Hello everybody, it's Mr. Tall23 back in their video, first I just want to do a quick sound
check to make sure that the sound is working before I get into the video.
Alright, so the sound is working.
Anyway, so in this video I want to talk about a particular doctrine and compare
it with what the Bible teaches to see whether or not it's biblical and that's
the doctrine known as Dominion Theology also known as Dominionism. Now from
what I understand Dominion Theology is a pretty broad term which applies to
several different doctrines. There are two main schools of thought which are
usually given the title of Dominion Theology or Dominionism. There's
Christian Reconstructionism which is a movement primarily among Calvinist
post-millennialists who believe in establishing the kingdom of God on
earth prior to the return of Jesus Christ. And there's also something which
is mainly promoted by Charismatics and Pentecostals called Kingdom Now Theology
which pushes the idea that everything should be Christianized. It's kind of a
social movement which seeks to turn all the institutions in this world into
Christian run institutions into things which are based on the Bible. You know
reform the schools, reform the the government, reform science, reform arts,
reform everything according to the Bible. That's basically what Kingdom Now
Theology is. Now the lot that could be said about both of these ideas but I
want to focus mainly on Christian Reconstructionism in this video. Now
first I just want to define some things and explain exactly what this
form of Dominion Theology is, what Christian Reconstructionism is. This
theology is promoted by post-millennialists so these are
people who believe that Jesus Christ will not return until after the
thousand years, after the millennium. Their idea of the millennium is a
golden age upon this earth in which Christians rule the world in a government
pattern after the principles of the Holy Scriptures. They promote Christians
themselves establishing a kingdom which rules over the entire world
according to the law of Moses. They believe that's their responsibility to
create the kingdom of God upon this earth and they believe that the
millennium will not end and Christ will not return until this kingdom has
been created and has dominion over all of the earth. That's basically
what Christian Reconstructionism is. I want to say first of all that I agree
with and support the idea of theonomy, that is the rule according to God's law.
It's written in the Scriptures that the law of the Lord is perfect, converting the
soul. When Christ's kingdom comes upon this earth, the Bible prophesies in
Isaiah 2-3 that the law shall go forth out of Zion and it's written
that he will rule the nations with a rod of iron. When the Lord Jesus Christ
is sitting upon his throne, when the Millennial Kingdom is established, Jesus
Christ will rule this world according to the law of God. So I agree that the laws
of God should be instituted in a godly nation. I believe that adulterers and
murderers and sodomites and bestialitors etc. should be put to
death according to what is written in the law of God. A lot of Christians
have this incorrect and unbiblical attitude that the laws of God are just
meaningless to Christians today but it says in Romans 3.31, and do we then
make void the law through faith? God forbid, yea, we establish the law. The only
things written in the law of Moses which are done away with in the New
Testament according to the Bible are the carnal ordinances which are defined
specifically in Colossians chapter 2 and Hebrews chapter 7 to chapter 10 and
those things include the Levitical priesthood, the animal sacrifices,
circumcision, meat and drinks, diverse washings, the new moons of Sabbath days,
the holy days. That's pretty much it. Besides those ordinances and those
rituals, the commandments given in the law of God are not done away with. In
fact there's many chapters in the New Testament commanding the same things
that we see in the law of Moses. There's chapters against adultery and
incest and murder and drunkenness and theft and covetousness and blasphemy
etc. The issue with Dominion theology is not the type of government which it
advocates for which is simply God's government, that which God
established and promoted in the actual Bible. Basically they want to rule
according to what the Bible actually says. I agree with that. But the issue
and the reason why Dominion theology is unbiblical is the idea that it's the
job of the so-called church. Of course these are Calvinists who promote this
so they believe in the unbiblical idea of a universal church. They believe that
it's the job of the church to create this government and to establish the
kingdom of God in preparation for the return of Jesus Christ. And part of the
reason why I believe, part of the reason why they believe in this bizarre
doctrine is because of that other false doctrine which they hold to known
as post-millennialism. One of the first videos I made after getting
saved on this channel was against post-millennialism. It was prompted by
some negative comments made by a post-millennials who followed my channel
at the time that I was in the Hebrew roots movement. And this person called me
a heretic and sent me an article by some Puritan, by some reformed
post-millennialist guy who was trying to push the historicist and
post-millennialist view that a lot of Calvinist theologians believe in. So I
made a video which was like an hour and a half to two hours long just
completely refuting the doctrine of post-millennialism. And that was
prompted by a video which I had made before about the chronology of the
