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Listen to his sermon, and he will tell you what he believes. You don't have to speculate.

I've listened to part of it. I don't like it:

Larry Huch: "...We will become so blessed that we will usher in the coming of the Messiah."

Is seems to me that the coming of the Messaih shall be heralded this way:

Luke 21
24 And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.
25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;
26 Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.

I believe Rafael Cruz loves the Lord and I'd love to ask him lo que da???. Anyway, having voiced my misgivings, I don't want to be a part of making a heathen like Trump a herald of the Messiah. I have no misgivings about that.

I'm going to watch/listen/comment on the rest of this, painful though it may be. Thanks SubMareener.

Yes, that’s the rub with dominionism. It is a form of postmillennialism, which has roots in most mainline denominations, that the Church brings about utopia before Christ returns. Modern dominionism takes that theology and adds an extra layer of charismatic energy to it. But it does not have a sound basis in Scripture. In it’s most extreme forms, supernatural conquest of apocalyptic proportions is involved. But it has a Scripturally sound aspect to it which is believed by nearly all Christians of all denominations, that we should be salt and light in a sinful world by living godly lives and glorifying God in all we do.

This is why discussing it is sometimes confusing. Which end of the spectrum are we talking about? I have seen secularist articles disparaging it that make no such fine distinctions. To the unbeliever, it’s all dangerous theocracy. The Christian rejection of gay marriage has even been used as an example of dominionist thought, which is ludicrous, of course, but the ordinary secularist does not seem to get the distinction.

Peace,