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Kingdom-Dominion heresy
Jesus' disciples should concentrate on Jesus Christ and grow and root to Him. Jesus centered faith exposes also deceitful deeds of darkness. For this reason, I bring up Kingdom-Dominion (Dominion theology) heresy. One of the main heresies of this theology is that they teach the whole world must come to believe in Jesus and after that Jesus can come back. Now it is very good to examine that what this Kingdom-Dominion heresy teaches. Big apostasy will come in the last days by charismas (spiritual gifts), in which are used in a wrong way and in by the power of the enemy (evil spirits. Fortunately there is also right kind of gifts of God and we as Jesus' disciples must learn to use and discern the real charismas (gifts) of God for deception.
The Latter Rain Movement
The Latter Rain movement taught also Kingdom-Dominion
doctrines. The Latter Rain teachers are Franklin Hall, William Branham, George
Warnock, John Robert Stevens, Rick Joyner, C. Peter Wagner, Paul Cain, Cindy Jacobs, Bill Hamon
and so on.
Kingdom Dominion and coming of antichrist
When we examine very accurately Kingdom-Dominion doctrine, so we notice that it is preparing the coming of antichrist to the earth. Kingdom-Dominion theology canceled all important Bible teachings from the last days; it cancels rapture and teaches about saving of the whole world. This suit for an antichrist, because for a short time antichrist will take over the whole world and all people in the earth believe to him, that is the Messiah and benefactor. Jesus' faithful disciples don't believe to an antichrist, but everybody else will believe. Kingdom-Dominion teachers also reject Biblical teaching about apostasy.
Kingdom-Dominion preachers are waiting for great revival, but this revival is the revival of antichrist, where he deceives all people of the earth (but not faithful Jesus' disciples). The Bible teaches that the whole world will not come to believe to Jesus Christ, but the whole world will come to believe to an antichrist. It is very clear that Kingdom-Dominion teachers are preaching gospel of antichrist, in which they use Jesus' name, but power, and theology is evil work of antichrist. Kingdom-Dominion teachers are misleading people to the bosom of antichrist. Of course as Jesus' disciples, we must pray and believe to the salvation of souls, but we can't believe against God's word, and the Bible says that the whole world will not come to believe to Jesus Christ. In the last days Jesus' disciples must not be afraid, because by the grace of God in Jesus Christ, He leads us home, when we abide in Him and His Word in the Holy Spirit.
Through charismatic gifts they emphasize wrong gospel
Here in Finland where I live, I saw that many of those who accepted "Toronto's charismatic revival" they were sucking evil spirits manifestations and evil doctrines. They sucked a spirit of antichrist, which prepares the coming of antichrist.
Prophetic ministries belong to church life, but not to
control and forcing other, but edification of believers. Kingdom-Dominion
teachers are emphasizing importance of apostles and prophets and how people must
believe them and be obedient to them. I remember how "Toronto revival" teachers
deny testing and discernment, and they even threatened and frighten people. The
Bible teaches that all in church must stand up all testing. The Bible says that
we must honor those leaders who rule well, but they are not in such position,
that we can't test them, because we must test all things, and hold fast to the
good and right.
Kingdom-Dominion doctrine is based on "visions" and "prophetic message of the
spirit". In those "visions and prophecies" they control people and enslaved
their churches to work and reach Kingdom-Dominionists goals.
To healthy church life belongs to visions and prophecies, but they never promote
bringer of vision and prophesy, and God doesn't force to believe before testing.
Visions and prophecies will glorify always God, and they always edify the church
after testing.
1Th 5:21 Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.
1Jo 4:1 ¶ Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits
whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
Kingdom-Dominion theologians are in cooperation with ecumenism (with all
churches and denominations). I believe that Kingdom-Dominionists will
join to wicked one world religion, because they already believe that all
the world will be saved. Ecumenism also believes that all people are
saved and are one.
Ecumenism strives to gain recognition for unity of religions, in which
all religions are saving religions, and all people are saved and going
through different paths to God ( read god, an idol). Many leading
teachers have the connection to Roman Catholic Church and to ecumenism,
so it is obviously, that they also lead their troops into a wicked
ecumenical way of thinking.
Kingdom-Dominion doctrine delusions
Kingdom-Dominion doctrine contains also following delusions:
- Church will evangelize the world until God's kingdom
expands and finally covers the whole world.
- This present time is time of God's kingdom in the earth.
