Origins: Satan and His KingdomMinisters have said to me, "Satan was just lying to
Jesus by saying he would give Jesus the authority over
the kingdoms of the world, because Satan didn't have
authority over them." But Satan did have that authority
because the kingdoms of the world had been delivered
over to Satan by Adam when he sinned against God.
The Amplified Bible shows this even more clearly.
LUKE 4:5,6 (Amplified)
5 Then the devil took Him 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;
6 And he said to Him, To You I will give all
THIS POWER and AUTHORITY and their
glory ... FOR IT HAS BEEN TURNED OVER
TO ME, and I give it to whom I will.
Who turned the kingdoms of the world over to
Satan? Was it God? No, God gave them to Adam
originally, but when Adam sinned and disobeyed God,
he forfeited his right to them, so Satan took dominion of
them.
We know Satan didn't have authority over the world
before Adam gave it to him, because Satan fell from the
dominion he did have (Ezek. 28:16-18; Luke 10:18).
So Adam had the dominion and authority over the
earth originally, but he delivered it into Satan's hands
when he disobeyed God's commandment (Rom. 5:
Amp.). That's when Satan became the god of this world.
Also, if Satan didn't have the authority over the
kingdoms of this world, then the Bible is lying when it
says that Jesus was tempted by the devil (Luke 4:2). If
Satan had no authority and no real dominion over the
kingdoms of the earth, this wouldn't have been a real