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Light and Darkness: Kingdoms, Conflict, and Victory
In a recent teaching, we delved into the profound themes of light and darkness, as illustrated in Luke 11:14-36. This passage begins with Jesus casting out a demon, leading to a discourse on the nature of Satan and the kingdom of God. Jesus emphasizes that a kingdom divided against itself cannot stand, challenging the accusations that He casts out demons by the power of Beelzebub. Instead, He asserts that His actions signify the arrival of God’s kingdom.
The teaching further explores the identity and role of Satan, described as the adversary and accuser, a figure present throughout both the Old and New Testaments. Satan is depicted as a fallen angel, once beautiful and powerful, who sought to ascend to the heights of God but was cast down due to pride and rebellion. This narrative is supported by passages from Ezekiel and Isaiah, traditionally interpreted as allusions to Satan’s fall.
The discussion transitions to the New Testament, where Satan’s influence is evident in his temptation of Jesus and his role as the prince of this world. However, Jesus’ ministry, death, and resurrection mark a turning point. Through these events, Jesus overcomes Satan, casting him out and binding him for a symbolic thousand years, as described in Revelation. This period allowed for the establishment and spread of the early church, free from Satan’s deception.
Ultimately, the teaching concludes with the assurance of Christ’s victory over death and Satan, as depicted in Revelation. The new spiritual reality is one where God reigns in the hearts of individuals, free from the former constraints of the Law and death. This victory is not just historical but continues to influence the spiritual lives of believers today, emphasizing the importance of living in the light and resisting the darkness that seeks to fill the absence of God.
Teaching Script:
Welcome
Prayer
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Okay. After teaching his disciples or apostles to pray we now read in Luke 11:14
Luke 11.14-36 Satan
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December 1st 2019
Luke 11:14 And he was casting out a devil, and it was dumb. And it came to pass, when the devil was gone out, the dumb spake; and the people wondered.
15 But some of them said, He casteth out devils through Beelzebub the chief of the devils.
16 And others, tempting him, sought of him a sign from heaven.
17 But he, knowing their thoughts, said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and a house divided against a house falleth.
18 If Satan also be divided against himself, how shall his kingdom stand? because ye say that I cast out devils through Beelzebub.
19 And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your sons cast them out? therefore shall they be your judges.
20 But if I with the finger of God cast out devils, no doubt the kingdom of God is come upon you.
21 When a strong man armed keepeth his palace, his goods are in peace:
22 But when a stronger than he shall come upon him, and overcome him, he taketh from him all his armour wherein he trusted, and divideth his spoils.
23 He that is not with me is against me: and he that gathereth not with me scattereth.
24 When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, he saith, I will return unto my house whence I came out.
25 And when he cometh, he findeth it swept and garnished.
26 Then goeth he, and taketh to him seven other spirits more wicked than himself; and they enter in, and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first.
27 And it came to pass, as he spake these things, a certain woman of the company lifted up her voice, and said unto him, Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the paps which thou hast sucked.
28 But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.
29 And when the people were gathered thick together, he began to say, This is an evil generation: they seek a sign; and there shall no sign be given it, but the sign of Jonas the prophet.
30 For as Jonas was a sign unto the Ninevites, so shall also the Son of man be to this generation.
31 The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and condemn them: for she came from the utmost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here.
32 The men of Nineve shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here.
33 No man, when he hath lighted a candle, putteth it in a secret place, neither under a bushel, but on a candlestick, that they which come in may see the light.
34 The light of the body is the eye: therefore when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when thine eye is evil, thy body also is full of darkness.
35 Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness.
36 If thy whole body therefore be full of light, having no part dark, the whole shall be full of light, as when the bright shining of a candle doth give thee light.
Alright, let’s go back to verse 14:
In the first 12 or so verses devils, demons, Beelzebub, or unclean spirits are mentioned eight times – and the whole segment ends with Jesus talking about light and dark, and in three verses speaks of light six times and dark three. Listen again:
34 The light of the body is the eye: therefore when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when thine eye is evil, thy body also is full of darkness.
35 Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness.
36 If thy whole body therefore be full of light, having no part dark, the whole shall be full of light, as when the bright shining of a candle doth give thee light.
The subject of Satan and God Dark and Light are interrelated so let’s begin by talking about what we call Satan or the Devil.
The name Satan means both adversary and/or accuser. When used as a proper name, the Hebrew word included the article “the” as in the adversary” (as it reads in Job 1:6-12; 2:1-7)
In the New Testament Satan is used interchangeably with diabolos (or the devil) more than thirty times. So unquestionably, Satan or the Devil is an old and new Testament reality.