- Church will establish millennial conditions on the earth before coming of
Jesus. Church will make paradise on the earth, in which Jesus shall rule with
His saints.
- They say that old testament promises are not valid
for Israel, because the church has replaced Israel.
- They teach that the coming of Jesus can't happen before the whole world has
believed to God.
- They place great tribulation, antichrist and apostasy of the church to the
history and not to the end time; On the other hand, some of them teach that
great tribulation, antichrist and apostasy of the church are symbolic metaphors,
but not facts.
- They believe religious (ecumenical) unity, in which they are ready to work
with all churches for winning of the whole world.
- and so on ........
Few comment to previous delusions: The Bible doesn't teach, that the whole world
will come to believe to Jesus Christ. Kingdom-Dominion theology prepares the
coming of antichrist to the world, because the Bible says that all people (all
but not faithful Jesus' disciples) in the last days for a short time will
believe and bow antichrist. Therefore, it is very obviously, that
Kingdom-Dominion preachers teach the gospel of antichrist.
This present time is time where people of the world are
in captivity of sin and satan. The kingdom of God works in the heart of Jesus'
disciples, so this present time is not the kingdom of God in the earth.
Church doesn't establish paradise on the earth and not millennial kingdom, but
Jesus Christ will establish and will rule there as Prince of Peace.
Church has not replaced Israel, because every man who repents and
believes to Jesus Christ are saved, whether he is a Jew or gentile. We
must also remember that first local church in Jerusalem was Jewish and
that God has promised to save the remnant of Jews in the last days.
Kingdom-Dominion preachers don't recognize lying wonder works of
antichrist, and they are participants in that evil work. For this reason,
they are supporting evil doctrines. The Bible says that spirit of
antichrist affected already in time of the apostle Paul.
Kingdom-Dominion and New-Age
More Kingdom Dominion delusions
Kingdom-Dominion theology is known also by these names: Dominion Theology/Kingdom Now/Reconstructionism. They have the same goal: though power evangelism wins the whole world to believe to Jesus Christ and after this, He will come.
Power theology through word of faith
Power theology dominionists mean that believers have power to change a world to come believe in Jesus Christ and that believers own whole Divinity perfectly in this present time. For this reason, they emphasize that believers can't be sick or poor, and they must be like super faith hero people. Well-known Dominion theology teachers are et cetera Kenneth Hagin, Kenneth Copeland, Frederick Price and Benny Hinn.
Dominion theology preachers teach (translated from Finnish text): God's original intention was copying Himself, and that Christians are actually as little gods. As god Christians by the faith in Christ have same speech authority as God has. For this reason responsibility of Christians is building their own kingdom on the earth by the name of Jesus. To this belongs collecting of property by gorgeous houses, watches, diamond rings, yachts and expensive cars; this is the indication to the world from divine authority. This must be done by using a word of the faith. According to Dominion theology teachers the faith is the power as a result of which Christians can create themselves to their own reality, if they have enough faith to it. For these reason Christians have power over sicknesses, in which they by the word of the faith drive away all sicknesses. This happens also through positive confessions (by repeating that I'm health) and denying the existence of sickness, although all distinctive marks of sickness exist. If you confess that you have a flu, you have made negative confession, in which you create to yourself a sickness. For these reason Christians would not ever confess that he is sick. You must avoid taking medicine, because through that you confess the existence of sickness, and you have failed to take power by the faith over sickness. Dominion theology teachers teach that very good way to learn using of the word of faith is sowing seed of the faith by donating money to this word of faith (Dominion theology) teachers.
The main heresy of Dominion teachers is there, that they believe that God has made a little god about the man. They believe that they have now same authority as God has, when they use this power of authority in Christ. The Bible doesn't teach that God has made from us as gods, but a man of an image of God, which means that a man should live his life according to the will of God as a man. Dominion theology believes a lie of paradise:
Gen 3:5 for God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as God, knowing good and evil.’ Jewish Publication OlD Testament Society
A lie of satan was that a man can be as God, knowing good and evil. It is true that a man learnt to know good and evil, but as a man, not as God. Dominion teachers believe that a man is God (little god), who through divine authority owns completely divinity on the earth. For this reason Dominion teacher teach that believer can't be a sick, and that believer can't do any sin as a believer, because a believer is perfect, who has perfect divine authority power on the earth.
Php 3:8
Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the
knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all
things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ,
9 ¶ And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law,
but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God
by faith:
10 That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of
his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;
11 If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead.
12 Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I
follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of
Christ Jesus.
