At the beginning of human history, God commanded mankind to rule over the earth (Genesis 1:26-31;Hebrews 2:6-8). When man disobeyed God, sin entered the world (Genesis 2:17,3:6-7). By this one action, man sold his right to rule this world to Satan and at the same time became captive to sin himself (John 8:34,12:31;Romans 6:6;Ephesians 2:2,6:12). As a result, sinful men live in a world full of corruption, each person doing what is right in his own eyes, the whole time being led astray by their own evil desires (Psalm 8:6,51:5;Proverbs 14:12;Genesis 3:17;Romans 8:20,James 1:14-15). It isn’t hard to see that the whole world lies in Satan’s power (1 John 5:19). Even Jesus did not dispute with him over the fact that he ruled the kingdoms of the world (Matthew 4:8-10). Therefore, there can be no lasting peace or restoration of the land until Jesus returns to redeem the land and man (Galatians 4:4-5).
Posted on: Sun, 18 Jan 2015 22:43:47 +0000
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