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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