book Revelation in June of 2018. And this person replied with this article. So I
said I read over the article and it was just completely silly and I made a
video refuting it. I don't know if it's still up on my channel because I
deleted or probably did a lot of my old videos because I was using false Bible
versions. It was when I just got saved and some of the videos were pre-recorded
and uploaded later. So I don't know if it's actually still on my channel but
I made it I think in July of 2018. And obviously since then my understanding of
the book of Revelation and Bible prophecy has significantly grown so it
baffles me a lot more now that anybody could believe in the nonsense
that Christ will not return until after the millennium. That's what
post-millennialism is. Most of the people who watch my channel understand
that I'm a pre-millennialist and most of the people who watch my channel are
probably pre-millennials themselves. They believe in the literal
interpretation of the book of Revelation that there will be a time
when there's a 70 the 70th week of Daniel a period of seven years and
after that is when Christ establishes his kingdom on the earth and then he
will rule for a thousand years prior to Satan being loose or unloosed from
his prison in hell for a period of time. He gathers the nations of Gog and
Magog and then he is destroyed and cast in the lake of fire along with all the
nations that come against the kingdom of God. But these post-millennials will
say no Christ doesn't return until after the thousand years. I think the
article that was sent to me said that the talk of fire coming down from
heaven and consuming Satan and the armies of Gog and Magog they said that
that was the return of Christ which is stupid and I'll explain why in a moment
but I just want to address post-millennialism quickly in this
video before getting to specifically talking about Dominion theology because
once the doctrine of post-millennialism is defeated so is
Dominion theology and the reason for that is once post-millennialism falls
any attempt at promoting taking over the world and in order to prepare for
Jesus Christ just sounds like you're preparing the way for the coming of the
beast and the Antichrist instead because we know based on second Thessalonians 2
that the man of sin comes first before Christ coming and are gathering
together unto him. There's only one chapter in the whole Bible which talks
about the millennium so if we're going to talk about when the
millennium is and when Christ returns just a plain reading of this chapter
would lead any sensible Christian to conclude that the rapture and the
return of the Lord Jesus Christ takes place before the millennium. The only
ways that I can reasonably conclude that somebody would be mixed up in this
doctrine after reading Revelation chapter 20 is either because they just
don't know how to read or because they're just not saved they don't have
the Spirit of God within them to understand what the Bible says because
it's a pretty clear scripture. To misunderstand it you'd either have to
be a liar, be stupid and not know how to read or be unsaved without the
Spirit of God to teach you. So if you get rid of the preconceived notions and
your preconceived ideas about end times prophecy in the Bible it's not that
difficult to understand. Let's read it. Revelation chapter 20 verse 1 to 6
says and I saw an angel come down from heaven having the key of the
bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand and he laid hold on the
dragon that old serpent which is the devil and Satan and bound him a thousand
years and cast him into the bottomless pit and shut him up and put a seal
upon him that he should deceive the nations no more till the thousand years
should be fulfilled and after that he must be loosed to little season and I
saw thrones and they sat upon them and judgment was given unto them and I
saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus and
for the Word of God and which had not worshiped the beast neither his image
neither had received the mark upon their foreheads or in their hands and
they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years but the rest of the
dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished this is the
first resurrection blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first
resurrection on such the second death hath no power but they shall be priests
of God and of Christ and shall reign with him a thousand years now to sum up
the lives of the post-millennialists they believe that there's only one
resurrection which raises both the saved and the unsaved and that it
takes place after the millennium when Christ supposedly returns and therefore
the kingdom of God during this time is set up by Christians and not by
Christ there's a few problems with that first of all verse 4 in this chapter
clearly states that those who were beheaded for the witness of Jesus
because they not worship the beast it says they lived and reigned with
Christ a thousand years now if the resurrection takes place after the
millennium how does this make any sense it says that they were beheaded
so they were dead I mean I don't think this is very difficult to
figure out but when somebody cuts your head off you die but then it says that
they lived and they reigned with Christ then in the very next verse it
says the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were
finished this is the first resurrection so how many resurrections
are there according to the scriptures there's two the first of those are
those who lived and reigned with Christ for a thousand years the second the
