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NASB | Hebrews 12:26 And His voice shook the earth then, but now He has promised, saying, "YET ONCE MORE I WILL SHAKE NOT ONLY THE EARTH, BUT ALSO THE HEAVEN." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Hebrews 12:26 His voice shook the earth [at Mount Sinai] then, but now He has given a promise, saying, "YET ONCE MORE I WILL SHAKE NOT ONLY THE EARTH, BUT ALSO THE [starry] HEAVEN." [Hag 2:6] |
Subject: Is Satan fully the god of this world? |
Bible Note: 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) |