Before the Second Coming of Christ there was a source that controlled people or who people followed and befriended. Even though it could not be seen its actions and perhaps a voice made its presence real to all that watches it. Almost like the term selling your soul to the Devil in exchange for something, never for nothing, Revelation 12:9,12. This may have always been hard for me to accept and acknowledge, but Satan is God an alter ego if you will. And as soon as the Millennium begins the influence of Satan will be remove, Revelation 20:1-3. The presence of Satan was used to challenge the earth or to encourage people to follow its lead and people are supposed to see and make a decision, Genesis 3:15. What passage in the Bible tells us what this situation really is and how it has developed over time?
2 Corinthians 4:3-4
Living Bible
3 If the Good News we preach is hidden to anyone, it is hidden from the one who is on the road to eternal death. 4 Satan, who is the god of this evil world, has made him blind, unable to see the glorious light of the Gospel that is shining upon him or to understand the amazing message we preach about the glory of Christ, who is God.