Healing Scriptures

The Healing Scriptures Made Personal

1 Peter 2:24
Thank you Jesus, you bodily bore my sins upon the cross, that I, being dead to sins, now live justified as innocent and righteousness: by Your stripes I was healed and made whole. I praise you for healing my body.

Psalms 118:17
I shall not die, but recover, live and be restored to full strength and energy, and will declare, proclaim and celebrate the works of the LORD.

Psalms 91:16
With long life You will satisfy me and will show me Your salvation [i.e. deliverance and healing].

Psalms 116:8-9
You O Lord have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, and my feet from falling. I will walk before You in the land of the living.

Luke 10:19
I thank you and praise You Lord for giving me delegated supernatural power, strength, authority and competency to completely destroy the demonic order of snakes and scorpions, overcoming all the power and pressures of the devil: and no demon shall by any means can hurt me.

John 10:10
The thief only comes around for three reasons: to steal, kill and to completely destroy things, which includes my spiritual, physical, material and social well being: But, thank You Jesus, You came that I might have life and enjoy life, and that I might have life superabundantly and beyond measure in every area of my life.

Hebrews 10:23
I hold fast my profession of faith without wavering; because You faithfully, reliably and surely keep your promises.

Joel 3:10
When I’m feeling weak and defeated, I say, “I am a strong warrior.”

1 John 5:14-15
This is the kind of confidence, assurance, the privilege of boldness that I have in You, that, because I ask all thing according to Your Word, I know that You hear me every time. And because I know that You hear me, I also know that whatsoever I have asked and prayed for is already mine. [Thank you for your faith working in me.]

2 Timothy 1:7
You did not give me the spirit of fear; but thank You for giving me the spirit of power and of love and of calm and well-balanced mind, discipline and self-control.

Rev 12:11
I am a over comer of every devil by the blood of the Lamb, and by the utterance of my testimony which I have in You;

Exodus 15:26

Because I diligently listen to Your voice, LORD God, and am doing that which is right in Your sight, and giving ear to Your commandments, and keeping all Your statutes, You will allow none of these diseases upon me, which were brought upon the Egyptians: for You are the LORD that heals me.

Exodus 23:25-26

I am serving You LORD, You are my God, and thank You for continually blessing my bread, and my water; and You are removing all sicknesses from inside me. Because of YOU, nothing of mine shall ever be miscarried or aborted, nor be barren or unfruitful and You will fulfill the full number of my days.

Psalm 103:1-5

I am affectionately praising You LORD, with my mind, my will and my emotions, everything within me gratefully praises Your Holy name. I gratefully praise You LORD, with my mind, my will and my emotions, I’ll never forget any of Your benefits: You have forgiven all my iniquities; You have healed every disease that has come upon me;

You redeemed my life from destruction; You have crowned me as a priest and a king with such loving kindness and tender mercy; You are continually satisfying my mouth with every good thing and You are renewing my youth strong, overcoming and soaring like the eagle’s.

Psalms 107:19-20

Every time that I have been in trouble or been in distress and have called upon You LORD, You have saved me. Each time, You have sent Your word, and healed me, and delivered me from certain defeat and destruction. [ I praise You for Your faithfulness!]

Proverbs 4:20-23

I have acted upon Your words; and I have listened to Your sayings. I am continuing to read your Word and I am keeping Your words down in my heart. Because I know that Your words are life and health to all my flesh. That’s why I am protecting and defending my heart with all diligence; for I know out of my heart proceed all the issues of both life and death.

Isaiah 53:4-5

Lord, You are the bearer of all my sicknesses, and You are the carrier of all my pains: In the past I ignorantly thought of you as one struck down and punished by God. But in fact, You were wounded for all my transgressions, You were bruised for all my iniquities: The chastisement that purchased my peace was fully upon You; and by Your stripes I am healed and have been made whole. [Thank You for your Divine exchange!]

Jeremiah 1:12
Thank You Lord for being alert and active, watching over Your word and performing it in my life.

Nahum 1:9
You have made an utter end to all the affliction from my enemies, they shall not rise up the second time. [Thank You Lord.]

