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 But how did "the kingdom of the world . . . become the kingdom of our Lord, "Jehovah? Has not Jehovah God always been King? That is true, for the Levite Asaph sang: God is my King from long ago." And another psalmist proclaimed "Jehovah himself has become King! . . . Your throne is firmly established from long ago; you are from time indefinite." (Psalm 74:12; 93:1, 2) In his wisdom, though, Jehovah has allowed other sovereignties to exist one earth. Thus the issue raised in Eden as to whether man can govern himself without God has been fully tested. Man-made rule has failed miserably. True, indeed, are the words of God's prophet: "I well know, O Jehovah, that to earthling man his way does not belong. It does not belong to man who is walking even to direct his step." (Jeremiah 10:23) Ever since the defection of our first parents, the entire habited earth has been under the domination of "the original Serpent, Satan. (Revelation 12:9; Luke 4:6) It is time now, for a dramatic change! To vindicate his rightful position, Jehovah begins to exercise his sovereignty over the earth in a new way, through his designated Messianic Kingdom. 

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