Revelation calls him, “the dragon,” “the old serpent” Re 12:9; 20:2, and John calls him “the prince of this world” Joh 12:31; 14:30. We note that the term world there is world, meaning the prince of this kosmos.
Paul calls him “the prince of the power of the air,” (Ephesians 2:2) “the god of this world” (2nd Corinthians 4:4) “the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience” (Ephesians 2:2)
In the New Testament he is involved in some very distinct activities – and most people take these activities and assign them to our day and age. But in the New Testament he shows up to tempt the Lord (in the wilderness Mt 4:1-11) and He is seen as “Beelzebub, the prince of the devils”(here in Luke and in Matthew 12:24).
He is described as “the constant enemy of God, of Christ, of the divine kingdom, of the followers of Christ, and of all truth; full of falsehood and all malice, and exciting and seducing to evil in every possible way.”
And Peter says that he is a “roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour” (1st Peter 5:8).
People are said to be “taken captive by him” (2nd Timothy 2:26) and Christians are warned against his “devices” (2nd Corinthians 2:11) while being called on to “resist” him (in James 4:7)
And Hebrews 2:14 says that Satan has the “power of death.”
Of course the majority of Christians (and even many non-believers) assume from these descriptions that Satan continues on presently with the same powers as he is described as having here in the word.
What does the Bible describe. Before we answer this let’s take two descriptions from the Bible that we assume are describing Satan.
They come from Ezekiel 28:12-19 which is directly describing the King of Tyre AND Isaiah 14:11-19, which is describing the King of Babylon.
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Ezekiel 28:12-19 (The King of Tyre)
Isaiah 14:11-19 (The King of Babylon)
12 Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyrus, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.
13 Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created.
14 Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire.
15 Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee.
16 By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire.
17 Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee.
18 Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thine iniquities, by the iniquity of thy traffick; therefore will I bring forth a fire from the midst of thee, it shall devour thee, and I will bring thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold thee.
19 All they that know thee among the people shall be astonished at thee: thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt thou be any more.
11 Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee.
12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations! (DAY STAR)
13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.
15 Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.
16 They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms;
17 That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners?
18 All the kings of the nations, even all of them, lie in glory, every one in his own house.
19 But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch, and as the raiment of those that are slain, thrust through with a sword, that go down to the stones of the pit; as a carcase trodden under feet.
20 Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, because thou hast destroyed thy land, and slain thy people: the seed of evildoers shall never be renowned.
21 Prepare slaughter for his children for the iniquity of their fathers; that they do not rise, nor possess the land, nor fill the face of the world with cities.
22 For I will rise up against them, saith the LORD of hosts, and cut off from Babylon the name, and remnant, and son, and nephew, saith the LORD.
You were in Eden, the garden of God
timbrels and pipes
the sound of your harps
Your heart was lifted up because of your beauty; you corrupted your wisdom for the sake of your splendor;
????????You said in your heart, ‘I will ascend to heaven; above the stars of God I will set my throne on high; I will make myself like the Most High.’
holy mountain of God
I will sit on the mount of assembly in the far reaches of the north; ????????I will ascend above the heights of the clouds
You walked back and forth in the midst of fiery stones
above the stars of God I will set my throne on high
cast you as a profane thing out of the mountain of God and I destroyed you, O covering cherub
How you are fallen from heaven
You became filled with violence within, and you sinned […] I cast you to the ground
How you are cut down to the ground, you who laid the nations low!
I laid you before kings, That they might gaze at you
????????Those who see you will gaze at you
In the sight of all who saw you. All who knew you among the peoples are astonished at you
And consider you, saying: Is this the man who made the earth tremble, who shook kingdoms
But you are cast out of your grave like an abominable branch
You have become a horror, and shall be no more forever
If we are to assume and assign these verses to Satan, which I think we can in many ways just as we assign other passages to Jesus which are speaking first to events, people and places in the day they were written, then we can suggest that Satan
That Satan was a heavenly angel, a cherub, beautifully created and adorned, powerful, who was once in Eden and apparently musical in some way.
That his heart became proud because of his beauty and his wisdom was corrupted in the name and cause of his inherent splendor, and that he sought to ascend to the height of God himself.
He was cast down.
That those who look upon him would be amazed and that he would become horrible looking and an abomination.
We also know of his fallen state was called the Enemy, the adversary, the accuser of the brethren.
