This document discusses how Satan gained control over the earth after Adam and Eve sinned. It argues that:
1) Adam was originally given dominion over the earth by God, making him the "god" of the world.
2) However, when Adam and Eve ate the forbidden fruit, they died spiritually and lost their connection to God.
3) By disobeying God, Adam forfeited his dominion over earth to Satan. The Bible shows that Satan told Jesus "all this power and authority has been given to me."
4) So the document concludes that it was Adam, not God, who turned over the kingdoms of the world to Satan's rule by his act
This document discusses how Satan gained control over the earth after Adam and Eve sinned. It argues that:
1) Adam was originally given dominion over the earth by God, making him the "god" of the world.
2) However, when Adam and Eve ate the forbidden fruit, they died spiritually and lost their connection to God.
3) By disobeying God, Adam forfeited his dominion over earth to Satan. The Bible shows that Satan told Jesus "all this power and authority has been given to me."
4) So the document concludes that it was Adam, not God, who turned over the kingdoms of the world to Satan's rule by his act
This document discusses how Satan gained control over the earth after Adam and Eve sinned. It argues that:
1) Adam was originally given dominion over the earth by God, making him the "god" of the world.
2) However, when Adam and Eve ate the forbidden fruit, they died spiritually and lost their connection to God.
3) By disobeying God, Adam forfeited his dominion over earth to Satan. The Bible shows that Satan told Jesus "all this power and authority has been given to me."
4) So the document concludes that it was Adam, not God, who turned over the kingdoms of the world to Satan's rule by his act
This document discusses how Satan gained control over the earth after Adam and Eve sinned. It argues that:
1) Adam was originally given dominion over the earth by God, making him the "god" of the world.
2) However, when Adam and Eve ate the forbidden fruit, they died spiritually and lost their connection to God.
3) By disobeying God, Adam forfeited his dominion over earth to Satan. The Bible shows that Satan told Jesus "all this power and authority has been given to me."
4) So the document concludes that it was Adam, not God, who turned over the kingdoms of the world to Satan's rule by his act
Dominion In the beginning, Adam had the dominion over this world, and in that sense, Adam was made the "god" of this world. But when Adam and Eve ate of the forbidden fruit, their eyes were opened and they new good and evil (Gen. 3:6,7). God had told Adam and Eve that in he day they ate of the fruit, they would die. Adam and Eve didn't die physically; they died spiritually. When they died spiritually, hey were cut off or separated from God. By that act of disobedience, Adam forfeited his dominion on this earth to the devil. The Bible substantiates the fact that Adam sold out his dominion to Satan through disobedience, and allowed Satan to become the god of this world. Look at the account of Satan tempting Jesus. LUKE 4:1,2,5-8 1 And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, 2 Being forty days TEMPTED OF THE DEVIL.... 5 And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, shewed unto him ALL THE KINGDOMS OF THE WORLD in a moment of time. 6 And the devil said unto him, ALL THIS POWER [authority] will I give thee, and the glory of them: FOR THAT IS DELIVERED UNTO ME; and to whomsoever I will I give it. 7 If thou therefore wilt worship me, ALL shall be thine. 8 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee behind me, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve. There are several important truths to notice here.
16 Origins: Satan and His Kingdom
Ministers have said to me, "Satan was just lying to
Jesus by saying he would give Jesus the authority over the kingdoms of the world, because Satan didn't have authority over them." But Satan did have that authority because the kingdoms of the world had been delivered over to Satan by Adam when he sinned against God. The Amplified Bible shows this even more clearly. LUKE 4:5,6 (Amplified) 5 Then the devil took Him up to a high mountain, and showed Him ALL THE KINGDOMS OF THE HABITABLE WORLD IN A MOMENT OF TIME—in the twinkling of an eye; 6 And he said to Him, To You I will give all THIS POWER and AUTHORITY and their glory ... FOR IT HAS BEEN TURNED OVER TO ME, and I give it to whom I will. Who turned the kingdoms of the world over to Satan? Was it God? No, God gave them to Adam originally, but when Adam sinned and disobeyed God, he forfeited his right to them, so Satan took dominion of them. We know Satan didn't have authority over the world before Adam gave it to him, because Satan fell from the dominion he did have (Ezek. 28:16-18; Luke 10:18). So Adam had the dominion and authority over the earth originally, but he delivered it into Satan's hands when he disobeyed God's commandment (Rom. 5:14 Amp.). That's when Satan became the god of this world. Also, if Satan didn't have the authority over the kingdoms of this world, then the Bible is lying when it says that Jesus was tempted by the devil (Luke 4:2). If Satan had no authority and no real dominion over the kingdoms of the earth, this wouldn't have been a real