I have repeatedly showed how Jesus showed us He bound the strongman 2000 years ago. You reject that. Your fight is with Him. Genesis 3:15 predicted, “And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.”
I'm well aware of Jesus' account of the binding of the strong man, and yes we've discussed it. I have no fight with Jesus about it, however. Binding Satan in matters of demon possession is not binding Satan on earth. We are not "fighting." We have a different way of interpreting the "strong man" story.
This is metaphoric language predicting the impairment of the devil through the earthly ministry of the Messiah. Satan was going to be spiritually incapacitated through the work of Christ. We see two amazing things in this prophecy, first, a profound picture of the cross, and second, the acute effect that it had upon the devil. This prophecy is a remarkable forecast of Calvary and the consequence of Christ’s atoning sacrifice on the enemy. It also addresses the incapacitating fate that befalls Satan. This shows that Satan’s ability to function has been impaired. His power and that of his deluded minions is restricted through the preaching of the Gospel and the advance of the kingdom of God. Satan’s power and his movement has been restrained, albeit not completely.
Are you saying that the Strong Man story is a prophecy? If you are referring to the Rev 20 prophecy of the binding of Satan, I don't think that prophecy relates to the story of the binding of the Strong Man. The "Strong Man" is a generic use of the term, applicable generally in any situation, human or angel.
In the example of the story of the Strong Man, Jesus was applying the "stronger man" to himself in unloosing the bondage demons had over men who had been possessed.
Matt 12.27 And if I drive out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your people drive them out? So then, they will be your judges. 28 But if it is by the Spirit of God that I drive out demons, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.
29 “Or again, how can anyone enter a strong man’s house and carry off his possessions unless he first ties up the strong man? Then he can plunder his house.
Significantly, the first prophecy of Christ and His coming and the devil and his doom in Scripture is a symbolic one with a literal interpretation. This is surely something Bible students should carefully note. It is also worth noting that nowhere in this well-known prophetic passage does it predict that Satan would be destroyed at Calvary – that is still to come – but that he would be restricted in his operations through the spiritual brain damage he would sustain there.
Not only do the Scriptures not say that Satan will be destroyed at Calvary, but neither do they say that Satan will be bound at Calvary. The Strong Man story does not teach that, although it does establish the principle that in order for Christ to do something that Satan is resisting, Satan must at least temporarily be bound. This might apply to the Cross, to demon exorcism, or to any event in which Satan's resistance must be eliminated.
Obviously, the fact that Jesus cast out devils by the Spirit of God demonstrated that the promised kingdom of God has already come. This parable confirms that the liberating of the elect could not happen “except he first bind the strong man.” According to Christ, this deliverance from captivity could not happen before Satan was spiritually bound. The binding therefore had to precede the liberation of the redeemed and was definitely not delayed 2000 years+ until the second coming as Premillennialists would wrongly argue. This all occurred through the earthly ministry of Christ...
He came to the strong man's house (this sinful world) and spiritually chained Satan.
I don't think so. At best, it was a temporary chain, in order to accomplish one thing--not to "bring in the Kingdom of God. The Strong Man story does not say that Satan will be chained at the cross. But we do know that eternal condemnation was undone at the Cross on behalf of those who accept Christ. Satan lost his power to condemn us for all eternity.
But you say, "Where in the New Testament, does Jesus or the New Testament writers teach that the Kingdom of God has a "political" element to it?"
The Scriptures are not a Dictionary, defining terms like "political" or "apolitical." It is understood by the common use of language that a "government" refers to something political. So when Isaiah prophesied that "the government shall be on his shoulders," a political idea is being used.
Isa 9.6 For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders.
2 Sam 7.“‘The Lord declares to you that the Lord himself will establish a house for you: 12 When your days are over and you rest with your ancestors, I will raise up your offspring to succeed you, your own flesh and blood, and I will establish his kingdom. 13 He is the one who will build a house for my Name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever."
Also, the metaphor of "conquest" is used in the NT, suggesting that Christ's enemies are even now being defeated. The "last enemy" to be defeated is Death.
1 Cor 15.25 For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet. 26 The last enemy to be destroyed is death.
Again, "conquest" suggests political domination. So we simply have to understand, "In what way is the Kingdom of God presently judging and defeating nations?"
I would have to say that the Gospel is going forth "to all nations," as the Great Commission suggests. Inasmuch as it goes out to nations, it is not just suggesting ethnicities are being reached, but entire "nations," ie "kings" and political systems that they represent.
Matt 28.18 Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations."
Mark 13.9 On account of me you will stand before governors and kings as witnesses to them.
Gen 17.6 I will make you very fruitful; I will make nations of you, and kings will come from you.
And so, as nations convert to the Gospel, we see the conquest of the Kingdom of God in wars between Christian countries and non-Christian countries, between theism and atheism, between moral systems of government and non-moral systems of government. Of course, not always are Christians nations truly "Christian." And religious wars are not always done unselfishly, by the inspiration of God!
I would argue, as well, that the conquest of the Kingdom of God presently is not just the victory of Christian countries over non-Christian countries--much more, it is the conquest of God over our own personal lives and over the pagan societies that have been resisting the Kingdom of God. When nations and individuals convert, the Kingdom is being victorious, and subjugating human resistance to His eternal Kingdom.
I believe that God's Kingdom has been conquering individual lives and the systems of entire nations for 2000 years now. But the ultimate conquest will come, I believe, with the defeat of the forces of Antichrist, and with it the defeat of Satan himself. That is when I believe he will be bound. This will usher in a new form of political domination by Christ's Kingdom, resulting in international peace for a thousand years. My opinion, brother.