"And there was war in heaven. Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought back.But he was not strong enough, and they lost their place in heaven." (Revelation 12:7-8).
Upon his eviction from heaven, Satan came down to earth in anger.
"Therefore rejoice, you heavens and you who dwell in them! But woe to the earth and the sea, because the devil has gone down to you! He is filled with fury, because he knows that his time is short." (Revelation 12:12). Satan was filled with anger such that he started a massive destruction. He destroyed all what God created. He was mad that he lost the privilege of standing in God's presence. So, he madly destroyed the earth by disorganizing everything! After Satan destroyed the earth, God fixed it up. Remember that Satan is a destroyer. (John 10:10). What Satan actually did was to create a state of disorder in the earth. That was why we read that the earth was without form. Satan destroyed what was meant to be a home for mankind.
So, God stepped down from heaven, created a state of order in the earth and put man in charge of the earth. Assuming someone came into your home and broke your properties, scatter your interior decorations, furniture, and so. When the person leaves, will you just stand there and let everything remain in that disorganized state? No. You will put your house back in order. You will even put a Rotwiller dog at your gate! Just in case of another time. You will want to watch the house against another invasion. That was what God did. He separated everything that got mixed up and put man in charge! Let's read the account in the book of Genesis 1:
"And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so. And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so. And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good. And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so. And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good. And the evening and the morning were the third day.And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so. And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also. And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth, And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good. And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven. And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good. And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth. And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so. And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good." (Genesis 2:2-25).
So, the earth became a conducive place. God created man and put him in charge.
"And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat. And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so."(Genesis 1:26-30).
"The highest heavens belong to the LORD, but the earth he has given to man." (Psalm 115:16).
"The LORD God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it." (Genesis 2:15).
Based on the scriptures above, we can see that God has already made man the landlord of the earth. So, how did Satan got a free residence in the earth realm without paying any rental fee? What happened? How did the earth got transferred into the hands of Satan?
Satan stole the dominion of the earth from man. He (Satan) stole the authority over the earth realm from Adam. The first man lost his place. He (Adam) was displaced. The man and his wife were locked out of the garden of Eden.
"To Adam he (God) said, “Because you listened to your wife and ate from the tree about which I commanded you, ‘You must not eat of it,’ “Cursed is the ground because of you; through painful toil you will eat of it all the days of your life.It will produce thorns and thistles for you,and you will eat the plants of the field.By the sweat of your brow you will eat your food until you return to the ground, since from it you were taken; for dust you are
and to dust you will return.” (Gensis 3:17-19).
That eviction from God's presence symbolized a displacement. The actual place where the man was displaced was Eden. Much more, man was displaced from God's presence. Why because it was in Eden man met with God. Therefore, Eden is the secret-place. "He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty." (Psalm 91:1). Eden is the presence of God. God often comes down to fellowship with man there in the garden. We read: "And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou? And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself." (Genesis 3:9-10). If the voice of God was heard in the garden, that means that God was present in that garden. For there can be no voice without a person.
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