Hello, thank you for joining me today for Give Him 15, and the title of today's post is

position and partnership, rights and responsibilities. In previous posts, I have pointed out that

when determining who will rule the earth, power has never been the deciding

factor. God's power is and always will be infinitely superior to all other beings. Authority,

the right to rule and control is the issue.

In Genesis 1, 26, 7, and 8, Yahweh stated that Adam was being given dominion over the earth.

The Hebrew word, Adam, literally means humans.

Humankind was being given dominion over the earth.

Psalms 115-16 says,

the heavens are the heavens of the Lord.

The earth he has given to the sons of men.

Given is the word nathan, which in this verse means to give an assignment, not ownership.

Men is the word Adam.

This verse is saying that God will oversee the heavens, but the earth he has assigned to humans.

The Passion Translation confirms this, saying, the heavens belong to our God. They are his alone.

But he has given us the earth and put us in charge.

The first Adam sinned through his blood past the resulting fallen nature to every human.

He also forfeited his authority over the earth to Satan,

his new master.

Yahweh honors his word.

He did so when Adam surrendered this authority to Satan,

and when recovering it, he did so as well.

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