Jeremiah 30:17

You have restored my health to me, and have healed me of all my wounds,…. [I thank You for restoring my health back and healing me my LORD!]

Matthew 8:16-17
When evening came, many brought to You all those who were under the power of demons, and You drove out the spirits with a word and restored health to all who were sick. That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying, You took away all my infirmities, and carried away all my sicknesses. [Thank You and praise You Jesus!]

Matthew 15:30-31

And great multitudes came to You, having with them those that were lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others, and cast them down at Your feet; and You healed them: Insomuch that the multitude wondered, when they saw the dumb to speak, the maimed to be whole, the lame to walk, and the blind to see: and they glorified the God of Israel.

Matthew 18:18-19
Truly You told me, that whatsoever I am binding on earth is already bound in heaven: and whatsoever I loosen on earth is already loosed in heaven. And You told me, That if any two of us shall agree on earth [Note: One can be you while the other can be the Holy Ghost (1 John 5:8; 3:24)] concerning anything that we ask, it will be done for us by our Father in heaven.

Mark 11:23-24

Jesus, because I say to the mountainous thing that is blocking my path, “Get out of my way, and be thrown into the deepest sea”; and am not doubting it in my heart, but have believed what I said will come to pass; it will be done for me. In the same way, what I am asking in prayer, I am believing what I asked for is granted to me, so I will get them.

Mark 16:17-18

And these signs are following me because I’m a believer; In Your name I am casting out devils; In Your name I am speaking with new tongues; In Your name if I’m ever bitten by snakes or consumed any deadly thing, it shall not hurt me; In Your name I am laying my hands on the sick, and the sick are beginning to get better and are recovering.

Luke 9:2

Thank You for sending me to preach the kingdom of God, and to heal the sick.

Galatians 3:13-14

Christ hath redeemed me from the curse of the law, being made a curse for me: (for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangs on a tree): Because of this very act the blessing of Abraham have come on me through Jesus Christ; so that I have received the promise of the Spirit through faith. [Thank You for helping me to receive the promise of the Spirit, help me to be filled with Him in greater measures again and again.]

James 4:7

I submit myself to God. I Resist the devils, and they flee from me. [Thank You Lord Jesus for helping me to submit to You and resist the devils by drawing near to you (James 4:8).]

James 5:14-15

Is any sick among us? Call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord: And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise us up; and if we have committed sins, they shall be forgiven us. [Thank You and praise You Lord for revealing that it is your will for us to be healed and to heal others by the prayer of faith!]

Luke 13:16

And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bondage on the Sabbath day? [Sickness is the bondage of Satan to keep a believer from being fully creative, productive and effective for the kingdom of God. Always resist and loosen yourself from such demonic bondages in the Mighty Name of Jesus!]

Acts 5:16

There came also a multitude out of the cities round about unto Jerusalem, bringing sick folks, and them which were vexed with unclean spirits: and they were healed every one. [Thank you and praise you Lord for still continuing to do such things!]

Acts 10:38

God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.

God has anointed me with the Holy Ghost and with power: I therefore go about doing good, and healing all that are oppressed of the devil; for God is with me.

The Healing Scriptures

Deut 7:15
And the Lord will protect you from all sickness. He will not let you suffer from the terrible diseases you knew in Egypt, but he will inflict them on all your enemies! (NLT)

Deut 28:1-2 [Blessings on Obedience]
“Now it shall come to pass, if you diligently obey the voice of the LORD your God, to observe carefully all His commandments which I command you today, that the LORD your God will set you high above all nations of the earth. And all these blessings shall come upon you and overtake you, because you obey the voice of the LORD your God:” (NKJV)

Deut 30:19-20
Today I ask heaven and earth to be witnesses. I am offering you life or death, blessings or curses. Now, choose life! Then you and your children may live. To choose life is to love the Lord your God, obey him, and stay close to him. He is your life, and he will let you live many years in the land, the land he promised to give your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. (NCV)

Josh 21:45
He kept every promise he had made to the Israelites; each one came true. (NCV)