rest of the dead is after the thousand years when the rest of the dead
lived again showing us that some of the dead were already made alive then it
defines in verse 6 that those who were part of the first resurrection reign
with God in Christ a thousand years now if you just read and believe the
Bible there's a resurrection before the millennium of those who have died in
Christ this is called the rapture it's what's described in first Thessalonians
chapter 4 where it says in verse 16 for the Lord himself shall descend
from heaven with a shout with the voice of the Archangel and with the
trump of God and the dead in Christ shall rise first then the those who are
made alive oh wait no sorry I wasn't part of the quote anyway so the so
those who were made alive live and reign with Christ for a thousand years
oh the time the millennium begins in Revelation 20 Christ said already both
returned according to the scriptures but also he's with the Saints on the
earth during the thousand years they've already been raised from the dead so
there's not one resurrection that takes place after the millennium there's the
first resurrection and those who rise in the first resurrection live and reign
with Christ for a thousand years then the rest of the dead meaning
everybody else who wasn't raised in the first resurrection is raised after
the thousand years it's very clear now this is proven further by Matthew
24 it's written in verse 29 to 31 immediately after the tribulation of
those days shall the Sun be darkened and the moon shall not give her light and
the stars shall fall from heaven and the powers of the heavens shall be
shaken and then shall appear the sign of the son of man in heaven and then
show all the tribes of the earth mourn and they shall see the son of
man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory he shall
send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet and they shall gather
together his elect from the four winds from when one end of heaven to the
other now notice what it says in verse 29 as immediately after the
tribulation of those days now most post-millennialists also have this false
doctrine called historicism in which they conclude that the tribulation was
a progressive persecution which took place over hundreds of years in time
past which has no basis in the Bible whatsoever but even if that were true
and the tribulation were already passed and we're already out of the
tribulation because a lot of the times they'll say that the tribulation is
1260 years and it was the persecution of the Roman Catholic Church against the
true Christians etc but if that were true it still says that the son of man
comes in the clouds of heaven immediately after the tribulation of
those days now they say well no it's at least a thousand years after the
tribulation of those days that's not immediately that doesn't make any sense
anyway if you compare this passage with revelation chapter six and seven we
know that this takes place at the time of the sixth seal if you compare Matthew
24 with Revelation 6 and Revelation 7 the sixth seal is broken the Sun and the
moon are darkened just as in Matthew 24 takes place immediately after the
tribulation of the day of those days and then Revelation 7 a great
multitude appears in heaven which according to the angel came out of
great tribulation that's long before the millennium in the book of
Revelation this is Revelation 6 and 7 the millennium is in Revelation 20 it's
even before the wrath of God is poured out upon the earth and the seven
trumpets in the seven files so post-millennialism is completely
unbiblical the Bible teaches that Jesus will return immediately after the
tribulation of those days there's going to be the Sun and the moon will
be darkened that's the time of the sixth seal Jesus will return then
there's the wrath of God and then the kingdoms of this world are become
the kingdoms of our Lord and of his Christ and then in Revelation 20 the
resurrected Saints and Christ live and reign for a thousand years that's what
the Bible actually teaches the Bible just completely debunks it I mean I
don't even know why anybody believes this it doesn't make any sense
whatsoever there's not a single verse of the Bible that supports it so we
know from Revelation chapter 20 that Jesus Christ returns and the
resurrection of rapture take place before the millennium so the next
question is is it our job to establish the kingdom of God upon this earth the
answer is simply no Jesus said in John 18 verse 36 to 37 it says Jesus
answered my kingdom is not of this world if my kingdom were of this world
that then would my servants fight that I should not be delivered to the
Jews but now is my kingdom not from hence I would therefore said unto him
art thou a king then Jesus answered thou sayest that I am a king to this end was
I born and for this cause came I unto the world that I should bear witness
unto the truth everyone that is of the truth heareth my voice oh that
passage is pretty simple to understand as well Jesus's kingdom is not of this
world I don't know what's so hard to figure out about that the kingdom of
God is also referred to in the scriptures as the kingdom of heaven the
kingdom of the Lord is not of this world and neither are we of this world
Jesus said in John 15 you're not of this world but I've chosen you out of
this world so we're not of this world and the kingdom of God is not of
this world if it were of this world then Jesus would send his servants to
fight for him as he said in the scripture now he's not just talking
about at that particular time obviously Christ needed to die on the cross for
