Yet, Jesus chose to flip everything on its head. As St. Paul says, "we proclaim Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles, but to those who are called, Jews and Greeks alike, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. For the foolishness of God is wiser than human wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than human strength" (1 Corinthians 1:23-25).
If Jesus had wanted to, he could have conquered the world by force with an angelic army. But engaging in the world's type of warfare would not have solved the problems of sin and death. Instead, Jesus chose to conquer the world with love and humility. He did the last thing that Satan would expect, because all Satan knows is hatred and pride. He gave himself up as a sacrifice for our sins—the sins of the whole world. On the Cross, Jesus abolished the kingdom of this world—the kingdom of Satan—by shedding his blood. By dying he destroyed death once and for all, shattering its gates and rescuing its prisoners.
