INTRODUCTION

Christ the Conqueror in Glory.

In the near future, the Lord Jesus Christ will leave His Father`s throne, gather His believers together and go to His own throne in the third heaven. There, amid the acclaim of myriads of angelic host and His Body of believers, the Lord is inaugurated as the mighty conqueror.

Christ the conqueror over Satan, his World System and death. We are given a fore view of this momentous celebration.

`A throne set in heaven, and one sat on the throne. And he who sat there was like a jasper and a sardius in appearance;...` (Rev. 4: 2 & 3)

The Jasper gem stone was the last on the High Priest`s breastplate. It stood for the tribe of Naphtali whose name means to prevail, to conquer -  

`I have prevailed.` (Gen. 30: 8)  Prevail – to gain the victory, to conquer. 

`Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David has prevailed…` (Rev. 5: 5)

Christ was the last Adam and He prevailed over the World System, the flesh and the devil. He has secured the supreme victory over the greatest foe. So, how did the Lord prevail and conqueror His great foe and the World System?

Christ the Man on Earth.

Over two thousand years ago the Lord left the heavenly realms and entered the sphere of Satanic influence on earth.  His mission was to give Himself as the sacrifice for the sin of mankind. To do this Jesus had to live life as a man and not use His divine ability to overcome trials and temptations.

Satan did not know of God`s plan to save mankind, however, he could see that by thwarting Jesus he could continue controlling man through his world systems.

`the hidden wisdom of God ordained before the ages ….which none of the rulers of this age knew; for had they known, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.` (1 Cor. 2: 7 & 8)

Jesus told His disciples, “ I have overcome the World (System). ` (John 16: 33)

And Jesus tells us, `To him who overcomes I will grant to sit with Me on My throne…` (Rev. 3: 21) What a wonderful but challenging promise.

Let us now look at what Satan`s World System is like, and then how Jesus overcame his mortal enemy, the World System and death.  Finally, we look at how we are enabled to overcome also.