the sins of the world so somebody couldn't stop him being arrested at
that time but even after he was raised from the dead the disciples asked him in
Acts chapter 1 verse 6 says when they therefore were come together they asked
of him saying Lord without this time restore again the kingdom of Israel
and then in verse 7 and verse 8 it says and he said unto them it is not
for you to know the times of the seasons which the Father hath put in
his own power but you shall receive power after that the Holy Ghost has
come upon you and you shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem and
in all Judea and in Samaria and unto the outermost part of the earth pay
attention to the details of these verses the disciples ask Lord wilt thou
at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel they're asking him if
that time was the time that he meaning Jesus would establish the
kingdom before his death and resurrection the Lord said that his
kingdom was not of this world now they're asking him now that you've
risen from the dead is it time for you again to restore the kingdom of
Israel but Jesus replied it is not for you to know the times of the
seasons which the Father hath put in his own power but even Jesus's
reply acknowledges that the establishment of the kingdom of God is
based on God's own will and not on man's doings instead he tells his
disciples what they are to do he doesn't say go and establish the
kingdom of God go take over the world he says to be witnesses unto him
nowhere in the Bible does it ever say that it's our job to establish the
kingdom of God Jesus said in John 18 that if it were so then we would fight
to bring the kingdom of God into power the battles that we fight however
according to the scriptures are not according to flesh and blood it's not
of this earth we're given the task of fighting a spiritual battle to win
souls unto Christ it is written Ephesians chapter 6 verse 11 and 12
on the whole armor of God that you may be able to stand against the wiles
of the devil for we wrestle not against flesh and blood but against
principalities against powers against the rulers of the darkness of this
world against spiritual wickedness in high places a conquest of the world
spread and enforce Christianity and the laws of the scriptures is unbiblical
in the past there were many examples of so-called Christians trying to take
up the sword and to fight physically against unbelievers and attempt at
spreading Christianity the exploits of the Roman Catholic Church and their
pawns in the Middle Ages are a perfect example of this there's
slaughters of pagans by Roman Catholic kings like Clovis and Charlemagne in the
Middle Ages and in the 11th and 13th centuries there was the Crusades which
began when Pope Urban hold up arms to fight against the Muslims he basically
called upon Christians of Europe or Christians I used that term lightly
because obviously they weren't Christians they weren't saved they were Roman
Catholics but he called upon them to invade the Holy Land to take back
Jerusalem by force but nowhere is that taught in the Bible the Bible says we
wrestle not against flesh and blood you're indeed soldiers of Jesus Christ
according to 2nd Timothy chapter 2 but we shouldn't take that literally we're
not literal soldiers we don't have literal weapons that we use to fight
against people okay the Bible says the weapons of our warfare are not carnal
but mighty in God to the pulling down of strongholds casting down the
imagination and every high thing that exalted itself against the knowledge of
God and bringing it to captivity every thought until the obedience of Christ
so it's all about imaginations and thoughts it's about spiritual things we
wrestle not against flesh and blood but spiritual wickedness in high
places our enemy is the devil our enemy is spiritual wickedness we're
fighting a spiritual battle our sword is not a sword of steel our sword is
not a carnal weapon our sword is the sword of the spirit which is the
word of God according to Ephesians 6 17 our armor is not a garment that we put
upon our body it's the girdle of truth the shield of faith the breast
plate of righteousness the shoes of the preparation of the gospel of peace
and the helmet of salvation according to Ephesians 6
Christ never commanded take over the world and create the kingdom of God
this is what he commanded he said go ye into all the world and preach the
gospel to every creature he said go ye therefore teach all nations baptizing
them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost teaching
them to observe all things whatsoever I've commanded you but of course the
vast majority of those who subscribe to the nonsensical dominion theology
position are Calvinists so they're too lazy to get out of their office
of man's wisdom and to preach the gospel most Calvinists don't preach the
gospel because they don't even believe that it that anybody everybody has
the possibility of being saved anyway they believed in their in their
unconditional election and limited atonement so most Calvinists don't go
out soul winning most Calvinists don't preach the gospel and try to
evangelize the world the pride of these people is pretty evident they
always want to debate and argue the Calvinists I'm talking about the
post-millennialists and a lot of them want to fight as well they have
the pride to think that they're the ones who are going to take over this
earth and they're the ones who are going to determine when Christ returns that
it's their responsibility that's their task to establish the kingdom of God but
that's not taught in the Bible according to the Bible the kingdom is
