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1 | Are angels sinful? | Heb 12:26 | xmikx | 135572 | ||
I do not dispute anything you say in this last note. Everything that you state about the Bible is accurate. Also, everything you say here is what I said in my note. Satan and one third of innumerable number of all angels fell to earth just after the war with Michael and his angels. If you will carefully read the last part of my note, I was not quoting scripture. The end of my note is a paraphrase of what happened to Satan after he fell. He does rule and reign on earth today and will continue to have his way until Christ begins His 1000 year reign of heaven on earth. | ||||||
2 | Is Satan fully the god of this world? | Heb 12:26 | Reighnskye | 135644 | ||
Xmikx, How do we know that Satan presently rules the earth today? Isn't his earthly reign yet incomplete, that he shall find it necessary to engage in further wars upon the earth? - Certainly, Satan currently rules the hells, but Satan will not likely rule our physical earth until he inhabits the body of the man antichrist, which will be necessary for Satan to manifest in physical form upon the earth. Satan's earthly rule will not be complete, until the man antichrist (possessed by Satan) practically subjects the nations of the earth into a singular government, with the manifestation of supernatural effects. When the man antichrist is fully possessed by Satan, and is seated in a position of governmental and religious authority, then Satan can at last provide locomotion, to the arms and legs of a physical body, so as to more directly affect national events. No more middlemen, so to speak. He can then further speak to the nations of the earth directly, in the manner of word for word national addresses, through the mouth of the man antichrist, as well as author what books and laws that he may. But I suggest that Satan's dominion over the earth is not yet complete. In this sense, the evil one has not yet fulfilled divine prophecy, and must still physically walk this earth, for his reign to be complete over the nations. - Although Christ can physically materialize or supernaturally etherealize His body at any time, nonetheless Satan cannot. Although, Christ can ascend into the highest heavens or descend into the lowest hells, with little care or effort, thereby establishing his sovereignty over them, nonetheless Satan cannot. - So I ask: Is Satan the god of this world and does he presently possess complete dominion over the nations of the earth? Or is this strictly in the future? - Blessings, Reighnskye |
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3 | Is Satan fully the god of this world? | Heb 12:26 | SandyJones | 135646 | ||
Hi, John 12:31 and 2 Cor 4:4 for starters, I believe answer your question. Satan's "power" as the god of this world are clearly seen on a daily basis. Satan’s dominion and influence have molded the worldly ai·on´ and given it its distinctive features and spirit. Note also Romans 12:2 and Eph 2:1, 2. Commenting on Romans 12:2, The Expositor’s Greek Testament (Vol. II, p. 688) says: “Even apparent or superficial conformity to a system controlled by such a spirit, much more an actual accommodation to its ways, would be fatal to the Christian life.” I am unfamiliar with any scriptural reason to believe Satan will ever physically present himself. What proof do you have? -Sandy |
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4 | Is Satan fully the god of this world? | Heb 12:26 | Reighnskye | 135659 | ||
Sandy, Thanks much for the scriptures: 2 Corinthians 4 4 in whose case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving so that they might not see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. (NAS95) It seems quite clear that Satan is the god of this world in this verse, although I would suggest that his reign is not yet as complete and and widespread as it will yet be in the future. - John 12 31 "Now judgment is upon this world; now the ruler of this world will be cast out. (NAS95) And here we see a future event, which apparently wasn't yet fulfilled at the time of Paul's letter. - Ephesians 2 1 And you were dead in your trespasses and sins, 2 in which you formerly walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, of the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience. (NAS95) And here is an interesting reference to the prince of the power of the "air". Some have interpreted this verse to say that Satan still has access to the heavens, as in the book of Job, and that he is not yet cast out of heaven, until a future time. - I'm not sure that I caught your Romans 12:2 verse. Were you trying to quote something else perhaps? :) - And as far as Satan physically presenting himself upon the earth is concerned, such is partially a manner of speech. The idea has to do with the fact that demons are sometimes capable of actuating the limbs of demon-possessed individuals. Mark 5 2 When He got out of the boat, immediately a man from the tombs with an unclean spirit met Him, 3 and he had his dwelling among the tombs. And no one was able to bind him anymore, even with a chain; 4 because he had often been bound with shackles and chains, and the chains had been torn apart by him and the shackles broken in pieces, and no one was strong enough to subdue him. 5 Constantly, night and day, he was screaming among the tombs and in the mountains, and gashing himself with stones. (NAS95) Luke 11 24 "When the unclean spirit goes out of a man, it passes through waterless places seeking rest, and not finding any, it says, 'I will return to my house from which I came.' 25 "And when it comes, it finds it swept and put in order. 26 "Then it goes and takes along seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they go in and live there; and the last state of that man becomes worse than the first." (NAS95) - But will Satan himself directly possess a person? Or will the man antichrist be possessed? Re 16:13 And I saw coming out of the mouth of the dragon and out of the mouth of the beast and out of the mouth of the false prophet, three unclean spirits like frogs; (NAS95) Here are some possible correlations. But please check the next verses in my continued post. (continued to next post) |
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