Man is the Ruler of the World
Genesis 1:26 is the verse in which God gave man the authority over the world. The words of God cannot be broken, John 10:35 . Not even by man's unfaithfulness to keep God's words. Yet, many have heard that man gave authority over the world to Satan when Adam fell. For those of you who still think that Satan is the ruler of the world, please see the other article tagged *Ruler of the World." If the Father gave all things to Jesus, John 3:35 , 13:3 , then Satan had no authority to give anything to Jesus had Jesus bowed down to worship Satan in the desert. Thus, man has always been the ruler of the world. This is why Jesus spoke Matthew 18:7 which reads: "Woe to the world because of its stumbling blocks! For it is inevitable that stumbling blocks come; but woe to that man through whom the stumbling block comes!" Man is the one who brings the evil into the world that causes misery, death and destruction because man is still the ruler of the