Genesis 1:26-28 (Amplified) says, "God said, Let Us (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit) make mankind in Our Image (after Our Likeness), and let them have complete authority over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, the (tame) beasts of the field, and over everything that creeps upon the earth. So God created man in His Own Image, in the Image and Likeness of God He created him; male and female He created them. And God Blessed them and said to them, Be fruitful, multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it, using all its vast resources in the service of God and man; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, and over every living creature that moves upon the earth."
Some believe the above scriptures are just "Parables," but to those who believe they're the Word of God, they were a covenant and mandate God gave to man and his wife, so they could rule over earth as with His Blessing upon them and the home He created for them. This authority and dominion weren't loans God gave them or something He was going to take back from them, but was His Gift for His family to enjoy and live in. God was to share in the joy of seeing His inheritance being used by, and for His family.
The Father gave this earth and the authority over it to Adam. It was Adam's to use and enjoy for eternity, as a Love Gift from the Father. We see satan in the form of a serpent, being subtle in his approach towards Adam and even, in Genesis 3:1 (Amplified), which says that satan was, "More subtle and crafty than any living creature of the field." This signifies that satan had tried deceiving them in different ways and forms, before. God gave Adam authority and dominion over every living thing on earth and Adam should never allowed satan into the Garden of Eden.
Satan wasn't after the man, but wanted the authority and dominion God gave to man, so he could rule his own kingdom. Satan deceived Adam into transgressing against God, resulting in his ruling over man by using the authority God gave Adam, for his own purposes and use. The earth was man's to rule and have authority over, so God no longer had authority over it. Some will think this sounds like "God didn't have the Power to take it back," but God had given His Word and Blessing upon Adam and "God's Word is forever settled in Heaven" and is unchangeable. Psalm 115:16 (Amplified) tells us, "The Heavens are the Lord's Heavens, but the earth has He given to the children of men."
Psalm 111:5-6 (Amplified) says, "He, God, has given food and provision to those who reverently and worship-fully fear Him; He will remember His covenant forever and imprint it on His mind. He has declared and shown to His people the Power of His Works in giving them the heritage of the nations of Canaan." We read about another covenant God made with man, Abraham, so mankind could inherit the things God intended for His people, in Psalm 105:7-9 (Amplified) which says, "He is the Lord our God; His judgments are in all the earth. He is earnestly mindful of His covenant and forever it is imprinted on His heart, the Word which He commanded and established to a thousand generations."
Many believe it's "foolishness," to believe that God had no right to intervene in the earth, after Adam. God gave complete authority and dominion over to man and needed a Man to move through and have authority again in this earth realm. We read about certain persons who heard God's Voice and yielded to Him, allowing themselves to be used of God and do His will upon the earth, throughout time, but man still had the dominion.
Adam's transgression gave satan the ability to use man and to be able to influence man and man's authority. Satan could do his will on earth, by using man's own authority and influencing man to use that authority in destructive ways. Satan could influence mankind to "kill, steal and destroy" the earth and mankind, who was created in God's Own Image. God gave man authority and dominion over the earth, so man could do with it as he pleased. We read about the Truth and depth of Adam's authority and dominion over the earth, when Jesus was tempted in the Wilderness. Luke 4:5-6 (Amplified) says, "Then the devil took [Jesus] 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); And he said to Him, To You will I give their magnificence, excellence, preeminence, dignity, and Grace, for it has been turned over to me, and I give it to whomever I will."
Satan told Jesus that the authority and dominion God had given to Adam, "Has been turned over to me." Satan has usurped the authority over Adam''s inheritance. This was what satan had been after all along. Satan coveted man's authority, to do his will in the earth. Notice that Jesus didn't deny that this authority and dominion was satan's to use or to "Give to whomever he will." But Jesus didn't yield to this trial and temptation. If Jesus had done what satan said, then Jesus Himself would have come under satan's authority, because the earth belonged to satan and he could still use man's mandate and authority over Jesus.