1Kings 8:56
Blessed be the Lord, Who has given rest to His people Israel, according to all that He promised. Not one word has failed of all His good promise which He promised through Moses His servant. (AMP)

Ps 89:34
I will not break my agreement nor change what I have said. (NCV)

Ps 105:37
Then He brought Israel out with silver and gold. And there was not one weak person among their families. (NLV)

Ps 89:34
I will not break my agreement nor change what I have said. (NCV)

Prov 3:5-6
Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths. (NKJV)

Is 41:10, 13
Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, yes, I will help you, I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.’ For I, the LORD your God, will hold your right hand, saying to you, ‘Fear not, I will help you.’ (NKJV)

Is 43:25-26

I, even I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake; and I will not remember your sins. Put Me in remembrance; let us contend together; state your case, that you may be acquitted. (NKJV)

Hos 4:6

My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge; because you [the priestly nation] have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you that you shall be no priest to Me; seeing you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your children. (AMP)

Nah 1:7
The Lord is good, a strong refuge when trouble comes. He is close to those who trust in him. (NLT)

Matt 21:21
So Jesus answered and said to them, “Assuredly, I say to you, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but also if you say to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ it will be done. (NKJV)

John 9:31

Now we know that God does not hear sinners; but if anyone is a worshiper of God and does His will, He hears him. (NKJV)

Rom 4:19-21
And not being weak in faith, he did not consider his own body, already dead (since he was about a hundred years old), and the deadness of Sarah’s womb. He did not waver at the promise of God through unbelief, but was strengthened in faith, giving glory to God, and being fully convinced that what He had promised He was also able to perform. (NKJV)

Rom 8:11

But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you. (NKJV)

[Note: The secret to receive God’s healing and health for our physical mortal body does not necessarily have to be sought outside us, but it is within us. This scripture assures a believer that God’s heavenly physical healing and health is supplied through the Spirit of God who dwells within our spirit man. He takes the life of God [Zoe - God’s life] which has no sickness or disease and infuses it in to us. This rejuvenates and will restore the vitality of our physical body. Praise the Lord!]

2 Cor 1:20
For all the promises of God in Him are Yes, and in Him Amen, to the glory of God through us. (NKJV)

2 Cor 10:3-5
For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh. For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ. (NKJV)

[Note : Satan many a times brings fear in to the mind of believer’s and will always try to make them worried, which is the reason and root cause for many of the present days diseases and sicknesses. It all starts with the mind thinking negative about ourselves, our circumstances and about others. God’s word is hundred percentage positive and full of hope for us and our situations. When the believer learns to wage spiritual warfare against Satan and his demons in his daily life by pulling down strongholds of negative thoughts and casting down negative arguments that come out of one’s mouth from the heart which will sap out their spiritual energy and will strengthen the negativistic attitude of their mind and also casting down every high and prideful thing that God hates which will exalt itself against the knowledge of God. This will make the believer to trust in God’s promises and not get bogged down by his negative surroundings or circumstances. This will not only make the believer to maintain God given good health, but also receive healing from God through His word.]

Eph 6:10-17 [The Whole Armor of God]
Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles [the strategies and the deceits] of the devil. For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. Stand therefore, having girded your waist with truth, having put on the breastplate of righteousness, and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace; above all, taking the shield of faith with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.

Phil 1:6

I am sure that God Who began the good work in you will keep on working in you until the day Jesus Christ comes again. (NLV)

Phil 2:13

For God is working in you, giving you the desire and the power to do what pleases him. (NLT)

Phil 4:6-8

Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy—meditate on these things. (NKJV)

Heb 4:12
For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. (NKJV)

Heb 10:25
Let us not stay away from church meetings. Some people are doing this all the time. Comfort each other as you see the day of His return coming near. (NLV)

Heb 10:35
So don’t throw away your bold faith. It will bring you rich rewards. (NIRV)

Heb 11:11
By faith Sarah herself also received strength to conceive seed, and she bore a child when she was past the age, because she judged Him faithful who had promised. (NKJV)

Heb 13:8
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever. (NKJV)

James 1:5

If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him. (NKJV)

[Note: The wisdom of God will give you ability to take the right decisions when you are faced with adverse circumstances in life due to sicknesses, diseases and ill health.]

