Revmac
Jesus rules the world I live in.Satan is a defeated enemy.
THE LORD JESUS CHRIST rules over everything in Heaven and earth.
All biblical Christians have been translated out of the kingdom of darkness into the kingdom of light.
I read in scripture that unbelievers will not confess Jesus as Lord and they deny He reigns .
Rev 12 outlines how satan attempted but failed to prevent the birth of the male child.Satan failed in lk4 to stop the Lord.Satan was defeated at the cross.
Satan was defeated at Calvary so was the penalty of sin death. However satan has not been cast into the Lake of Fire just yet and satan has not been bound as he will be in the 1000 year Kingdom as Revelation 20 states.
He is however, allowed to hinder believers, 1 Thessalonians 2:17-19,
17 "But we, brethren, being taken from you for a short time in presence, not in heart, endeavoured the more abundantly to see your face with great desire.
18 Wherefore we would have come unto you, even I Paul, once and again; but Satan hindered us.
19 For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Are not even ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming?"
Satan hindered Paul and his party. But the Lord Jesus is coming satan cannot prevent that with all his deceitful teaching that he isn't. He is coming to snatch His Bride out, the church.
We are told by Paul, 2 Thessalonians 2:8-10,
8 "And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:
9 Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved."
There is one coming "whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved."
Satan has power over the world and influence upon all unbelievers. Scripture is clear. God is still allowing satan to be the prince of this world and the prince and power of the air.
Ephesians 2:1-3,
1 "And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;
2 Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:
3 Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others."
John 14:29-31,
9 "And now I have told you before it come to pass, that, when it is come to pass, ye might believe.
30 Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me.
31 But that the world may know that I love the Father; and as the Father gave me commandment, even so I do. Arise, let us go hence."
Revelation 12:7-12 has yet to occur,
7 "And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels,
8 And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven.
9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
10 And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.
11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.
12 Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time."
Satan has yet to be confined to this old world.
How do we know, Job 1:7 "And the Lord said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered the Lord, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it."
God knew all along where satan had been and satan appeared before God in Heaven, he had not been cast down as of that time.
We see Job 2:2 "And the Lord said unto Satan, From whence comest thou? And Satan answered the Lord, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it."
Very clear satan was still walking up and down the earth and had access to heaven. Nothing changed yet.
Satan still has access to God, we have no scripture until Revelation 12 that states satan has been cast out of heaven and that is still a yet prophetic passage.
According to Revelation 13 this happens right after satan is cast down,
1 "And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.
2 And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority."
Guess who this is, we see him in,
2 Thessalonians 2:8-10,
8 "And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:
9 Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved."
Yep the wicked one, who has yet to come. The ione we see in Daniel 7:25 and Daniel 9:27. He is not Christ but the ungodly prince in companion with the anti-christ who are under the influence of satan to make up the unholy trinity.
Satan has been defeated and judged but his sentence has yet to be carried out and he is still the prince and power of the air as Paul stated.
when the 1000 year Kingdom is completed we see,
Revelation 20:7 "And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison,'
He will decive some folks yet again. But then his sentence will be carried out fully,
10 "And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
11 And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.
12 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.
13 And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.
14 And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.
15 And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire."
Then the unbelievers face the Great White throne and are condemned that will be a sad day for us as believers when we see friends and loved one cast into hell because they failed to believe. Because many believers failed to tell them about Christ and all rejected Christ, since they did they have an eternal home the Lake of fire.
But the beast and false prophet (anti-christ) have not come and therefore satan has yet to be cast into the Lake of Fire. One thing of importance to notice not one believer faces the Great White Throne, so where do we face the Bema Seat?