Through a vision Daniel received, we understand Satan’s true goal or purpose of his sin; he is determined to change time and law to avoid his judgment (Is 14:12-15; Ez 28:12-19; Da 7:23-25). However, there is an inherent problem. God is infinite. Satan is a created being; thus he is finite. Satan mimics God but is hampered by his inherent finiteness. Since the Fall of Man and Woman, allgovernments, sorry America, belong to Satan (Mt 4:8-10). The first unified government, begun by Cain, resulted in the Cataclysm (Ge 6:3-7). The second unified government attempt resulted in division of people by differing conceptual understandings exemplified by the change in languages; Babel (Ge 10:8-10; 11:1-9). Since this event Satan has been learning how to control diverse, sinful mankind. Satan, though smart, was not created in the image of God as man (Ge 1:27;2:7; He 1:14). He had to learn, slowly, how to control people to achieve his goal. This is what modern man calls history.

What is history? The definitions are nearly endless with conflicting meanings; Cambridge English Dictionarydefines history as, “(the study of or a record of) past events considered together, especially events of a particular period, country, or subject“; {Emphasis by Cambridge}.Yet, this definition, though full of profundity, tells one absolutely nothing. We would not know this apart from the Bible; nor would we realize that Satan has used, uses and will continue to use history as a primary means to achieve his goal. In essence, Satan uses history to legitimize and justify progress toward his goal(s): be above God and thus avoid his own judgement (Re 20:10).

Does God use history? Absolutely! God details the past from Creation so YOU can know the truth of your sin, the judgment for your sin and have a way of escape from your sin; this is the mercy and compassion of God exemplified in Christ (Ro 3:23; 5:7-11; 6:23; 2Co 1:3-5; 4:4). This is the purpose of the Bible (2Ti 2:15; 3:16-17). God’s history details Man’s Creation, sin and continual rebellion against Him even by those who have been saved by Him. It is the unvarnished truth of why redemption comes only from and by God! Satan, and thus man’s, history is biased so as to legitimize and justify the individual and corporate decisions and actions of its rebellious, sinful participants; i.e., all of mankind. Each culture’s history was tailored and publicized to give a biased justification of why and how the culture, and its rulers, were above all others. Study of archeology is simply the cataloguing of each cultures propaganda and indoctrination. Since a king needs people over which to rule, Satan being no different, education is the means of producing a supportive population (Pr 14:28). So, why has he not been more successful?

God plan is true unification of all who become saved; a unified oneness with Himself where each person has a unique identity and intimate relationship with Him (Jn 17:13-23; Ga 3:25-29; Re 2:17). God, including Christ and the Spirit, are infinite and can have a unique relationship without detracting from anyone else’s intimate relationship with Him. This is inherent in infiniteness. However, all created beings cannot have this same relationship which is why marriage is limited to Man and Woman and even then fleshly sin often disrupts this intimacy (Ge 2:21-24; Mt 19:7-9). The above graphic depicts this by the weaving together, without insulation, various strands of material to produce one cable with each strand able to carry the same message of God’s grace (Ro 12:3-8).