“DOMINION” April 2025 NM Prayer Connect/ PATH of New Mexico/COG, NM, El Paso, TX & SWIM – Southwest Indian Ministries of Manuelito, NM!
1 Peter 5:11
New American Standard Bible
11 To Him be dominion forever and ever. Amen.
IN The Beginning, Genesis 1:26-31; 5:1-2; 9:6 and again in Psalm 8:4-5, GOD gives “DOMINION” to Adam, humankind. The BIG Question asked is, “What is man that You think of him, [a]nd a son of man that You are concerned about him?” Man was created male and female, in ‘The Image & Likeness Of GOD,’ but because of the fall, Our FATHER, Who Art In HEAVEN, In HIS Infinite WISDOM & Understanding, knowing ALL things, past, present and future, had a plan to bring Salvation/Yeshua/JESUS to mankind, before the foundations of the world were laid. HE SO LOVED The World, that HE Sent HIS ONE & Only Begotten SON to SAVE us from sin and death! HIS thoughts towards us, according to the Psalmist, ‘are more than the grains of sand on the shores.’ HIS Holy & Precious WORD Proclaims, ‘Yet You have made him a little lower than a God (Psalm 8:5 LXX angels),
And You crown him with glory and majesty!’ In Scripture, sometimes ‘angels’ are referred to, as ‘messengers of GOD’ or ‘ministering spirits’ and HE crowns us with HIS Glory (HIS Manifest Presence, where there’s FULLNESS of HOLY SPIRIT JOY) and HIS Majesty. WHAT a ‘Biblical’ statement and HIS WORD Is TRUTH! You and I are ‘spirit beings’ and a soul, in a human body, but when we are ‘Born-Again,’ we become ‘New Creations In CHRIST/Messiah/The Anointed ONE’ & ONE with HIM.
“MAJESTY” signifies GOD’s Greatness, Splendor, Sovereign POWER, HIS Divine Attributes, the Awe-Inspiring Nature Of HIS Presence, Authority or Dignity. This is not only ‘Good News,’ but it’s GREAT NEWS! Hebrews declares that we are in a “New and Better Covenant,” so let me tell you how BIG ‘The FULLNESS of Redemption’ is!
2 Corinthians 1:24
New American Standard Bible
24 Not that we domineer over your faith, but we are workers with you for your joy; for in your faith you are standing firm.
JOY is The Fruit Of The HOLY SPIRIT, GOD’s Gift to us, just for abiding In HIM. JESUS Is The Author & Finisher Of our FAITH and The Shield Of FAITH, which is just part of the Armor Of GOD, takes down EVERY Firey dart of the enemy. The HOLY SPIRIT is working upon, in and through you, for HIS Good Pleasure. After you have done everything you can to stand, HE tells us to ‘stand therefore’ and we will see The GLORY Of GOD!
Ephesians 1:21
New American Standard Bible
21 …far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to come.
JESUS’ Name is above ALL names and the ONLY Name under Heaven, by which we MUST Be SAVED. Because of Redemption, HE has given us and ALL Believers, Disciples, Followers of Christ, ALL POWER & Authority. You and I are ‘Ambassadors’ for HIM, sent by HIM, seen as Pure, HOLY & Blameless In HIS Sight, Righteous and Just, just as if we had never sinned. This is not just ‘atonement,’ but ‘propitiation/expiation,’ not just a cover of our sin for a year, but the complete and total taking away of it, casting it into the sea of forgetfulness, never to be brought up again!
Jude 8
New American Standard Bible
8 Yet in the same way these people also, dreaming, defile the flesh, reject authority, and speak abusively of angelic majesties.
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1. Jude 1:8 Lit glories
The WARNING is: “Do NOT be ‘the same,’ as the fallen people in the world,” defiling the flesh, rejecting HIS ‘ALL POWER & Authority,’ that HE purchased for you and me, on The Cross of GOLGATHA/Calvary. Accept The Gift Of GOD, JESUS, Be REDEEMED By The BLOOD/LIFE Of The LAMB, Who takes away the sins of the world, which we live in, but are not of, because we are of the Commonwealth of Israel, a Royal Priesthood, a HOLY Nation, ‘True Jews, Circumcised of Heart!’ JESUS PRAYED in John 17 that we would be ONE with HIM, just as HE and The FATHER Are ONE. The CHURCH is Universal, MANY members, but only ONE Body, with ONE Head, Yeshua/Salvation/Jesus, The ONE, Who Is ‘The Same, Yesterday, Today & Forever.’ We ‘ARE NOW,’ ONE In The HOLY SPIRIT/Ghost/Breath & ONE In The LORD!
