Hi Matt,
 
In reply to your 7/24 post at  http://www.fivedoves.com/letters/july2004/mattk724.htm Satan had to have known who Jesus was because when he tempted him in the wilderness 3 times, Satan twice said to Jesus, "If thou be the Son of God...." (Matt. 4:3 & 6).  Also the unclean spirits called Legion, who possessed the mad man, "cried with a loud voice and said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of the most high God? I adjure thee by God, that thou torment me not."  So both Satan and his demon spirits knew who Jesus was.
 
Now as for Satan offering Jesus all the kingdoms on earth if he would fall down and worship him, Satan must have known the prophecy of Daniel 7:13-14 about the Son of man being given a kingdom over all people, nations and languages; and the Son of man was going to have everlasting dominion which wouldn't pass away or be destroyed.  So Satan made Jesus a counter offer that he would give him all the kingdoms on earth instead if he would just fall down and worship him.  Now whether Satan would have followed through on his offer, we might never know because as you pointed out he is a liar.  However, I have heard  that people who get involved in witchcraft and in Satanic worship do it for power, money, a high position, and they are given the powers of the occult which come from Satan. So maybe he could have given Jesus all the kingdoms of the world, and maybe he couldn't have if he was lying about it.    Even Satan has limitations, and only is allowed so much power by God, the Father who controls everything according to his own will and purposes.
 
For now, Satan is temporarily the ruler of darkness, and  is also referred to as "god of this world" in 2 Corinthians 4:3-4 " who has blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them." We are either servants of Satan as servants of sin, or we are servants of God; and if you look at the majority of the world religions who worship other gods, they are serving Satan, the ruler of darkness because they are controlled by their sinful, carnal nature.   However, Colossians 1:12-13 tells us that God, "the Father has delivered us (believers) from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son."
 
God the Father will allow Satan to give power unto the beast who will rule over all the earth for a short while and the Son of perdition will proclaim himself to be God, but when the seventh angel sounds the trumpet, "The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ: and he shall reign for ever and ever."  And Satan will be chained in the bottomless pit for a thousand years, and later on cast into the lake of fire where the beast and the false prophet are.  Satan's deception and evil influence on mankind on earth will finally come to an end.
 
God bless,
Donna