Moses recorded by THE SPIRIT in Genesis chapter 1:
26 Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our Image, according to Our Likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”
27 So God created man in His own Image; in the Image of God He created him; male and female He created them.
28 Then God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”
29 And God said, “See, I have given you every herb that yields seed which is on the face of all the earth, and every tree whose fruit yields seed; to you it shall be for food.
30 Also, to every beast of the earth, to every bird of the air, and to everything that creeps on the earth, in which there is life, I have given every green herb for food”; and it was so.
31 Then God saw everything that He had made, and indeed it was very good. So the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
The word image describes the outward and the word likeness describes the inward. In essence, FATHER patterned us after HIM. It is vital that we see the reality of this passage.
Each of us has the inherent potential to walk in the higher realm. GOD made us in HIS moral and spiritual makeup unlike any other lower created being. In outward appearance, Adam resembled GOD. The whole race of mankind is included.
Adam and his race were created to have dominion over everything on the earth. Through deception resulting in rebellion, Adam gave up dominion to the devil.
In Genesis chapter 3 we are given the details:
4 Then the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die.
5 For God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”
6 So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate. She also gave to her husband with her, and he ate.
7 Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves coverings.
The serpent convinced them that they would be like GOD, the essence of pride. This is the same sin that removed Lucifer from Heaven. This one act caused Adam to lose dominion.
However, everything lost in the first Adam was regained in the second Adam.
Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in 1st Corinthians chapter 15:
45 For it is written: The first man, Adam, became a living soul. The last Adam became the life-giving Spirit.
46 However, the spiritual didn’t come first. The natural precedes the spiritual.
47 The first man was from the dust of the earth; the second Man is YAHWEH, from the realm of Heaven.
48 The first one, made from dust, has a race of people just like him, who are also made from dust. The One sent from heaven has a race of Heavenly people who are just like Him.
49 Once we carried the likeness of the man of dust, but now let us carry the likeness of the Man of Heaven.
Adam was intended to exercise authority on GOD’S behalf over the entire domain in which GOD sent him, his domain was over all the earth including the air. The fall of Adam produced a cataclysmic effect that brought forth thorns and thistles which came up, that’s why animals no longer lived in harmony and peace. Adam’s entire dominion was affected.
Luke recorded by The Holy Spirit in Luke chapter 4:
5 Then the devil, taking Jesus up on a high mountain, showed Him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.
6 And the devil said to Him, “All this authority I will give You, and their glory; for this has been delivered to me, and I give it to whomever I wish.
7 Therefore, if You will worship before me, all will be Yours.”
Jesus did not challenge the fact that the devil had dominion over the world. Jesus knew the plan to take back dominion at the appropriate time. This was accomplished at the cross. Dominion over the earth has been given to us who will walk according to the Divine Intent of FATHER. The adversary would deceive us into believing the transfer has not occurred.