“Your kingdom come. Your will be done On earth as it is in heaven.”
Matthew 6:10 NKJV
In 1975, two Christian leaders, Dr. Bill Bright and Loren Cunningham, got together to give each other a message from God. To their amazement, each had the same message, independently given to them by God, to give to the other.
Bill Bright was the founder of the world’s largest ministry, Campus Crusade for Christ, a worldwide ministry with 26,000 full-time employees and missionaries in 191 countries. Loren Cunningham was the founder of Youth With A Mission (YWAM), a ministry with 20,000 full-time staff of more than 150 nationalities. Both of these individuals brought the message of God’s love to millions around the world.
However, God had shown both of them that many areas of modern culture still needed to be transformed by the knowledge of God’s love. The Lord showed them seven major areas of society, or “mountains” as they called them, which needed righteous people to influence them, thereby influencing untold millions who were engaged in those seven mountains of society. About a month later, Francis Schaeffer, leader of L’Abri Fellowship, heard the same thing from God.
These seven mountains are:
- Business
- Government
- Media
- Arts and Entertainment
- Education
- Family and
- Religion.
God was showing them, in 1975, that this was the way to make the biggest difference in this world. God wanted these men to equip people to go into these seven mountains of culture and to make positive change: to begin reconciling culture back to God’s way of love.
Undoubtedly, giant strides have been made in these seven spheres of influence BUT how come there’s yet no cure for COVID-19? Meaning, there are yet more victories to be celebrated.
Besides, and most importantly, how far has this prayer been answered?
“Your kingdom come. Your will be done On earth as it is in heaven.”
Matthew 6:10 NKJV
God cannot give up on His own creation. His original intent for Man to exercise control and power over his environment stands.
Could the pandemic really be God’s way of reminding Man to take charge of his environment? Is God reminding believers that in Christ Jesus we have been “given authority to tread upon scorpions and over all the works of the enemy?” Is coronavirus beyond the mandate which God gave mankind? I’m just wondering. 🤔
“Mandate” means the authority to carry out a policy or course of action.” When combined together, DOMINION MANDATE within the context of Genesis 1:27-28 refers to the order which God gave to Man to take charge of his environment; with God’s authority backing him up.
In the New Testament, that Mandate was restated by Jesus Christ:
“And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.”
Matthew 28:18-20 NKJV
How well is the CHURCH carrying out this great commission? If not so well, why not? What must we do? What can we do? What must the CHURCH STOP DOING? What are the obstacles?
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Reference: “Origin of 7 Mountains Concept and 7MKI”
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