Rick Joyner Rick Joyner has authored more than fifty books, including The Final Quest Trilogy, There Were Two Trees in the Garden, The Path, and Army of the Dawn. He is also the Founder and Executive Director of MorningStar Ministries, a multi-faceted mission organization which includes Heritage International Ministries, MorningStar University, MorningStar Fellowship of Churches and Ministries. Click here to take a look at Rick's latest Rant #ricksrants

The Commission

       And God blessed them; and God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it;
       and rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky, and over every living thing that moves on the earth."

Unity

And God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them (Genesis 1:27).
 
Man was originally created male and female. After the woman was taken from man, it would take both the man and the woman, in unity, to reveal the image of God. No man can fully reveal the image of God, and neither can any woman. We need each other, and this is why one of the primary assaults of the devil is to deceive men and women into thinking that they do not need each other.

Taking the Land, Part 9

In our last study, we ended with the prophecy in Isaiah 60 that declares how at the very time deep darkness is coming upon the people, the glory of the Lord will be appearing on His people. Before we leave the situation concerning Achan, we need to make one more observation that highlights just how...
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Authority

       "and let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over the cattle and over all the earth,  and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth" (see Genesis 1:26).

The Crown

Then God said, "Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness (Genesis 1:26).

 
What greater honor could there possibly be than to be created in the image of God? Man is the crown of God's creation. Man is the one to most reflect His nature; this is the ultimate purpose of man. If there is any way for us to measure the success of our lives, it would be by how well we have reflected Him in our lives. For this reason we read in Romans 8:28-30:

Diversity

       Then God said, "Let the earth bring forth living creatures after their kind:
       cattle and creeping things and beasts of the earth after their kind;" and it was so.

Fruitfulness

       And God blessed them, saying, "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth."
       And there was evening and there was morning, a fifth day (Genesis 1:22-23).

Life

       Then God said, "Let the waters teem with swarms of living creatures,
       and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the heavens."
 
       And God created the great sea monsters, and every living creature that moves,

The Lights

       Then God said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night,
       and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years;
       and let them be for lights in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth"; and it was so.

The Seed

      Then God said, "Let the earth sprout vegetation, plants yielding seed,
      and fruit trees bearing fruit after their kind, with seed in them, on the earth"; and it was so.

      And the earth brought forth vegetation, plants yielding seed after their kind,
      and trees bearing fruit, with seed in them, after their kind; and God saw that it was good.
      And there was evening and there was morning, a third day (Genesis 1:11-13).

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