Anyway, back to Jesus in the wilderness, who is there not as one solitary individual but as a representative of his people, a representative of Israel, and now, we can say, as our representative, too. No one faces these temptations alone. Our humanity is there. America is there. Dominion is not to be confused with arrogance and domination.
Dominion means stewardship.
We are not sovereign. There are lots of problems with that. Our so-called dominion must always be exercised in kinship with the entire web of life. We are part of an evolving ecosystem. It s a good idea to fit in.