Rushdoony opens by reframing “evangelism” as evangelion—the imperial-era “good news of victory” that demanded life be reordered around the enthroned ruler—and argues the New Testament deliberately seizes Rome’s imperial vocabulary to proclaim a counter-empire: the true “beginning of everything” is not Caesar but Jesus Christ, so the Gospel is inherently a public, world-ordering declaration that challenges every statist claim (“Caesar is Lord” vs. “Jesus is Lord,” “King of kings”). He ties this to the Great Commission and dominion mandate: Christians are not a neutral “Red Cross” on history’s sidelines but an army under Christ’s kingship summoned to bring persons, nations, and every sphere—church, family, vocation, education, law, arts, sciences, and even modern technology and media—into obedience to Christ, financed not by coercive state taxation but by God’s people tithing to build institutions (schools, missions, communications) that extend His reign. From this perspective, Reformed faith (Calvin’s stress on God’s sovereignty, predestination, and vocation) fuels courageous, non-Erastian resistance to modern Caesars and energizes missions and cultural action: dominion is evangelism in practice, evangelism is dominion in motion, and the “good news” is that Christ’s victory is certain and comprehensive—therefore believers must think offensively, reclaim territory (education, broadcasting, public life), and expect future victories because “this is the victory… even our faith.” #Evangelion #GospelOfVictory #JesusIsLord #KingOfKings #ImperialTheology #DominionMandate #GreatCommission #ReformedFaith #Calvinism #SovereigntyOfGod #Vocation #ChristianReconstruction #KingdomOfGod #CulturalEngagement #MediaForChrist #ChristianEducation #Missions #MoreThanConquerors #FaithOvercomesTheWorld
