"The kingship of Satan in the under world and upper world are Bible statements; his kingship in the world about us is a Bible fact confirmed by human testimony."
C. F. Wimberly, Is the Devil a Myth (1913)*
It may be tactless to mention this on Holy Week, but I dislike the increasingly popular slogan "Christ is King!" The most obvious objection is that, if Christ is King, and we presently reside in his kingdom, Christ has a great deal to answer for. The problem of evil is a real problem, and it appears unreal only when one is well fed and comfortably toasting one's toes before a fragrant fire.
Men in every other degree of terror, grief and vexation see that this world is under the thumb of the dark lord known as Satan. While this world certainly affords some highly suggestive flashes of beauty, love, and joy, the king of this world shows us who is boss by smashing these glimpses of eternity in fairly short order.
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