I admit I was being very straight-forward regarding what I think of
the belief that the millennium is already here and Satan is bound (no matter whether you mean "sort of" or "in some manner"). I believe it's a doctrinal error which Biblically, is a lie - and in the case of the belief that Satan is bound, a terrible lie.
But I do not regard you as a liar. If I believe a well-known theological position that is nevertheless not true, then I'm repeating a lie. If Satan is bound and we're living in the millennium and I say he is not, I'm repeating a lie.
To me, the theology which teaches that Satan is bound (whether "sort-of" or in some manner or another) is a terrible lie (not a small lie). The devil has always been restricted by God in terms of what he has been permitted to do, but he is no
more restricted
since the cross than he was
before the cross.
Amillennialism (and other false theologies besides) which exist in Christendom, is also proof to me of the fact that just as the apostles warned, Satan is today, and always has been, just as able to beguile Christians in order to deceive as he was able to beguile Eve (the prototype of the church) in order to deceive, even while Adam and Eve were alive spiritually and had the presence of Christ and the Holy Spirit in them, and had not yet become acquainted with evil through the experience of the practice of its lies:
Ephesians 6
10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.
11 Put on the whole armour of God, that all of you may be able to stand against
the wiles of the devil.
12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
But you, or
@Truth7t7 or anyone else who believes a lie, is not the father of it. You're the victims, and in the process of repeating the lie, perpetuate it. Most of the world is under at least one spiritual lie begun by the father of lies. Most humans perpetuate the lies they believe, by reason of the fact that they believe it. My brother is a JW. He repeats their lies, but he's my brother and I love him and respect him regardless.
God bless you brother. I'm very grateful that you have nevertheless helped my understanding regarding Biblical apocalyptic literature far more than any Premillennialist ever has.