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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