Yours, O Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and the majesty, indeed everything that is in the heavens and the earth; Yours is the dominion, O Lord, and You exalt Yourself as head over all. 1 Chronicles 29:11 NASB
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Dominion and domination are very similar words in construction but neither word is commonly used today. Hearing “dominate” be used in public reporting this last disturbing week was startling. That made the other uncommon word “dominion” stand out when I read it as a Verse of the Day from 1 Chronicles in the same week.
Dominion is a descriptive noun used to identify God’s complete sovereignty and power to partner with His people to protect and preserve His creation. “And God blessed them. “And God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth.” Genesis 1:28 ESV
Domination is an action verb the Bible uses to indicate an exercise of power. A very simple word sturdya of “domination” resulted in two conclusions: 1)The most important one was it was never God who was dominating and 2) God’s displeasure at Israel’s opposition to His dominion was clear and the natural consequence of their rebellion was domination.
In some places it’s “domination to, of or by” that represents God’s action to move Israel “to” repentance. In other places the references were “delivered from domination” that represented God’s repeated rescue for Israel “from” those who would destroy them. In all those places the Word reveals the same timeless truth of 1 Chronicles: God is still prepared to respond to repentance and deliver His people from the domination of an enemy.
“Yours is the dominion, O Lord,
and You exalt Yourself as head over all. “
Yet today’s attitudes tend more towards the domination idea. Domination has undertones of manipulation, coercion, and force. Bending the earth to our will, rather than working in a state of collaboration and cooperation. Extracting what we want at the expense of others. Not caring about the broader impacts of our actions…” currentcoach.com
There are only two choices: Dominion or Domination
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