Jesus died on the cross to pay the penalty of sin for those who believe in Him, so that those who believe will not suffer eternal punishment but will live eternally with Him. I don't know what you mean when you say that He died to give man back authority over this world. Satan is in control of this world, and in the future the Anti-Christ will establish a one world government and will rule the world for 7 years. At the end of the 7 years, Christ will return to destroy the Anti-Christ and He will establish the millenial kingdom where He (Christ) will rule with an iron fist.
God put man here to have dominion in place of Satan. The earth is the theater for God’s ultimate victory over Satan and the fallen angels. Satan wants to defy God by ruling the earth. So he came to the first couple and tempted them to follow him in rebellion against God. When they fell into sin, God’s purpose for the earth was temporarily thwarted as Adam and Eve came under Satan’s rule. Thus, for the present Satan is recognized as the ruler of this world (John 12:31; 14:30). But God regained dominion through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ (John 12:31; Eph. 1:19-23).
Jesus died on the cross to pay the penalty of sin for those who believe in Him, so that those who believe will not suffer eternal punishment but will live eternally with Him. I don't know what you mean when you say that He died to give man back authority over this world. Satan is in control of this world, and in the future the Anti-Christ will establish a one world government and will rule the world for 7 years. At the end of the 7 years, Christ will return to destroy the Anti-Christ and He will establish the millenial kingdom where He (Christ) will rule with an iron fist.
God put man here to have dominion in place of Satan. The earth is the theater for God’s ultimate victory over Satan and the fallen angels. Satan wants to defy God by ruling the earth. So he came to the first couple and tempted them to follow him in rebellion against God. When they fell into sin, God’s purpose for the earth was temporarily thwarted as Adam and Eve came under Satan’s rule. Thus, for the present Satan is recognized as the ruler of this world (John 12:31; 14:30). But God regained dominion through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ (John 12:31; Eph. 1:19-23).