Sounds a bit familiar? Perhaps??
This is exactly equivalent to what God did via Jesus. They had originally established, in Adam, Their authority and dominion on Earth. Adam was to exercise this authority and dominion, principally with words, starting with the gargantuan task of naming every non-man creature on Earth! Some time either before or after he finished this task, he and Eve sinned, effectively handing their Earth-wide authority and dominion over to satan and his crew of fallen angels, who became king and lords over all things earthly. They had a front row seat during the creation of man and woman, and heard the ‘word-based delegation of authority’ Adam and Eve received from God via Jesus. (Yes, pre-incarnate Jesus was in The Garden of Eden.) With this intelligence, satan and his crew were able to use deceptive words to trick Eve into disobedience. Their plan worked, and worked well for ages, until the Redeemer Whom God promised would come, actually came. But His coming would be in two strategic stages: first, to do exactly as was done in the story above; then later to establish His personal, ‘without end’ Kingdom, initially on this current Earth, and later transferred to a brand new, eternal Earth on which every person ever conceived would eventually reside: either in two glorified geographic zones for the righteous, or one massive zone for those who will be forever damned. (See: Earth’s Next Versions (Series) and also The Lake of Fire: A Preview (Series))
Problem: Through successive generations of His reps, the authoritative structure and com-link He established appears to have gotten somewhat off track. Descendants of His carefully selected people have now been duped into a rather passive existence, allowing the former king and crew to reap havoc in restructuring all the world’s systems to fit their likings, and forcing the new King’s reps to ‘fit in’ or be derided. The world’s entertainment (enter-‘taint’-ment!) and work-for-money systems were the best restructuring efforts of the former king and his crew. The com-link established by the new King, now seems to be used heavily, if not primarily, to beg the King to do from His headquarters (Heaven), stuff He authorized His reps to do in His name. Their authoritative ‘doing’ was to be by their ‘saying/speaking’ in ardent faith, and the King’s power would be evident in their sayings (words in His name and authority) as long as they lived/walked in Love and especially forgiveness, and as long as they kept in close touch with Him in order to learn His ways and will, His Word, voice, etc. He even sent many teaching extensive instructional letters (The Bible) advising how His systems work, including many teaching examples (good and bad) about the power of our tongue, imaginations of our heart, and words in our world. He dispatched His Spirit and His unseen, holy anglels to support all His saints across the generations. (See: Working With Angels (Series))
As in any relay race, and for a myriad of reasons, Kingdom effectiveness wanes with the ‘passing of the baton’ to successive generations. While the problem is clear, the root causes are complex and deep. No human knows how many more generations remain to be born, mature, and face the challenge of passing on our spiritual heritage. Alas, it all remains in the capable hands of the Spirit of God to sift and sort through the human fingerprints all over God’s will, as it unfolds on planet Earth, and unfolding it is! Even within yet unborn generations, God has already pre-positioned pivotal believers across the ranks who will lead many to righteousness, and who, along with their supporters, will one day rise from their dusty graves to receive eternal, glorified stardom in God’s Kingdom on the new, eternal planet Earth.