Liberating Planet Earth

The Inevitabiiip of Liberation 141
beginning with self-government under Biblical law. They do not
believe that Biblical law produces social peace and prosperity.
Thus, fearing the responsibilities of dominion because they mistake
dominion for tyrannical power, and because they do not want
to be labeled Christian tyrants, Christians: (1) seek to become powerful
themselves in terms of humanism’s acceptable political strategies;
(2) seek an alliance with humanistic power religionists
against the dominion religion; or (3) retreat from the public arena
in an attempt to escape responsibility.
Christians generally do not believe that God in His providence
designed the mind of man for the purpose of man’s taking
dominion. They do not believe that regenerate minds that necessarily
possess the mind of Christ (1 Corinthians 2:16) are dominically
superior to unregenerate minds that have the mind of
Satan. Thus, Christians have retreated time and again in the cultural
and intellectual battles. They have justified these repeated
retreats by devising eschatologies of inevitable, guaranteed defeat
for the visible kingdom of God. This makes it easier to run up the
white flag. “What else could we expect but defeat? After all, we’re
Christians.”
Our enemies have stolen the Bible’s vision of victory and its
doctrine of providence. They have reworked these doctrines to fit
their requirements. Christians are fearfi.d of an enemy army that hus
stolen eve~thing positive that it has in its arsenal. Christians do not see
that it is our God who makes the rules. In contrast, our enemy
knows what wins. Satan cannot win if his followers cling to his
own doctrine of chaos. This is why he has stolen our vision and
worldview.
Who has the right to adopt such a program of victory? Whose
Commander gave a death blow to His rival’s head (Genesis 3:15)
at Calvary? Admittedly, the church suffers from a limp, just as
Jacob did (Genesis 32:25). The church’s heel is injured, just as God
promised that Christ’s would be (Genesis 3:15). But the enemy’s
head is crushed. When going into battle, which wound would you
prefer to march with? A crushed head or an injured heel?
Unbelievers appear to be culturally dominant today. Chris-