The Judgement of the World IV - The Prince of the Word Cast Out

The Judgment of the World “Now is the judgment of the world. Now shall the prince of the world be cast out?” Who was the prince of ruler of the world? By studying scripture, I would conclude that the ruler of the world was Adam or the natural man. In Genesis 1, the Bible says God gave dominion to man. In Psalms 8, the Bible asks what is man that God would visit him. Here in this Psalm, again the scripture speaks of man’s dominion. Man had dominion of the world, or orderly arrangement of the earth and mankind. The order of the world was through mankind. This order became plagued with sin and death. Through his disobedience all died. All men came to abide in death and darkness under the realm and rule of Satan. Death, darkness and decay was not of God’s nature, but came into man as Adam became disobedient to God’s word. “The day you eat you shall surely die.” This is the reality of the natural man. Job said that man born of woman are a few days and full of trouble. This again is the natural man. However, the Apostle Paul said in I Corinthians 2, that we speak wisdom among those who are perfect. Paul was speaking of the wisdom of the cross. He goes on to say had the rulers of the world known the wisdom of the cross they would not have crucified the Lord of Glory. Through the cross of Jesus Christ, death, hell, Satan, and the old man lost their dominion. These have no dominion over the new creation in Christ Jesus. Paul writes that Christ is the Head of the Body who is the church in Ephesians 1. This is a powerful statement. The head of the believer is not Satan. It is not the law or sin, and it is not death. Jesus Christ became Head. “He destroyed him that had the power of death that is the devil,” Hebrews 2. Jesus is our ruler. He is the Head of His Body, the church. This is what we must comprehend. As it is in Christ, so it is in the Body. Let this be our reality in the earth. Glory to God.