The world belongs to the devil.

Our world belongs to….the Devil.

Mat 4:8  Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;

Mat 4:9  And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.

Satan could not offer Jesus all the kingdoms of the world if they weren't his to offer.

God created the world. God filled the world with all its many creatures. God turned the world over to the first man and woman He created.

Gen 1:26  And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

And mankind gave the world to Satan when they chose to follow him rather than God.

This is truth!

The world will once more belong to God and by His grace may that not be too much longer.

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Rev 11:14  The second woe is past; and, behold, the third woe cometh quickly.

Rev 11:15  And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.

The seventh angel- sounded.

The trumpet sounded.

When that trumpet sounded there were great voices in heaven.

The voices were saying--

The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, of His Christ, and He shall reign forever and ever.

When does this happen? When does our Savior take over the kingdoms of the world? He doesn't have them now, does He?  People are confused about all this so let's see if we can't understand it a bit better.

God created the world.  - Gen. 1:1

God created man and made him king over the things that He had created.  - Gen 1:26

Man sinned.- Gen. 3:6

Satan took dominion over the kingdom of the world.  - Matt. 4:8,9

Jesus did not make this world His kingdom. - John 17:14

God's kingdom will come and Satan will no longer have dominion over the world. Rev. 11:15

Rev 11:15  And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.

So you see, while it is very true that our world was created by God -us included- it is also true that sin entered the world God created and corrupted it. You'll often hear people say things like- 'Why did God create that horrible venomous snake?! That snake serves no useful purpose and it kills people! Why did God make disease carrying mosquitoes? Why did God allow bacteria? Why are there viruses, did God create them too? I could go on and on and on and on and you know I could. The thing is God's creation was made for man to rule, with God supreme over man- all through love. When man abdicated his role as one having dominion over the earth by choosing to listen to another who would be like God who used the power of seduction to lure mankind to also desire to be like God, when all that happened everything changed. Sin entered and with its entrance things were NO longer being fully control and guided by God. YES, God allowed man to choose and in making that allowance along with it came all the rest. 

Have you ever bought something you thought was fantastic, only to find out it was a lemon? On a MUCH larger scale, Adam and Eve thought that tasting that fruit would be fantastic, only it turned out to be the worst lemon ever.  We've all heard of situations, or been in them ourselves where we don't count on all the hassle that results from something we choose to do, yet the hassle comes with it - like it or not. People find out often that falling in love with someone is great but the rest of that person's family might not be so great yet they are part and parcel of that someone you love. 

I guess what I'm trying to say is once sin was allowed there was and is no end (until our Savior returns for us)  to the degradation of this earth and all it was meant to be. The sickness, the disease, the horrors, the nightmares, the awful parts of what we call life will only continue to get worse. Yes, we can combat some diseases etc, but as all of us know, super bugs come into play and after the super bugs we'll probably have super-duper bugs and so on.  God NEVER intended for us to have to live in a world ruled by sin. We were given a choice and we chose and this is the result- our world under Satan.

Rev 11:15  And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.

The kingdoms of this world WILL become our LORD'S once again, He paid for them with His life- with His blood- through His sacrifice all in His righteousness. 

More tomorrow by our Lord's will!

In His love!

Amen