God made covenant through and by the man, Abraham, so now God could bring a Man, Jesus into the earth again and Jesus, the Last Adam, could legally take back man's authority and dominion over the earth and Heaven. Man still has authority and dominion, even in his fallen state. Satan still uses mankind, to do his will on this planet. They don't have authority over those who have accepted Jesus and belong in the new covenant.
Satan still uses fallen men/women and the authority given to mankind in the beginning is still theirs to command. Throughout the centuries, Satan has influenced such persons as Hitler, Ted Bundy, along with other infamous persons, to do his will and promote his ambition to kill, steal, and destroy. History is littered with such dictators as Nimrod to Nero, have yielded their God-given authority and right to satan.
The only power and authority satan has, was and is, the power and authority God gave to man. As the Son of Man, Jesus had the ability to conquer and take back this authority and place it back into the hands of mankind. These new persons are the new creations of Christ, who are filled with God's Own Presence and authority. The new creation people would now rule as men and women, under the authority of the Man, Jesus Christ. The new creation would also now have Heaven's authority to rule.
The Truth is that satan had no authority over men, before man was saved. Mankind still have the authority God gave to Adam and satan couldn't "make" him do anything. Satan needed to deceive mankind to do his will. Satan couldn't force men to do his will, but could only deceive them to yield their will and authority over to him. It was man's choice. Many didn't understand it was even satanic or destructive, but it was a means of power over others or things.
Satan used man's ambition to promote himself, as a tool. Satan used man's quest for power, to take possession over nations and people. Satan used these men to make laws, which resulted in the captive nations perishing if they didn't uphold these new laws. When satan had words or laws to govern nations and men, his authority would be established. Satan used God's Own Place to form a government, but he could only use persons in government to use the established laws and hold nations in bondage, by man's own authority.
Christians have lost the vision for the words we speak or give place to. This entire universe was created by Words. This planet and nations are ruled by words. We live by words, whether they are The US Constitution, which is good or by the bad words of dictators, that govern other nations. We've forgotten that we were made in God's Own Image and Likeness and that our words either create or destroy lives, homes, cities, and nations. Words we believe and live by, change the world. We transform people into new creation persons and restore God's authority again in this earth, by preaching the Words of God's Kingdom.
This is why satan hates the Word of God and those who preach it. Words change things in our personal lives and families and nations. God's Word, in the mouth of one who now has a God-given authority in earth, is the most powerful thing on earth. We mostly only use them to communicate, instead of creating. We've allowed words to create laws that kill, steal, and destroy, even in our nation. We elect men and women who are swayed by ungodly things. They then establish ungodly laws and promote ungodly works.
Satan only wanted men and women, in order to control their authority for his own use. Satan had no authority of his own, according to Matthew 28:18 (Amplified) which tells us, "Jesus, approached and breaking the silence, said to them,All authority, all power of rule in Heaven and on earth has been given to Me." The new creation people are to use the authority of Jesus and His Word. This is authority that satan can't use any longer, unless God's children yield our words to something other than God's Words. Even as Christian people, our words can be used of the enemy. Many Christian circles are in strife and gossip. The authority Jesus restored to us, is being misused by the enemy, against God's Own people.
Many believers have been taught that, "Our words don't matter," but words are the most powerful thing on this planet and the universe. Whether good or bad, the words of believers hold authority and power and were supposed to be used for God's Kingdom and not by the enemy. Jesus said in Matthew 12:36-37 (Amplified), "But I tell you, on the Day of Judgment men will have to give account for every idle, inoperative, nonworking word they speak. For by your words you will justified and be acquitted and by your words you will be condemned and sentenced."
Many Christians don't take Jesus' statement very seriously, but I believe that the Father does. Gossip in the Church, is demonic and comes from God's people lending their tongue to the one who is a liar from the start. Many people have been destroyed by the gossip of those who are supposed to be examples of God's Love here on earth. James 3:6 (Amplified) says, "And the tongue is a fire, the tongue is a world of wickedness set among our members, contaminating and depraving the whole Body and setting on fire the wheel of birth, being itself ignited by hell."
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