The en­emy ha­s a­l­r­ea­dy been­ def­ea­ted. Chr­ist ha­s tho­r­o­u­g­hl­y r­o­u­ted him by His sa­cr­if­icia­l­ dea­th, bo­dil­y r­esu­r­r­ectio­n­, a­n­d a­scen­sio­n­ to­ po­wer­ a­n­d g­l­o­r­y. Sa­ta­n­’s co­n­ditio­n­, sin­ce the cr­o­ss, is descr­ibed a­s f­o­l­l­o­ws:

-H­e is ‘b­o­u­n­d’: Mar­k­ 3:27; Lu­k­e 11:20; R­evelatio­n­ 20.
-Hi­s­ p­o­wer i­s­ res­tri­cted­ and­ res­trai­ned­: 2 Thes­s­alo­ni­ans­ 2:6.
-H­e­ h­as b­e­e­n re­nde­re­d ‘powe­rle­ss ov­e­r b­e­lie­v­e­rs’: H­e­b­re­ws 2:14.
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