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All of that was once true about demons, but not anymore. This has become a moot point since God destroyed the entire realm of Satanic creatures once and for all back in AD 70.

Hello @3 Resurrections,

Would you please provide the scriptures to confirm this.

In Christ Jesus
Chris

Hebrews 12:26 - "But NOW hath he promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven. And this word, 'Yet once more', signifieth the REMOVING of those things that are shaken..." The evil angelic powers of the heavens were about to be shaken and then removed in the days Hebrews was being written (around 64 AD.)

Romans 16:20 - "And the God of peace shall crush Satan under your feet SHORTLY." (written around AD 60.) This promised a soon fulfillment of the ancient prediction given to Eve that the head of Satan would eventually be crushed under the heel of the Seed of the Woman.

Zechariah 12-14 - These chapters describe the prophecy given to Israel which would be fulfilled in the AD 66-70 "siege both against Judah and Jerusalem". Zechariah 13:2 predicted that God would "cause the prophets and the unclean spirit to pass out of the land". The unclean spirit" here in Zech. 13:2 were the same as the prediction given in Revelation 18:2 that Jerusalem as "Babylon the Great" would become a habitation of devils, and a prison for "EVERY unclean spirit".

Every member of the Satanic realm was cast into the city of Jerusalem during the AD 66-70 years to torment the besieged inhabitants of the city in the nation's "last state". It was in that location that God got rid of the entire Satanic realm. He used it to judge His own people, as Christ had already predicted back in Matthew 12:43-45. The devils cast out of Israel's citizens would return in seven-fold numbers more wicked than those Christ had cast out before during His earthly ministry in that wicked generation's "first state". This would render that wicked generation's "last state" worse than before.

Inside the city of Jerusalem during the AD 66-70 years, the demon-possessed individuals inside it tormented each other by slaying each other under the competing Zealot factions. Satan's kingdom became "divided against itself". And as Christ said in Mark 3:24-26, if Satan's kingdom would "rise up against himself, and be divided, he cannot stand, but hath an END".

This "END" of Satan's kingdom was pictured for us in Revelation 16:17 when the seventh angel poured out his vial "into the AIR". This was a judgment over the "Prince of the power of the AIR", when Satan's kingdom was eradicated entirely. And we know this is ancient history, because John wrote in both Rev. 1:3 and 22:10 that the visions which he was writing (around AD 60) were "AT HAND" in his own generation.

Do you need more? Because there are more Scriptures related to the AD 70 death of Satan and his devils that I can submit, from both the OT and the NT. The spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realm no longer exist. The blame for any evil performed in this world since AD 70 lies squarely at the feet of fallen mankind ALONE and the wicked impulses of the human heart.

@3 Resurrections said:-
since God destroyed the entire realm of Satanic creatures once and for all back in AD 70.

Hello there,

I asked you to provide scriptural evidence that what you said, in the quote, above is true. You have provided verses which you believe confirms this:-

Hebrews 12:26 Romans 16:20 Zechariah ch. 12-14
Zechariah 13:2 Revelation 18:2 Matthew 12:43-45
Mark 3:24-26 Revelation 16:17 Rev. 1:3 & 22:10

You have interpreted these verses according to your viewpoint, which is one which I am not familiar with, and cannot agree with. I need to look into each of these Scriptures within their context, which I will do: but as to debating it, I would not know where to begin.

In Christ Jesus
Chris

 

[3 Resurrections]

You have interpreted these verses according to your viewpoint, which is one which I am not familiar with, and cannot agree with. I need to look into each of these Scriptures within their context, which I will do: but as to debating it, I would not know where to begin.

I am not surprised that you find no agreement with what I posted. The vast majority cannot possibly conceive of a world in which Satan and his devils are not alive and operating anymore. But Scripture most definitely writes predictions concerning the time when God would slay Satan the Dragon (Isaiah 27:1), so that this anointed cherub would no more exist to plague mankind (Ezekiel 23:18-19). Evil which is initiated by fallen mankind is more than enough cause to explain all the current manifestations of wickedness taking place in this world. "For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness: All these evil things come from within, and defile the man." (Mark 7:21-23).

If John warned his readers in Revelation 12:12 that an angry Satan at that time had only a "short time" left to deceive the nations as John was writing those words around AD 60, that "short time" cannot possibly have extended almost 2,000 years and counting into the future. That "short time" / "little season" of Satan's release cannot possibly last longer than a "long season" which Scripture defined as 40 years for the Israelites' wanderings in the wilderness (Joshua 24:7.)