James 3:17

But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy. (NKJV)

1 Peter 5:7-9

Give all your worries to him, because he cares about you. Control yourselves and be careful! The devil, your enemy, goes around like a roaring lion looking for someone to eat. Refuse to give in to him, by standing strong in your faith. You know that your Christian family all over the world is having the same kinds of suffering. (NCV)

1 John 3:22

And whatever we ask we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments and do those things that are pleasing in His sight. (NKJV)

Dominion-Image of God

Restoration of Dominion Image Of God In Man

By Abraham Israel

We all seek for prominence and identity in this life because we must understand that it is God who created us for this purpose. This purpose was the discussion that was on when God started to create men. The Bible reveals it by saying, Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. Then God blessed them, and God 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 that moves on the earth.” (Gen 1:26-28). Here we see that God planned us to be made in His image. If we still are not sure about the identity and essence of God’s image, God Himself explains His image by saying, “ ..In Our image…Our likeness..let them have dominion over..the sea…the air and on the earth”. This image we can call it or phrase it as the ‘dominion-image of God’.

The Hebrew word for dominion is ‘radah’ [pronounced rä·dä'] which means 1) to rule, have dominion, dominate, tread down a) (Qal) to have dominion, rule, subjugate b) (Hiphil) to cause to dominate 2) to scrape out a) (Qal) to scrape, scrape out. The dominion image of God is that heart in us which has the natural desire to rule over the surrounding in which we live. This ‘dominion-image’ is also the legal right given to man to rule over the entire earth, just as God rules over the entire universe. The Bible also confirms this by saying, “The heaven, even the heavens, are the LORD’s [i.e. under His dominion]; But the [dominion of the] earth He has given to the children of men.” (Ps 115:16).

But the problem is this dominion image of God will be active only as long as man is connected to God in his spirit-man. Because when God discussed about His image, He did not speak in singularity but in plurality [i.e. He did not say ‘I will create in My image’ but He said, ‘Let Us {which includes the Father, Son and the Holy Spirit} make man in Our image’]. The strength of God lies in the role which each person of the trinity play to express His creative image of rulership, which He exercises over His Dominion. This is why God is three in person, but are one in purpose. This implies clearly that unless man is connected to God in his spirit with one purpose, he will not be able to express this dominion-image of God through his life. The power of Trinity lies in their unity. This unity can be defined as a dependency upon each other and a spirit connection of inter-penetration to one another. The Bible says, ‘Now the Lord is the Spirit’ (2 Cor 3:17). In other words, in this time-space bound now-realm of this earth, the Lord [i.e. God-connection in this earth] is the person of the Holy Spirit. It also means the one who works in us as Master over us and through us in this earth is the Holy Spirit. This dependency upon God the Spirit activates the dominion image of God in us. This dominion-image of God will give us unique identity and prominence because of the restoration of the original purpose of God in us. In other words we are wired and uniquely designed to fulfill this purpose. Praise the Lord!

God created man in His dominion-image, so that he can exercise dominion just like Him. Jesus was the one who first exhibited this exact dominion-image of God in this planet earth after the first Adam lost this image because of disobedience (1 Cor 15:45,49; Luke 3:38). For example Jesus said to the hypocritical religious leaders who opposed Jesus when He exercised dominion in the earth, “But if I cast out demons by the Spirit of God, surely the kingdom of God has come upon you.” (Matt 12:28). In other words Jesus was telling them that the dominion image of God is what He was exercising and that is done by the Spirit of God Himself. In opposing the works of the Spirit of God who was working in Jesus these people were already opposing God’s kingdom rule which has already come upon the earth through Jesus, which the Pharisees boasted as though they were the true representatives of it. In the succeeding verses Jesus spoke about their wrong critical and judgmental attitude in attributing the Spirit’s work to the work of Satan, and that cannot be forgiven even for eternity because these religious people wanted to break the purpose of God which is to exercise the dominion-image of God in the planet earth (Matt 12:31-32). Jesus represented every one of us before God and he is the “repairer of the breach” (Is 58:12) or in other words the repairer of the lost God-connection of human kind.

