In the Book of John, Satan is referred to as "The Prince of this World." and in Matthew 4:8-9, Satan offers Christ all the Kingdoms of the world yet in Daniel 4:17 it states that God, "... is sovereign over the kingdoms of men and gives them to anyone he wishes and sets over them the lowliest of men." Confusion is cleared up when we realize two things:
Everything is part of God's plan. Recall John 9 wherein Jesus heals a blind man and the Jews ask if he was blind because of his sins or his parent's sins and Jesus answers in John 9:3, Neither this man nor his parents sinned, this happened so that the works of God might be displayed in him. This is also the answer to the nagging question, "Why would God make evil men (the lowliest) King?"
Also consider that in John 15:19 Jesus has said, "The world would love you as one of its own if you belonged to it, but you are no longer part of the world." Satan may rule the world but Christians are not ruled buy him. He can only try to control Christians by temptation.
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