sovereigngrace
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Okay I agree there's a spiritual kingdom that Jesus currently rules, I've never debated that.
You just confirmed that Satan rules on the physical earth though, delegated to do so by God.
I'm just telling you, that Jesus will reclaim rightful rulership of the physical Earth AS WELL. You deny that. When Jesus takes that rulership of the physical Earth, when he strips Satan and the beast of the delegated authority, He establishes a physical kingdom on this Earth, and everyone, believer or not, WILL Acknowledge Him as King of King and Lord of Lords. This isn't only believers, EVERYONE EVERY SINGLE ONE. They could be a totally committed Luciferian, but they WILL NOT BE ABLE to deny that Christ is THEIR King, when He returns and the kingdoms of the earth are become the kingdoms of our Lord.
EVERY Knee shall bow and EVERY tongue shall swear.
"The world" is the ungodly environment around us. He is not God oof this globe, Jesus is. The world is the ungodly system out there that is captivated with sin and selfishness. It is the rule of man in society instead of the rule of God. The world is the ungodly cultural norm out there that man has invented to entertain himself and advance himself. It is the devil’s playing ground around us.
The world wants to conform you to its way of thinking, which is the complete opposite to the Word of God and the will of God.
A W Pink describes the world as “the human family, fashioning the framework of human society in accord with its own tendencies. It is the organized kingdom of the ‘carnal mind’ which is ‘enmity against God’ and which is ‘not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be’ (Romans 8:7).”
Evangelical writer Dr. Greg Bahnsen (writing on the subject of Satan) describes it well: “it denotes the immoral realm of disobedience rather than the all-inclusive, extensive scope of creation. The ‘world’ represents the life of man apart from God and bound to sinful impulses.”
“The world is that realm which is under God's condemnation (I Cor. 11:32), for to walk ‘according to the course of this world’ is to follow Satan and to be a ‘son of disobedience’ and therefore a ‘child of wrath’ (Eph. 2:2-3) … it is evident that ‘world’ denotes the ethical sphere of sinful rebellion.”
Can you see that “the world” is identified as the sinful environment that we live in on this earth that is controlled by Satan.
That is what John is referring to in 1 John 5:19 when he says: the whole world lieth in wickedness.
No wonder the Bible commands us in Romans 12:2: "be not conformed to this world.”
The world is the wicked realm where Satan rules.
True believers have always gone against the popular culture and thinking of the day they live in. They have been created to go against the current of the river and challenge the greed, sin and pride that arises. Why? Because popular culture is normally wrong.
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