Jesus also confirmed this reflection of God’s dominion-image which he reflected by saying, “….Most assuredly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of Himself, but what He sees the Father do; for whatever He does, the Son also does in like manner. For the Father loves the Son, and shows Him all things that He Himself does; and He will show Him greater works than these, that you may marvel” (John 5:19-20). Jesus also said “….the Father who dwells in Me does the works.” (John 14:10). In other words, because of the spirit-connection Jesus had with God the Father, the works that Jesus did in this planet earth was equal to Father-God Himself sitting in the earthly body of Jesus and doing His works on earth. This spirit-connection to God through the Holy Spirit brings the dominion image of God in us to be activated to rule and reign in this planet earth (Eph 2:18). The power to rule and reign in this planet earth comes in to activation proportionately equal to the flow of communication between God and us. The more we are connected to God to represent God in His likeness, that much of power of authority and dominion image of God will be expressed on this earth.

The more we express it, the more prominent and unique identity we will have in God. This is the place where all the enemies of God in the spirit world will come to recognize the dominion image of God in us and through us, as the evil spirit himself confessed when it rebounded and attacked the faithless seven sons of Sceva, a Jewish Chief Priest, who had no God-connection [i.e. dominion-image of God] in their spirit man inside them (Acts 19:13-15). As the Bible says in Acts 19:15-16, “And the evil spirit answered and said, “Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are you?” Then the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, overpowered them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.” Only when you are strong in your spirit-man with a mature dominion image of God inside you, all the principalities and powers will know you and will acknowledge the authority of God in you.

The dominion image of God was lost when Adam disobeyed God. The dominion over the world was in Adam’s hand until the day “sin entered the world” (Rom 5:12). If we ask what is sin? The Bible says, “sin is lawlessness.” (1 John 3:4). In other words sin is the lawless nature of the devil which acts against and rebels against God’s dominion continuously (1 John 3:8). When the lawless nature of Satan began to influence humans legally in the soulish realm because of Adam’s disobedience, all became sinners by an in-born nature of our soul (Rom 5:19). Adam’s spirit connection to God became dead exactly on the day of his disobedience just exactly as God forewarned Adam (Gen 2:16-17). Once Adam’s spirit connection to God was severed, Satan began to use his voice to direct man in the soulish realm because God has created the soul to be operative by spirit-direction. Jesus affirms this fact by saying that the believer will start to reject the voices of Satan and his demons, which He described as “the voice of strangers” (John 10:5). The more people get deceived by these spirit’s voices in their soulish realm, the more they will become lawless. But the real voice of God will be heard by the believers because of a brand new spirit put within them by God to connect to Him (Ezek 36:26-27). These believers will begin to recognize the voice of God and He too will call them by name and will guide them as He had promised (John 10:3-4). The Spirit of God will be the one who will connect God’s voice directly from His throne in heaven to our soul on earth. Our soul in turn will be able to recognize the voice of God on earth through our activated spirit within us (1 John 3:24; Heb 12:25; 1 Cor 2:10-12).

Hence for man to have dominion on the earth is closely interwoven with his dependency and God-connection that He experiences with God in his spirit, which is only revived, regenerated and renewed only for a born again believer in Christ Jesus (Eph 3:16; Tit 3:5; 2 Cor 4:16). So only Jesus said, …“Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.” (John 3:5-6). In other words Jesus is saying only the Spirit of God can make the dead spirit of a human to be become connected to God’s heavens life of the kingdom. Only those who are born from above can hear the voice of the wind which is the Holy Spirit of God (John 3:8).

