tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7110103.post114952830465250533..comments2023-12-27T11:23:38.346-05:00Comments on Vanguard Church - Bob Robinson: Evil Bondage in the Place of ShalomBob Robinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08576734261775426385noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7110103.post-1149555638267610922006-06-05T21:00:00.000-04:002006-06-05T21:00:00.000-04:00Ted,Yes, excellent point. The cultural mandate (to...Ted,<BR/>Yes, excellent point. The cultural mandate (to rule over creation, to take care of it) is still in effect. In fact, we can applaud much of the advances of humanity as a part of that mandate. <BR/><BR/>However, the image of God in humanity has been "cracked" (to borrow a term from Scot McKnight). <BR/><BR/>The restoration of the imago Dei in humanity began with Christ's first incarnation (as we trust in him we begin our restoration process - what we call sanctification), but it will not be completed until eternity. It will be then (as we read in Revelation 5:10) that we will "reign" with Christ.Bob Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08576734261775426385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7110103.post-1149553449663796452006-06-05T20:24:00.000-04:002006-06-05T20:24:00.000-04:00Good stuff Bob. I want to hesitate in thinking tha...Good stuff Bob. <BR/><BR/>I want to hesitate in thinking that Satan usurps the place that humankind was to have, as ruler of the world. Though it does make sense scripturally.<BR/><BR/>But doesn't the cultural mandate of God to humankind still apply today: to be fruitful and multiply, and rule over the earth (though some Christians would question the first)? Though we know that humankind will come to rule only in the Messiah, Jesus (Heb 2; Psa 8).<BR/><BR/>Great title and apt description of humanity's plight today!Ted M. Gossardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10580691315315271791noreply@blogger.com