What the Bible says about Satan's Government
(From Forerunner Commentary)

John 17:14-16 The world Jesus speaks of is Satan's anti-God system working in and through men. Within it are the cultures of all nations on earth. Jesus is clearly not of that anti-God system, and He declares that those accompanying Him, the apostles, were not of the world either. They were of the same system as He—the Kingdom of God. The same is true of those in Christ today. John W. Ritenbaugh The Offerings of Leviticus (Part Eight): Conclusion (Part One) Related Topics: Cosmos | Love of the World | Satan as ruler of this world | Satan's Dominion | Satan's Government | World | World's Dangers | World's Systems | World, Coming out of | World, Frienship with

Galatians 4:8 Before a person comes to know God, he serves those that are not gods by nature. Satan is the ruler of this world, but he was not made to be so. In another place, I Corinthians 8:5, Paul says that there are many lords and many gods, but we know there is only one true God. Many beings attempt to pawn themselves off as gods, each of whom has a kind of "truth," or better, a "philosophy of life." John W. Ritenbaugh Truth (Part 1) Related Topics: Idol | Idolatry | Satan | Satan as ruler of this world | Satan's Authority | Satan's Dominion | Satan's Government

1 John 5:19 "Lies in wickedness" should be translated "lies [under the sway of] the wicked one," as the New King James has it. John makes an all-inclusive statement of Satan's position in terms of the earth. The wicked one, the Devil, holds authority over all operations of all cultural systems on earth. He is the king, he holds authority, over what the Bible calls "the world." John W. Ritenbaugh What I Believe About Conspiracy Theories Related Topics: prince of the power of the air | Satan | Satan as father of liars | Satan as ruler of this world | Satan's Authority | Satan's Dominion | Satan's Government | Satan's Influence | Satan's Kingdom | Satan's Political System | World's Influence | World's Systems

Revelation 13:1-18 Chapter 13 begins with a very colorful, almost overpowering, vision showing an overview of the political system that Satan works through. There is just enough given here to connect this with the Daniel 2 and 7. What arises in Revelation 13 actually has its beginnings long before Jesus Christ, all the way back to Nimrod, showing a definite time progression. This is the system that rears its head at the end time, but the vision is given so that we will understand that this is the system that Satan has always worked through. John W. Ritenbaugh Revelation 10 and the Laodicean Church Related Topics: Babylon | Babylonish System | Beast, The | Daniel, Prophecies of | Nimrod | Satan | Satan as ruler of this world | Satan's Government | Satan's Influence | Satan's Kingdom | Satan's Political System | Satan's Power | Satan's Rule

 

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