The reason many people are oppressed more than ever in times past is because they do not accept and receive this truth of God [i.e. Jesus and His voice which is the Holy Spirit], rather they love to hear and receive deceptive soulish voices which will not be in-line with the truth of God revealed in the word of God (John 8:32; 2 Thess 2:9-12). The Apostle Paul in 2 Cor 4:4 says about these things clearly in his writing, “whose [i.e. unbeliever ] minds the god of this age has blinded, who do not believe, lest the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine on them.” The dominion-image of God will shine on us as much as we believe to receive the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ. Until a person becomes hungry to hear the truth and receive it, he will never be able to differentiate between God’s voice and the soulish voices he will hear in himself. This is the reason humans are not able to rule and reign in this planet earth, instead Satan and his evil cohort’s bully people tyrannically and is ruling the world invisibly by promoting evil, destruction and peacelessness in this planet earth. Satan has been able to blind people’s mind and deceive them is because man doesn’t have the power to have dominion exercised without God. Man is wired in such a way, the one and only way he can exercise dominion on earth is by his oneness of purpose in his spirit, soul and body with God (Luke 1:37). Jesus himself humbly confessed this fact by saying, “I can of Myself do nothing…”, even though he was the only begotten Son of God who came from heaven to this planet earth as an incarnated perfect substitute for every man (John 5:30; 3:16,17).

Satan and his evil cohorts are much more powerful as spirit beings than man, when man doesn’t have that God-connection in himself through the Spirit of God. That’s why the Apostle John wrote by Divine inspiration to the believers, “You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because He who is in you [i.e. God the Holy Spirit] is greater than he who is in the world [i.e. Satan and his demons].” (1 John 4:4). In other words with God-connection in his spirit-man, man is more powerful that Satan and all his evil demons. This is confirmed in Ps 8:5-6 also, “For You have made him a little lower than the angels [i.e. Elohim.heb -> Creator God], and You have crowned him with glory and honor. You have made him to have dominion over the works of Your hands; You have [already] put all things [including the angels] under his feet…”

[Note: The meaning for the word ‘Elohim’ is exactly translated as God who is the Creator. But the Jewish tradition has wrongly translated it according to their tradition, calling God as angels just because they found the word to be pluralistic. But Christians have no problem in interpreting it as God the Creator in a pluralistic way because we know and believe the doctrine of trinity.]

Here we notice three things in these preceding verses,

1) By the purpose of God in the original creation of man, man is only a little lower than only the Creator God Himself.

2) The very purpose of making man is for him to have dominion.

3) God has already put all things under His feet [i.e. feet of Jesus Christ] and has seated us humans with Him in the heavenly places. Through this elevated standing we [i.e. men who are believers in Christ Jesus] are higher than the angels (Eph 1:18-23; 2:5-6). So only in the New Testament angels are exactly described in Heb 1:14 as, “Therefore, angels are only servants—spirits sent to care for people who will inherit salvation.” [New Living Translation]. This has been confirmed by an angel himself who said, “See that you do not do that [i.e. fall down to worship me]. For I am your fellow servant, and of your brethren the prophets, and of those who keep the words of this book. Worship God.” (Rev 22:9), when apostle John overawed by the prophetic words and visions that came from the angel on assignment, fell down to worship the angel.

To be close to God and to be powerful with dominion-image of God is the original purpose and intention of God for man in His original creation. This is still His will for every man in this planet earth (Rom 16:20). Satan didn’t like the idea of God for him which is to be a guardian to man under him, so he rebelled against God’s project of planet earth (Ezekiel 28:13-19). This is the reason Jesus taught His disciples to pray “Your kingdom come. Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.” (Matt 6:10) because Satan has rebelled against God and has been instigating and influencing men to act against God ever since the fall of first Adam. Only on earth God’s will is not done because of Satan’s evil influence over all men in this earth.

Man by God’s creation purpose is custom built to exercise dominion by depending on God and having love relationship with Him. Human being only then will have perfect peace, love and unity to exercise dominion-image of God on the planet earth. Only this will give prominence and identity that every human longs for. Are you ready? You are asking me for what? To exercise God’s dominion-image in this planet earth which is the sole purpose of our existence! Get that God-connection right and you will experience the dominion-image of God in you and through you. Praise the Lord!