Defiling Sacred Space (YOU)

  Dominion of the Temple Sanctity, Authority, and the Expulsion of Sickness Larry Rix Sep 09, 2025 Introduction: Reframing the Healing Debate The question of physical healing is one of the most contentious and personal in Christian theology. For centuries, the debate has often been polarized between two extremes: a cessationist view that relegates such miracles to a bygone apostolic age, and a triumphalist view that can inadvertently heap guilt upon the sick by treating faith as a simple formula. Both positions, in their own way, struggle to account for the whole witness of Scripture and the complex reality of human experience. This essay proposes a third way: a theological model that reframes the entire discussion, moving the focus from transactional faith to consecrated identity. It argues that the key to understanding healing and spiritual authority lies in a robust, biblically-grounded synthesis of three core concepts: the Genesis commission of  dominion , the Pauline reve...