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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