JESUS RULER OF ALL: We are told that God “will manifest in His own time, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings and Lord of lords” (1 Tim 6:15). What a discovery that will be to the unbelieving world, that Jesus is “the ruler over the kings of the earth” (Rev 1:5)! Here are the three great confrontations between our Adversary (1 Pet 5:8) and our Advocate (1 Jn 2:1). First, in Christ’s crucifixion, but it was no contest, “for,” said the Lord, “the ruler of this world is coming, and he has nothing in Me” (Jn 14:30). Second, the Lord on His return to heaven sent the Spirit to convince men now, before it is too late for them, that “the ruler of this world is judged” (Jn 16:11). And though the archfiend Satan is a defeated foe, yet it will not stop him from attempting one final coup when the King of kings returns to earth: “These will make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them, for He is Lord of lords and King of kings” (Rev 17:14). At last, “the ruler of this world will be cast out” (Jn 12:31)!