Introduction: Whereas Adam had been given dominion – authority – over all the animals including the earth, he forfeited his authority when he fell into sin in the garden of Eden.

Listen to the Word of the Lord:

(Gen 1:26-28)

“26And 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. 27So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. 28And 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.”

1. Creation went from a Theocracy to a Satanocracy with the fall of Adam!

(Gen 3:14,15)

God judged both Adam & Eve as well as the serpent, which was Satan.

“4And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life: 15And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.”

Satan has a temporary dominion in God’s creation. But it will come to a abrupt end when Jesus returns. 

2. When Jesus comes again in His second coming all of Creation will be once and for all under His DOMINION!

(1Cor 15:20-28)

“20But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept. 21For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. 22For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. 23But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ’s at his coming. 24Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power. 25For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet. 26The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death. 27For he hath put all things under his feet. But when he saith, all things are put under him, it is manifest that he is excepted, which did put all things under him. 28And when all things shall be subdued unto him, then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all.”

Jesus has been and will be in control. 

Conclusion: While on the one hand it looks like the devil is in control, on the other hand we read that Jesus Christ is in control. Since He is in control of creation, salvation, and every situation… will you let Him take control?