Satan’s Plan Remains the Same

For what purpose did God create man?  

Genesis 1:26 tells us:

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. (KJV)

Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.” (NIV)

As we well know, Satan disqualified man from ruling over the earth.  When Christ Jesus returns to establish His Millennial Kingdom, man once again will have the opportunity to rule and reign as a co-heir with Christ (2 Timothy 2:12, Revelation 20:4,6, Revelation 22:5).   

And Satan is doing everything he can to prevent this! 

In speaking about the parable of the sower, Jesus tells us that the birds of the air represent Satan (Matthew 13:9).  In the later parable of the mustard tree, Jesus says:

³¹Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field:  ³²Which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof.  (Matthew 13:31-32).

In this parable, Jesus prophesies that Christianity will experience abnormal growth (it is abnormal for an herb plant to grow into a tree) and that Satan will infiltrate Christianity.  I believe this is what we are witnessing today as we see so much false teaching within the halls of Christianity. 

Satan knows that every believer must stand before the Lord at the judgment seat of Christ to give an account of things done in the body (2 Corinthians 5:10).  Many believers are not even aware of this because their leaders are too busy preaching about marriage and sex, getting out of debt, having a life of abundance, self-healing, losing weight, meditation, yoga, and the list goes on and on. 

All this distraction from “seeking first the Kingdom” is exactly what Satan wants!  His mission today is the same as it was in the Garden of Eden: to disqualify man from fulfilling God’s purpose for man.