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Dominion Theology
Other names for Dominion Theology are Theonomy and Reconstructionism.
Or at least that is what I thought.
However, with what is happening in North America, this subject has been brought up a lot.
Many, such a good friend of mine who says he disagrees with Rushdoony and Bahnsen on their form of Dominion Theology and Postmilleniallism. He insists that one does not need to hold to Postmillennialism to embrace Dominion Theology. Like myself, he holds to Amillenniallism but says he knows others who hold to Historic Premillenniallism and also believes that if one holds to Covenant Theology, one should embrace “Dominion Theology”.
My friend recently listened to a Podcast called ‘Christian Nationalism’ and Dominion Theology’ that he says he agreed with all of it. He also believes that guys like Sam Waldron (who speaks against Rushdoony’s form of Dominion Theology) would agree with that Podcast and recommends it to me.

I for one am getting a little tired of this issue; but thought I would see if others will listen to this Podcast and give their take on it.
https://player.fm/series/leadership...istian-nationalism-and-dominion-theology

Basically, this form of 'Nationalism and Dominion Theology', is the basis for which our Western Nations were formed and which are being attacked today.
Yes they believe we should try to "Christianize our country", but not in a way that forces people to be Christians.

If we do not have a "rule book", we will have a secular rule book, or a Muslim rule book, etc...
Our Constitutions reflect a Judeo-Christian ethic.

The Podcast goes onto say that Dominion Theology, does not require a particular eschatology to adhere to Dominion Theology, it has to do Christ being the Lord of all. This is not a replacement for Reformed Soteriology. "The basis of Western Law is the 10 Commandments. In that kind of society they do not allow men to marry men. That would be secularism."

In the Canadian Constitution, it says God will have dominion from sea to sea. It is definitely the Biblical God.
Our documents are all about the laws of God and even the queen swears to uphold the laws of God in Canada. When those things are challenged, they are usurping our historical documents.
The leftists hate this, because their culture hates their Constitutions.


Tom

How about a far too brief answer to "Dominion Theology"? I fail to find anything in Scripture which advocates a "Christianizing" of this world whatsoever. What I read is the calling OUT OF THIS WORLD those whom Christ came to redeem and make ready for the New Heaven and New Earth. Those who are called live by the law of God and those who are of this world live by the laws of this world. That some have chosen to see value in the moral law of God is by God's design in order to benefit first of all Christians that the gathering of the elect might continue to the end. The 'residual' peace, prosperity and relative happiness that God's law brings is due to the Spirit's restraining of men's wickedness and hatred of God and that very law. Christ already reigns over this earth since He rose from the dead thus defeating the "god of this earth" and secured the salvation of those whom God predestined to be adopted children and heirs of the renewed creation where righteousness dwells. And I should also say that one's eschatology does matter since basically, only one represents God's revealed will in Scripture for all things, albeit in part and through a glass darkly.