Is the Devil bound right now...?
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You are actually stretching it. Matthew 12:28-29 is not our Lord Jesus declaring Satan bound...
Matt 12:25-31
25 And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, "Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand:
26 And if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself; how shall then his kingdom stand?
27 And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your children cast them out? therefore they shall be your judges.
28 But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God is come unto you.
29 Or else how can one enter into a strong man's house, and spoil his goods, except he first bind the strong man? and then he will spoil his house.
30 He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth abroad.
31 Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men.
KJV
How can some forget, they REJECTED... our Lord Jesus. The Kingdom did NOT come then, they rejected it. The 'strong man' (Satan) was thus not then bound.
Matt 12:25-31
25 And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, "Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand:
26 And if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself; how shall then his kingdom stand?
27 And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your children cast them out? therefore they shall be your judges.
28 But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God is come unto you.
29 Or else how can one enter into a strong man's house, and spoil his goods, except he first bind the strong man? and then he will spoil his house.
30 He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth abroad.
31 Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men.
KJV
How can some forget, they REJECTED... our Lord Jesus. The Kingdom did NOT come then, they rejected it. The 'strong man' (Satan) was thus not then bound.
Lexicons come and go, just as many Bible commentaries have aged over the years, some ideas in them becoming irrelevant. Still better to rely directly on God's Word as the primary source.
This verse contradicts the insertion of man's idea into John 12:31 that Jesus said Satan was cast out of the 'world'...
John 14:30
30 Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me.
KJV
The lexicons also agree, that "prince of this world" is a title for Satan.
So how is it that Jesus said there Satan "cometh", meaning coming to our world de facto, if back in John 12 He had meant Satan was booted out of this world? Jesus would be contradicting Himself if He meant Satan was then cast out of the world.
This verse contradicts the insertion of man's idea into John 12:31 that Jesus said Satan was cast out of the 'world'...
John 14:30
30 Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me.
KJV
The lexicons also agree, that "prince of this world" is a title for Satan.
So how is it that Jesus said there Satan "cometh", meaning coming to our world de facto, if back in John 12 He had meant Satan was booted out of this world? Jesus would be contradicting Himself if He meant Satan was then cast out of the world.
Why do you keep denying the prophecies written in God's Holy Writ that have yet to occur? I've read enough your writings to know the answer to what I said here; it's because of the Preterist type doctrines of men that you're following instead.
You're not one of those cats that's for rebuilding another Jewish temple in Jerusalem are you? You do realize don't you the orthodox Jews plan to start up OT worship with animal sacrifices again, in Jerusalem, don't you? That's one of the main purposes for the Full Preterist doctrines of men, because some of the crept unawares within Christian theology want believers on Christ to think Jesus is ruling this world NOW, and that we need to build His Kingdom here, now.
That is actually what Satan's servants plan to do, since he has always wanted to be God and rule over God's people in place of Christ. Those preparations of today's world for a kingdom here is not our Lord's doing, it's a work by Satan and his. Our Heavenly Father and His Son Jesus Christ doesn't need our help to bring in His Eternal Kingdom. He will bring it when He is ready in His Own time, and it won't have anything to do with the kingdoms of men on earth today.
You're not one of those cats that's for rebuilding another Jewish temple in Jerusalem are you? You do realize don't you the orthodox Jews plan to start up OT worship with animal sacrifices again, in Jerusalem, don't you? That's one of the main purposes for the Full Preterist doctrines of men, because some of the crept unawares within Christian theology want believers on Christ to think Jesus is ruling this world NOW, and that we need to build His Kingdom here, now.
That is actually what Satan's servants plan to do, since he has always wanted to be God and rule over God's people in place of Christ. Those preparations of today's world for a kingdom here is not our Lord's doing, it's a work by Satan and his. Our Heavenly Father and His Son Jesus Christ doesn't need our help to bring in His Eternal Kingdom. He will bring it when He is ready in His Own time, and it won't have anything to do with the kingdoms of men on earth today.
NT:2064
erchomai (er'-khom-ahee); middle voice of a primary verb (used only in the present and imperfect tenses, the others being supplied by a kindred [middle voice] eleuthomai (el-yoo'-thom-ahee); or [active] eltho (el'-tho); which do not otherwise occur); to come or go (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively):
KJV - accompany, appear, bring, come, enter, fall out, go, grow, X light, X next, pass, resort, be set.
(Biblesoft's New Exhaustive Strong's Numbers and Concordance with Expanded Greek-Hebrew Dictionary. Copyright (c) 1994, Biblesoft and International Bible Translators, Inc.)
erchomai (er'-khom-ahee); middle voice of a primary verb (used only in the present and imperfect tenses, the others being supplied by a kindred [middle voice] eleuthomai (el-yoo'-thom-ahee); or [active] eltho (el'-tho); which do not otherwise occur); to come or go (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively):
KJV - accompany, appear, bring, come, enter, fall out, go, grow, X light, X next, pass, resort, be set.
(Biblesoft's New Exhaustive Strong's Numbers and Concordance with Expanded Greek-Hebrew Dictionary. Copyright (c) 1994, Biblesoft and International Bible Translators, Inc.)
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Holy bioterrorism batman! Seriously. How bad does it have to get before the church grows a set and stands up for itself against these tyrants? Why do you need Christ's permission or presence when you have his example?
What the church needs to do is start flipping more tables. We the people are getting shafted and many of us don't see how bad it really is because we're either in the minority of the privileged or we're so used to living under the boot of tyranny disguised as the (continually unfulfilled) promise of the american dream!
What the church needs to do is start flipping more tables. We the people are getting shafted and many of us don't see how bad it really is because we're either in the minority of the privileged or we're so used to living under the boot of tyranny disguised as the (continually unfulfilled) promise of the american dream!