“And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it.”
And he said to him, I will give you all their authority and splendor; it has been given to me, and I can give it to anyone I want to — the devil's claim to have authority over all the kingdoms is the worldview of the powers-of-this-age theology: the world's political structures are under Satanic dominion until the kingdom of God displaces them. The claim may not be entirely false — the New Testament acknowledges Satanic dominion over the current age — but the offer is the temptation to receive the kingdom without the cross.
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