Articles
"God
of This World"
By GARRETT PAUL PARRISH
www.BibleProphecyFulfilled.org
Remember
that Jesus
said that the ruler of this age was now cast out,
judged/defeated (John12:31,16:11).
The cross brought the victory, and the parousia was the mop up of that
victory. Again, the transition period (40 year
wilderness) from the Old Covenant Age to the New Covenant age
took place from the cross to A.D. 70. at the parousia
(Hebrews 8:13, 9:8) 2 Corinthians.4:4 is
refering to the god of this"age"/world, not globe/world. At
the end of the "age", the Old Covenant age Mathewt.24:3,
Satan was dethroned, and became a defeated
foe (as Luther puts it). He that was on top was to fall from
heaven/ruling (Luke 10:18-the process had begun), and was put under
Jesus' feet (Romans16:20-Genesis3:15, Revelation 2:26,27), feet which
are in His body. Satan's ruling of the age was in
transition being turned upside down (Acts
17:6) He had a final counter attack under Nero (released for
a short time-Revelation20:7), and then faced eternal defeat and
judgment (Revelation20:10), not annihilation. The power of
sin, which was empowered through the system of the law, headquartered
in the temple (1 Corinthians15:56), went down bringing Satan's
accusing and slandering power (enforcing the ministry of death and
condemnation-he was and always will be God's devil) down with
it. We are now in the New Covenant Age, an eternal age
(Isaiah.9:7, Hebrews.13:20), under which only those nations (and
individuals) honoring Christ (Psalm.2) are blessed, exalted,
and empowered. The most powerful nations, since the first
century, have always been those most Christ honoring. All opposing
nations/peoples are crushed and put under the feet of the nations
carrying HIS righteousness, which exaults a nation. This is
why there has not been, since the time of Nero, a world wide
persecution and it is why there will never be another, because Christ
is the God of this age!
By
GARRETT PAUL PARRISH
www.BibleProphecyFulfilled.org
