As the rightful king, Jesus reestablished human rule over the angelic and natural orders by living out the destiny our fallen ancestors forfeited. He was a wise ruler with dominion over his own appetites, with a will, affections, and conscience directed by his Father, and by the Word of his God. All this was true because he was free from the one power the evil spirits have over every other human: accusation. “The ruler of this world is coming,” Jesus said. “He has no claim on me” (John 14:30).