13 Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do,
forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things
which are before,
14 I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ
Jesus.
The apostle Paul taught that he was not come perfect, but he grows and follows after it.
Jas 3:1
¶ My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater
condemnation.
2 For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a
perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body.
Word offend is in Greek ptaio, which means: to cause one
to stumble or fall, to stumble, to err, make a mistake, to sin.
There are none of the believers, who would be infallible (perfect), but
we all do err.
Php 3:
15¶ Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if in
any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you.
16 Nevertheless, whereto we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule,
let us mind the same thing.
In verse 15 is a word perfect, which is in Greek teleios, which means
also: full grown, adult, of full age, mature. That place speaks about
full age and mature in Christ, not that we are perfect and can't do any
errs, because we all do err. Fortunately, God will reveal to us that how
the things are, and we can repent and reach out according to the will of
God. The Bible teaches that believer will not come as perfect and makes
mistakes (sin). Making mistakes and living in sins are two different
things. He who lives in sins, doesn't want to repent, but a believer who
falls making sin, must repent. That fact that we don't come perfect (sinless)
in this time can't be for us a defense to sin making, but a matter that
our growth is still going on, and we have to grow in righteousness until
the end.
God will heal diseases even today, but not according to Dominion
Theology. Dominion theology teachers think that all diseases are as the
indication about the lack of the faith, and therefore, none of the
believer can't have ever any disease. The will of God is healing
diseases, but apostle Paul left Trophimus at Miletum sick. The apostle
Paul was not a supporter of Dominion theology, but a teacher of doctrine
of Christ. We can't belittle God's healing power, because He heals
powerfully even today, but not according to Dominion theology.
Money
Dominion Theology preachers are collecting themselves a property and money by their teachings. Unfortunately, many sincere believers have been misled to support these faith fakers. Dominion Theology has led its preachers to pursue money, property and economic welfare, but the Bible teaches that the love of money is a root of all evils, by which some having lusted after it was seduced from the faith, and they pierced themselves through by many pains. Believer needs also money to live here on earth, but our task is not collecting money and property, but grow in righteousness. Lust of the money is one sin of Dominion Theology preachers besides other sins, which they have. Dominion theology preachers are preaching prosperity gospel, not the gospel of Jesus Christ.
Delusion of Divinity
2Th 2:
4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that
is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself
that he is God.
5 Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?
6 And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time.
7 For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will
let, until he be taken out of the way.
8 And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the
spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:
9 Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs
and lying wonders,
10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because
they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should
believe a lie:
12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in
unrighteousness.
Dominion theology preachers main heresy is there that they believe that a man is God. What is the main heresy of antichrist? Antichrist also makes himself as God with all lying wonders, which imitate works of the Holy Spirit. I believe that many Dominion theology preachers work with anointment of antichrist ant not with anointment of God. Dominion theology preachers are preparing the coming of antichrist to the world, not coming of Jesus.
Emphasises of Dominion theology doctrine
Dominion Theology teaches. That satan hijacked dominion over the earth from
Adam and Eve through falling of paradise; church is God's tool to take back
dominion of the earth; Jesus don't come back before church has taken dominion
over nations and societies of the earth.
God did not give dominion of the earth to Adam and Eve without co-operation with God. Dominion theology teaches that all nations and people of the world must believe to Jesus Christ, before He can come back; this doctrine is heretic doctrine, because the Bible shows to us that the whole world will not come to believe in Jesus Christ, but the whole world will (except Jesus' disciples) come to believe in the antichrist. Dominion theology prepares the coming of antichrist, not coming of Jesus Christ.
Dominion Theology teaches:
- That old covenant law must rule our life; keeping of the law is not condition for salvation, but condition to sanctification; some Dominion theology supporters have raised keeping of the law as the question of salvation.
- They wait for big revival in the end time. Whereby big masses (the whole world) of people turn to believe Jesus. They don't believe a rapture, but coming of Jesus Christ after the whole world has begun to believe in Jesus Christ.
Many heresies are based on deeds and works of a man. Dominion theology raises
the law in that position, which belong to God, in other words, God will save
people by the redemption work of Jesus Christ, not by keeping of the law. Christ
rules hearts of believers in the Holy Spirit according to the teachings of the
Bible, and not according to old covenant law.