going to be established after the return of Jesus Christ in Revelation
chapter 11 verse 15 and 17 it says and the seventh angel sounded there
were great voices in heaven saying the kingdoms of this world are become
the kingdoms of our Lord and of his Christ and he shall reign forever and
the four and twenty elders which sat before God on their seats fell upon
their faces and worshiped God saying we give thee thanks the Lord God Almighty
which art and was and art to come because thou hast taken to thee great
power and hast reigned. At the time of the seventh trumpet it's declared that the
kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord and of his
Christ the context of this statement in Revelation 11 is of course the other
trumpets the other woes and the wrath of God being executed upon this
earth prior to this final woe the two witnesses are killed by the beast and
then after three days they are raised up the declaration made by the 24 elders
shows us that it is God which has built the kingdom upon the earth they
say thou hast taken to thee thy great power and hast reigned now prior to
this was the kingdom of God upon the earth the answer is no because they
declare the kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord and
of his Christ it's only at that point at that moment when the seventh trumpet
sounds that the kingdom of God is created before this the only worldwide
kingdom which exists is the kingdom of the Antichrist this is proven
further by the book of Daniel in chapter 7 verse 21 to 22 it says I be
held and the same horn made war with the Saints and prevailed against them
until the ancient of days came and judgment was given to the Saints of
the Most High and the time came that the Saints possessed the kingdom so
according to this verse the progression of events in Bible prophecy
is first that the little horn makes war against the Saints which we see
fulfilled in the prophecy of the Beast of Revelation chapter 13 verse 7
but in verse 22 it says until the ancient of days came and judgment was
given to the Saints of the Most High and the time came that the Saints
possessed the kingdom but when does the kingdom begin and when do we as a Saints
of God begin to reign with Christ according to the Bible when the ancient
of days came but the Dominionists they have it completely backwards they
conclude that the Saints possessed the kingdom first and then the ancient of
days comes that the return of crisis after the millennium instead of before
the millennium and after the tribulation like the Bible actually
teaches another very clear passage in the book of Daniel is back in Daniel 2
with the image in Nebuchadnezzar's dream in verse 43 to 44 it says and
where as thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay they shall mingle
themselves with a seed of men but they shall not cleave one to another
even as iron is not mixed with clay in the days of these kings shall the
keep shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed
and the kingdom shall not be left to other people but it shall break in
pieces and consume all these kingdoms and it shall stand forever so who is the
one setting up the kingdom again it's the God of heaven God is going to
come back he's going to unleash his wrath upon the wicked as seen in the
seven trumpets in the seven vials and then establish his kingdom upon
the earth after the seventh trumpet and vial revelation 19 that's before the
millennium in Revelation 20 it clearly describes Christ riding upon a white
horse ready to judge the nations of the world it says in righteousness doth he
judge and make war and it's at that time according to Revelation chapter 19
verse 20 that the beast is thrown to the lake of fire says and the beast
was taken and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before
him with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast
and then that worshiped the image or his image these both were cast alive
into a lake of fire burning with brimstone so whole idea of the
theology is unbiblical on many levels the idea that it's our task to create the
kingdom of God is false the idea that we're in the millennium right now and
the kingdom of God will slowly be built by Christians is false the idea
that were to conquer the world is false the idea that Jesus Christ will
only come back once the kingdom is set up and the millennium ends is false
and really what this is is one of the many end times heresies which is
leading into the coming of the Antichrist it's an illusion for
preparing or an illusion of preparing for Jesus Christ when in reality it's
in preparation for the Antichrist these unsaved heretics most of them
are unsaved heretics are teaching this so that the world will be ready
for the coming of the Antichrist because they say we're gonna
establish the kingdom we're gonna create a worldwide empire and then Christ is
gonna return no the new world order will be created and then the Antichrist
will come and then the rapture will take place Jesus Christ will take up
his saints and then he will come and destroy the Antichrist and then
establish his kingdom on earth then will come the millennium that's what
the Bible actually teaches it's it's a very strange doctrine I don't know
where people get it from both post-millennialism and what's called
Dominion theology or Christian reconstructionism so that's it for this
video Isaiah Ryder asks are you post-trib yes I am believe that the
rapture takes place after the tribulation I made a few videos on
that and I am planning to make a video going into more detail on that
particular subject later in this month so thank you buddy for watching and
goodbye god bless you