All those among us who believe the Word of God in Jesus Christ need to understand that Satan has never and will never receive his power to deceive the nations
from God. He receives his power to deceive the nations when created human beings give him that power through believing (placing their faith in) the words of 'spiritual enlightenment' that originate in the father of lies, which are offered in opposition to the Word of God (Truth).
Satan has never been able to stop the spread of the gospel. Abel believed God and in the promise of the gospel, and God accepted His sacrifice. Noah believed God and in the gospel of the coming seed, and "being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith." Abraham believed God and in the gospel of the promised seed, and it was credited to him for righteousness.
Satan is not judged by God for
the power created human beings have given him to deceive the nations - because God knows -
and has told us - that the reason why created human beings give Satan power to deceive the nations is because some (many) of them LOVE DARKNESS rather than THE LIGHT, and this is BECAUSE
THEIR deeds are evil (John 3:19).
in the Garden of Eden Satan was
bound from offering his words of 'spiritual enlightenment' to created human beings in opposition to the Word of God (Truth)
until the day God permitted him to do so. God
withdrawing permission from the father of lies to
offer words of 'spiritual enlightenment' to created human beings
is what binds him - but he still receives no
power to deceive the nations UNTIL his lying words
of 'spiritual enlightenment'
are believed by created human beings.
You know - we who believe in Jesus all know - that the day those created human beings
believed his words of 'spiritual enlightenment' - which are always offered
in opposition to the Word of God (Truth), those created human beings
died - death came into their created bodies.
Created human beings
who believe in (place their faith in) the Word of God who has
become a human being (who is begotten, not created), who died for the sins of created human beings, and is risen from the dead,
have passed from death to life.
But those created human beings who
continue to give Satan power to deceive the nations through believing (placing their faith in) the words of 'spiritual enlightenment' which oppose the Word of God and which ALL originate in the father of lies, are condemned - because the reason they do so is because they LOVE DARKNESS rather than THE LIGHT, and this is BECAUSE
THEIR deeds are evil.
So
God has told us by what criteria created human beings will be judged either unto eternal life, or unto condemnation,
and this status quo will continue for as long as God permits the words of 'spiritual enlightenment' originating in the father of ALL lies to be offered to created human beings.
For the first thousand years of the ages of the ages after our Savior has returned
there will be no words of 'spiritual enlightenment' to oppose the Word of God, because
God will not permit it to be so, and
all those who are alive will have been resurrected from the dead bodily, each living in his own immortal body - just like Adam and and Eve were, before they sinned.
At the close of the thousand years God will permit the father of lies one last time to offer created human beings words of 'spiritual enlightnement' which oppose the Word of God (Truth) and imply that God is a liar
- so that each and every individual created human being which God created in His own image can be finally tested in order to ascertain
how deep in himself the root of faith in the Word of God has been allowed by the individual to sink into his soul.
God has promised
only those who overcome that Christ will not blot their names out of the book of life and that the second death will have no authority over them - and the God who created us
is able to destroy both soul and body in the lake of fire.
Jesus told us to fear Him. [/JUSTIFY]
AN ADVERSARY EXISTING IN A KING'S KINGDOM
It's logical that if a king has an adversary in his kingdom who is causing disruption, killing or harming the king's subjects, deceiving as many as he can, continuously encouraging dissent against the king and continuously calling the king's authority and integrity into question,
then if the king wants to put a stop to it, he would need to either bind the adversary and lock him in a dungeon, rendering the adversary completely unable to cause more harm, or simply destroy the adversary,
but if the king in his wisdom and sovereign will continues to permit the adversary for a season and a time to continue, whether it be in order to separate the king's loyal and faithful subjects from his adversaries or for any other reason, then this choice and decision is within the king's sovereign right.