Introduction
The Dominion Mandate (Gen. 1:28)
The Great Commission (Matt. 28:18-20)
The Connection (Heb. 2:6-9; cf. Ps. 8)
I. Have Dominion over the Fish of the Sea
II. Be Fruitful and Multiply
“…from now on you will be catching men.”, (cf. 2 Tim. 2:25-26; cf. Col. 1:13-14)
Noah (Gen. 9:1), Abraham (Gen. 17:1-6), Isaac (Gen. 26:4), Jacob (Gen. 35:10-11), Joseph, Ephraim, and Manasseh (48:15-16), the Nation of Israel before the Exodus (Ex. 1:7), in the wilderness (Lev. 26:9), and as they were coming into the Promised Land (Deut. 1:10), David (Jer. 33:22), Israel before the Exile (Jer. 23:3), during the Exile (Ez. 36:9-11), the Great Commission (Matt. 28:18-20), and the Book of Acts (Acts 2:41, 47; 5:14; 6:7; 9:31; 11:21-24)
Conclusion
Then comes the end, when he delivers the kingdom to God the Father after destroying every rule and every authority and power. For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet. The last enemy to be destroyed is death. For 'God has put all things in subjection under his feet.' But when it says, 'all things are put in subjection,' it is plain that he is excepted who put all things in subjection under him. When all things are subjected to him, then the Son himself will also be subjected to him who put all things in subjection under him, that God may be all in all. (1 Cor. 15:24-28) |
