anything, you will likely struggle. I think it’s better to mirror Heaven on Earth, just as Jesus prayed that God’s will be done here on Earth as it is in Heaven (Matthew 6:10).
Also, I’ve been told that Genesis 1:29 tells us of plants being given to all man, and that marijuana is one of them. That last part is a lie, for though the verse is true in every way, marijuana is not God’s invention, nor is tobacco. “All things are lawful, but all things are not helpful” (1 Corinthians 6:12a, NKJV), right? I think those two things (and many other perversions of creation) have been manipulated out of the good by Satan. You don’t see someone smoking an actual tree bark like it’s a blunt, right? You don’t see maple leaves rolled up like cigarettes or other similar things and chainsmoked by the hundreds one at a time, right? I’m sure some people do this, but all of it is forgivable. It’s not as though anyone can reject the Lord Jesus by accident, right? I definitely don’t think it’s even possible for someone to go to Hell without them being given any chances to repent and believe in Him. God has no pleasure in anyone going there anyway (Ezekiel 18:32). The idea that God condemns those who have never heard Jesus’ message of salvation is an absolute sham, too, a deception of the evil one. But I won’t explain it now. By the way, this six-verse passage is found in page 1 both in the NKJV and NASB Bibles I’m using, page 3 of the VOICE copy I have, and pages 2-3 of the Amplified Bible (Classic Edition) that I bought some years ago. Oh, and one more thing: be prepared for me mentioning that a certain Scripture is used to manipulate people in a huge degree on many occasions.
See you in chapter 2!
Ron And His Stories 