Jude 25
New American Standard Bible
25 …to the only God our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority before all time and now and forever. Amen.
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1. Jude 1:25 Lit to all the ages
John 1 declares that The WORD/JESUS, Became Flesh and ‘Dwelt/Abided/Tabernacled’ among us. Paul the Apostle declares, CHRIST In YOU Is ‘The HOPE Of GLORY,’ The HOPE, Which Is The Anchor within The Veil, The HOPE Of Israel, The HOPE Of The World, The HOPE Of The Nations, The HOPE that will Not Disappoint us! If we ‘ARE’ ONE with HIM, if HE Is our Head, Who goes before us in ALL things, Is Ever with us, even until the end of Eternity, which there is no end to, then we are in a Great GOD, The ONE TRUE GOD, our SAVIOR, JESUS, Who not only has ALL Glory, Majesty, Dominion & Authority, before ALL time and NOW and FOREVER, then we are In and the above portion of HOLY Script ends with, “AMEN,” So Be It, Let It Be, which is a BIG FAT, YES In JESUS!
Matthew 20:25
New American Standard Bible
25 But Jesus called them to Himself and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles domineer over them, and those in high position exercise authority over them.
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1. Matthew 20:25 Lit the great ones
JESUS says to HIS Disciples TODAY, “JUST AS THE FATHER HAS SENT ME, so I AM SENDING YOU!” Paul declared, “We have This Treasure, The HOLY SPIRIT, JESUS & The FATHER, In these earthen vessels.” He also said that JESUS Is The WISDOM & POWER Of GOD! ‘Just As,’ in Hebrew, Aramaic or Greek, means ‘JUST AS.’ JESUS Is the Express Image Of GOD, The Radiance Of HIS Glory & The Exact Imprint of HIS Nature (Hebrews 1:3) and you and I have been made In HIS Image, according to Colossians 1:15-29; 3:10.
We’re to put on the new self, created after the Likeness of GOD in true Righteousness and Holiness, according to Ephesians 4:23-24. We carried the image of the earthly man, so we shall carry the image of the Heavenly Man, as stated in 1 Corinthians 15:49, even in Humility , Obedience, death and GOD’s Exaltation of HIM, according to Philippians 2:5-11. Romans 8:29 says you and I are being conformed to the Likeness of HIS SON and 2 Corinthians 3:18 states that we are being transformed Into HIS Likeness by The SPIRIT Of The LORD, reflecting HIS LOVE!
HE’s The Firstborn over ALL Creation and the First Fruits from the dead, the Blessed Assurance that we will rise again to be with HIM Forever. ALL POWER & Authority (in ALL of the original languages that The WORD Of GOD is written in) means ‘ALL.’ When The FATHER looks at you and me, HE Sees JESUS. Our lives are Hidden In HIM. We are COVERED In The BLOOD/HIS Eternal, Everlasting, Abundant, Resurrection LIFE. If we were Baptized In HIM, we have died to ourselves and crucified with CHRIST; nevertheless, we’re Alive In JESUS and Living The RESURRECTION LIFE. ‘Just As’ FATHER, SON & HOLY SPIRIT have been, are and will be ONE into ALL of ETERNITY, we are Ruling & Reigning Together with HIM as Joint Heirs with JESUS, seated in Heavenly Places NOW, yet with both feet on the ground to shine The LIGHT and to dispel the darkness and to tell others that their sins are forgiven. GOD LOVES them and HE’s CALLING them out of this fallen world and Into HIS Marvelous LIGHT Of LIFE!
Peter tells us that GOD has given us EVERYTHING we need to live our Life unto HIM, HE’s MORE than Enough, but we have to work out this Salvation with Reverential (HOLY) Fear and trembling, because Judgement begins at The House Of GOD. We are without excuse and we will ALL stand before The Judgement Seat Of CHRIST! The time is short. Paul and the writer of Hebrews (The HOLY SPIRIT) proclaim that we are “Living In The LAST DAYS” and John the Beloved writes in HIS Epistle that “We Are Living In The LAST HOUR,” so to put things into a good ‘Biblical’ perspective, JESUS Is Coming Again SOON! If you or someone you know would like to have a prayer gathering in or around New Mexico, please don’t hesitate to reach out to me.
THANKS and BLESSINGS with SHALOM,
Mark Tross
Prayer Coordinator, NM Prayer Connect
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