Satan's Offer Considered

This distinction between the earth and the world is also helpful in understanding Jesus' temptation in the wilderness. There Satan showed Jesus "all the kingdoms of the world in a moment's time." Satan could not have been offering Jesus a political position over earthly human governments, what we might call a president or prime minister. Satan is not the one who exalts and humbles earthly human rulers—God is.

Rather, Satan must have shown Jesus all the sub-kingdoms of his worldwide kingdom of darkness. He showed Jesus the hierarchy of evil spirits who, in their respective territories, reign over the kingdom of darkness, as well as the rebel humans who are their subjects. Satan offered Jesus control over his domain—if Jesus would join Satan's rebellion against God. Jesus would then have become second-in-command over the kingdom of darkness.

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•     Modern Myths About Spiritual Warfare, Part 1
•     Myth #1
•     Christ's Commentary on Satan's Power
•     The War That Never Was
•     What About the Future "War in Heaven"?
•     Was Not Satan Defeated by Jesus on the Cross?
•     The Devil for a Dad
•     The Ransom for Our Captivity
•     The Disarming of the Powers
•     Myth #2
•     Questions for Which We Have No Answers
•     A Myth Based Upon a Myth
•     Myth #3
•     Isn't Satan "God of This World"?
•     Satan's Real-Estate Offer?
•     Who Gave Satan His Authority?
•     Was God Surprised by the Fall?
•     Further Proof of God's Supreme Authority Over Satan
•     Saul's Evil Spirit "From God"
•     New Testament Examples of God's Power Over Satan
•     Satan's Thousand-Year Prison Term
•     The Demons' Fear of Torment
•     Myth #4
•     Satan's Offer Considered
•     God's Control Over Earthly, Human Governments
•     God's Personal Testimony
•     Does Satan Cause Natural Disasters and Adverse Weather?
•     Various Views of Adverse Weather and Natural Disasters
•     There is No "Mother Nature"
•     Scripture's Testimony
•     How About Hurricanes?
•     The Gale on Galilee
•     "But Hurricanes Sometimes Harm Christians"
•     What Then Shall We Do?
•     Obedience and Wisdom
•     A Few Questions Answered
•     Let's Tell the Truth
•     What if People Become Angry With God?
•     Is God Unfair in His Judgment?
•     Can We Rebuke Hurricanes and Floods?