Dominion Theology teaches that the whole world will come to believe in Jesus is
not teaching of the Bible, because the Bible teaches that the world will not
come to believe in Jesus Christ, but to the antichrist. Dominion theology
preaches the gospel of antichrist.
Taking part in evil deeds
Ga 2:
4 And that because of false brethren unawares brought in, who came in privily to
spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into
bondage:
5 To whom we gave place by subjection, no, not for an hour; that the truth of
the gospel might continue with you.
The apostle Paul had a different kind of habit to react to delusions, false
brethren and wrong teachings as current believers have. Majority about current
believers has assumed a positive position and attitude of tolerance to delusions
and deceivers. The apostle Paul kept very important that truth of the gospel
remained as the truth, and all lies and deception Jesus' disciples must reveal
and reject. Paul didn't submit himself to delusions, but he fought for real
gospel, and we must do also the same thing.
Some believers become angry when some wrong teachers have been criticized (in the correct way), and when their wrong roots have been exposed. We have to follow teaching of the Bible, and not itching ears of people.
1Th 5:21 Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.
1Jo 4:1 ¶ Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits
whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
The Bible teaches that we must test all spirits and all teachings, that are those spirits from God or not. Biblical testing is not to hit the people, but a valuable tool, which gives us tools to discern the truth and a lie, and righteousness and sin, and the will of God and evil delusion.
To healthy Church life belongs to testing of teaching, because if we don't test teaching by the Spirit and the word of God, so we can be deceived to anywhere. Jesus Christ taught, that we must believe in Him like it is written in the Scriptures (Bible), and so the living water (the Holy Spirit) flows in our heart. The Bible shows how the Holy Spirit works, and the Holy Spirit works according to teaching of the Bible. Church must test all, and this is very good, because in that way we don't go astray. If testing exposes wrong teaching, so it means that Church has preserved about delusions, and also it is more difficult that delusion can spread to other Churches. If we deny testing, so it means that we allow an invasion of wrong teachings to corrupt hearts of Jesus' disciples.
If we, for example, deny testing of Benny Hinn, who teaches: (”So, I am Benny Jehovah,” Spiritual Warfare Seminar, 2.5. 1990), so we participate and support his delusion. Unfortunately, many believers have gone into the trap, which teach that you can't test and judge anybody. They have fallen to support delusion and sin. Testing is not judging, but Biblically measured!
If you don't allow testing of fakers, you are in the chains of religious spirit, which tolerate all where is used the name of Jesus, but are taught wrong teachings.
Mt 7:
15 ¶ Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but
inwardly they are ravening wolves.
16 Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs
of thistles?
17 Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree
bringeth forth evil fruit.
18 A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring
forth good fruit.
19 Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the
fire.
20 Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.
21 ¶ Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom
of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy
name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful
works?
23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that
work iniquity.
Jesus Christ said, there will come false prophets, which come in sheep's clothing, but they are inwardly as ravening wolves. These false prophets say; Lord, Lord, and they have done many wonderful works in Jesus' name. Jesus Christ says to them: "I never knew you: depart from me, you that work iniquity."
It is not automat, that works done by the name of Jesus are from God. Unfortunately, some of the works done by the name of Jesus, have done with power of evil spirits. However, as Jesus Christ said, we can know false prophets by their fruits. Therefore, we have a permission to test all teachings!
Ga 5:
19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery,
fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness
20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions,
heresies,
21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I
tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such
things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness,
goodness, faith,
23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
Fruit of the Spirit (the Holy Spirit) exposes that who is serving God as Jesus' disciple. Obedience to truth in love is the mark, that a man is serving God. An obedient servant doesn't believe deceivers and deceiving doctrines.
In the end time works out big apostasy, mainly through wrong doctrines and false charismatic gifts. For this reason, many believers have rejected real gifts of the Spirit. God is not dead, but He works also through His gifts, and we as Jesus' disciples must learn to use and discern the real charismas (gifts) of God. May God bless you and equip you with the real anointment of God, which supports the truth and the love in the Holy Spirit.
Link: New Wine movement deception
Petri Paavola from Finland
Sources:
- Finnish Bible 33/38
- King James Old Version
- Jewish Publication Society Old Testament
- http://www.letusreason.org/Latrain7.htm
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http://www.erikwait.com/cgi-local/printer_friendly.cgi?story_id=363
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http://www.rapidnet.com/~jbeard/bdm/Psychology/cor/dominion.htm
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http://intotruth.org/res/tract2.html
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http://www.deceptioninthechurch.com/tenreasons.html