创一26 神说，……使他们管理海里的鱼、空中的鸟、地上的牲畜、和全地、并地上所爬的一切爬物。

　　路十19 看哪，我已经给你们权柄，可以践踏蛇和蝎子，并胜过仇敌一切的能力，绝没有什么能伤害你们。

　　神创造了一个团体人来施行祂的管治（创一26~28）。……管治的意思是有权柄治理并设立国度。管治的意思是得着一个国度，作为在其中运用权柄的范围。假设我有权柄，却没有治理的范围，我就谈不上管治。神说，“使他们管理……。”人被授权管理万有。

　　形像乃是彰显。……看不见的神渴望得着彰显。……管治的意思是国度、权柄。人是按着神的形像受造来彰显神，又被授权来代表神并施行管治。我们是神的彰显，也是神的代表（创世记生命读经，九七页）。

　　Gen. 1:26 And God said,…Let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of heaven and over the cattle and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth.

　　Luke 10:19 Behold, I have given you the authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you.

　　God created a corporate man to exercise His dominion (Gen. 1:26-28)….Dominion means having authority to rule and to form a kingdom. Dominion means having a kingdom as a sphere in which to exercise authority. If I have authority, but no sphere over which to rule, I have no dominion. God said, “Let man have dominion.” Man was given dominion over all things.

　　An image is an expression….The invisible God desires to be expressed….Dominion means kingdom, authority. Man was made in God's image to express God and was given authority to represent God and to have dominion. We are God's expression and we are God's representative. (Life-study of Genesis, p. 78)

　　人必须管治地上的一切，地上是撒但活动的场所。撒但在地上非常活跃（路四5~6）。所以在创世记一章二十六节这里，特别说到人要“管理……全地”。地已经被撒但霸占，因此需要人，神的代表，来治理。

　　要记得，神交托人管治的范围包括三部分：海，鬼的住处；空中，撒但和他使者所在之处；地，撒但活动的场所。……主耶稣在地上时，无论去哪里，都对付撒但、堕落的天使或鬼。那就是主耶稣在风暴中斥责风和浪的原因。风来自空中堕落的天使，浪来自水中的鬼。主对风说，“住了吧！”对浪说，“平静吧！”立刻，风停下来了，浪也平静了。堕落的天使和鬼被主耶稣征服并压制了。我们若懂得如何读圣经，就会看见在四福音书中，主耶稣运用神的权柄管理海、空中和地〔太八23~27，可四36~41，路八22~25〕。这是神交托人管治的范围。

　　神〔给人管治权〕第一面的用意就是对付祂的仇敌，对付爬物所象征的撒但（创一26）。在圣经中，爬物是属鬼的，属撒但的。……蛇象征撒但（创三1）。在启示录十二章九节，撒但称为“古蛇”。

　　我们需要在家庭生活里彰显神，并对付撒但。……我在经历中学到这个。有时候，当我看到撒但在我家人身上彰显时，我一句话也不说。我走到卧房跪下来，祷告说，“主，捆绑蛇！”有许多次我发现自己也在彰显蛇。我又跑开去祷告：“哦，主，赦免我！捆绑蛇。”在许多情形中，神的神圣权柄没有运用，撒但的邪恶权势反而彰显了。……我们都必须看见，今天神有这双重的目标要完成—彰显祂自己并对付祂的仇敌。实在不是你的丈夫发脾气，乃是蛇。实在不是你的妻子说了什么激动你发脾气，乃是蛇。不要对付丈夫，也不要对付妻子。这不是他们的错，我们必须对付在他们背后的蛇。吵嘴永远不能对付撒但；我们越争辩，撒但越得着地位。对付撒但唯一的路是跪下来祷告，呼喊主耶稣的名，求祂捆绑那蛇（创世记生命读经，九八至一○○页）。

　　参读：创世记生命读经，第六至八篇；国度，第七章。

　　Man must have dominion over all things on the earth, the field of Satan's activities. Satan is very active on the earth (Luke 4:5-6). So, here in Genesis 1:26 it especially says that man may have the dominion “over all the earth.” The earth has been usurped by Satan. Thus, it needs to be ruled over by man, God's representative.

　　Remember that the sphere of God's dominion which He committed to man includes three sections: the seas, the dwelling place of the demons; the air, the place where Satan and his angels are; the earth, the field of Satan's activities. When the Lord Jesus was on this earth, He had to deal with Satan, fallen angels, or demons wherever He went. That was why the Lord Jesus rebuked the wind and the waves during a storm. The wind came from the fallen angels in the air and the waves came from the demons in the water. The Lord told the wind, “Stop” and the waves, “Be calm.” Immediately the wind ceased and the waves were calm. The fallen angels and the demons were subdued and overruled by the Lord Jesus. If we know how to read the Bible, we will see in the four Gospels that the Lord Jesus exercised God's authority over the seas, the air, and the earth. This is the sphere of God's dominion which He committed to man.

　　The first aspect of God's intention [in giving man dominion] is to deal with His enemy,….Satan, typified by the creeping things (Gen. 1:26). In the Bible, the creeping things are demonic, devilish, and Satanic….Satan is typified by the serpent (Gen. 3:1). In Revelation 12:9 Satan is called the “ancient serpent.”

　　We need to express God and to deal with Satan in our home life…. I have learned this by experience. Sometimes, when I saw Satan expressed in the members of my family, I did not say a word. I went to my bedroom, knelt down, and prayed, “Lord, bind the serpent.” A number of times I realized that I myself was expressing the serpent. Again I ran away to pray, “O Lord, forgive me. Bind the serpent.” On many occasions, the divine authority of God is not exercised. The evil power of Satan is expressed instead…. We all must realize that today God has this double goal to accomplish—to express Himself and to deal with His enemy. It is not really your husband who loses his temper. It is the serpent. It is not really your wife who says something to provoke your temper. It is the serpent. Do not deal with the husband and do not deal with the wife. It is not their fault. We must deal with the serpent that is behind them. Exchanging words can never deal with Satan. The more we argue, the more Satan gains ground. The only way to deal with Satan is to go on our knees, pray, call on the name of Jesus, and ask Him to bind the serpent. (Life-study of Genesis, pp. 79-80)

　　Further Reading: Life-study of Genesis, msgs. 6-8; CWWL, 1972, vol. 2, “The Kingdom,” ch. 7