The Triumphant ChurchThe prince of this world: "Now is the judgment of
this world: now shall THE PRINCE OF THIS WORLD
be cast out" (John 12:31; 14:30; 16:8,11).
Prince of the power of the air: “... in time past ye
walked according to the course of this world, according
to THE PRINCE OF THE POWER OF THE AIR, THE
SPIRIT that now worketh in the children of
DISOBEDIENCE" (Eph. 2:2).
The god of this world system: "In whom THE GOD
OF THIS WORLD hath blinded the minds of them
which believe not..." (2 Cor. 4:4).
If people understood that Satan is the god of this
world, it would clear up a lot of confusion they have
about why evil exists on this earth.
Some people are so taken up with the evil in the
world that they think the universe is basically evil
instead of good. Some people have accused God of being
the author and creator of evil. For example, I read an
article some time ago written by a well-known
newspaper columnist here in America. He said he was
not religiously inclined, didn't belong to any church, and
never had. He didn't believe the Bible was the Word of
God, and he didn't know if God existed or not.
In his article he said, "Christians say there is a God
who created everything and that God is running this
universe. Logically speaking, it would seem a Supreme
Being did create the universe. But if God is the Ruler of
this universe and He's running everything, He surely
has things in a mess. Why doesn't He put a stop to war
and poverty and innocent babies dying?"
He was trying to understand why a good God who is
ruling the world would allow evil to exist. But this
newspaper columnist had only heard one side of the