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he is the god of this world but that does not mean he has any legal rights. That is where the teaching comes from I think. I believe it is very much like a courtroom in that he plays the part of the accuser like in Job. And his being cast out of heaven in Revelation is probably due to loosing the argument that he has a right to corrupt the bodies of those who were raptured, because he has power over death. He warred with Michael over the body of Moses and he wars with him again most likely over the bodies of those raptured. They overcame him by the blood of the lamb and the word of their testimony so Jesus death burial and resurrection is why death does not HAVE to visit them as the devil would claim. So even though I see the courtroom drama it is all about God being Just and the Justifier of those who believe so that simple easy believism cannot be claimed with no penalty of sins but it does not mean that satan actually has a RIGHT to anything or that his rights had to be satisfied.
Satan being the god of this world does not mean he is running things. It means he is the author of worldly sinful ambitions and those things people chase after to fulfil their lusts. It means he is the one behind the strategies of lust of the eyes, lust of the flesh, and pride of life that all people chase after.
Satan being the god of this world does not mean he is running things. It means he is the author of worldly sinful ambitions and those things people chase after to fulfil their lusts. It means he is the one behind the strategies of lust of the eyes, lust of the flesh, and pride of life that all people chase after.
