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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