I won’t go into it here but this being has great similarities to the ancient Sumerians (who called him Enlil), and the Akkadians called him Illil.
The idea behind the development of The Satan is that he was a created beautiful powerful angel.
And that He fell from grace when he sought to ascend to the heights of heaven.
Some scholars suggest that it was YHWH’s decision to make man in His own image, that would make Satan subservient to them, that caused the rebellion, and subsequently led to him seeing to destroy man, that caused the initial rift, but the fact of the matter is is that Satan was CREATED right and that Satan fell from his lofty heavenly position.
From realm of light to realms of dark.
Whether an embodied darkness or simply the absence of light caused Satan to fall, we note a couple of thing about Him:
He was created right, but of His own freewill, fell.
That something – whether external to him or intrinsic to him by having free will – led him to rebellion against God and those created in His image.
And that he somehow retained power from his former elevated position, or derived power from another dark source, that enabled him to influence, sway and in the end, reign over death in the human realm – physical and spiritual.
Most believe that this power was enabled once he God Man, created in God’s image, to rebel against him – which occurred in the garden of Eden.
There, as men explain it, Satan gained the title deed to the earth and realms of human beings, causing a rift between God and Man and forever holding human kind captive due to the effects of the Fall.
I wonder, that in the presence of the Law of Moses, which Paul says is death, if Satan specifically was able to accuse humankind, and played a key role in the relations God had with the only nation He called His children – the Children of Israel.
What we do know is that as a result of the first Adam choosing to rebel against God, and for listening to the voice of Satan, all human beings were subject to spiritual and physical death.
Until???
Until Christ came.
So, what did Jesus actually do when he entered into this realm, ministry, then death and resurrection?
We know that after Jesus was washed and anointed King and Priest prepared to enter His ministry (meaning baptized in water) that He entered into the wilderness and was tempted of Satan.
And we know that Satan took the lead and promised him all sorts of stuff if he would comply with His wishes.
This was whom Paul called the Second Adam facing and overcoming temptation at the hands of the one who owned the title deed to the earth.
Satan was not victorious in this like he was with Adam and left Jesus alone for a season – actually had to leave Him alone as Jesus had won dominion over His own person by rejecting his temptations and gained dominance over Satan and His legions – as we saw over the course of His ministry.
But Satan still retained some power as the victory then was not complete. That is why that even in Jesus name the disciples couldn’t cast out the demons that were a long time in the possessed man.
But even before going to the cross and taking on all the temptations and trial Satan could throw at him, Jesus said in
John 12:31 “Now is the judgment of this kosmos: now shall the prince of this world be cast out.”
The next few days (future passive from that day when he said this to a few days in the future) is the judgement of this world.
And then will the “prince of this world” kosmos – (as Satan was the Prince over the whole world) – be cast out.
Jesus is speaking of His death and resurrection when Satan would be cast out because two chapters after saying this (in John 14) Jesus says, before heading to the cross:
John 14:30 Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me (no place in Him – but He will try and get one, won’t he? When?)
In the next important garden scene where Satan will appear – the Garden of Gethsemane, to tempt the second Adam.
In chapter 16 of John Jesus says that Satan, when the Holy spirit will come to the earth (meaning in Acts chapter 2 and the day of Pentecost) that it will do three things:
John 16:8 And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:
9 Of sin, because they (the Jews) believe not on me;
10 Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more (until He returns), and
11 Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged.
That last verse which tells us plainly that when the Holy Spirit of God comes to earth that it would reprove (prove) the KOSMOS of sin (by showing that the Jews put Jesus to death) and would prove righteousness (again to the world- how?) because Jesus would ascend to His father and disappear from their presence) and of judgement because the Prince of the Kosmos would then and there be judged.
This is written in the PERFECT PASSIVE INDICATIVE and it means a statement of fact that “will be true” at the time of the Holy Spirit’s arrival.
So in that day Satan would be judged. That is what Jesus says and what he also alludes to here in chapter 11 of Luke when he says: (listen carefully)
Luke 11:21 When a strong man armed keepeth his palace, his goods are in peace:
22 But when “a stronger man than he” shall come upon him, and overcome him, he taketh from him all his armour wherein he trusted, and divideth his spoils.”
Tying this all together we learn the following:
Jesus had victory over Satan’s temptations of Him as the Second Adam in the Wilderness.
Jesus said that Satan, the Prince of this world was going to be cast out.
Jesus said that when the Holy Spirit arrived that Satan would be judged – and using His parable related to a stronger one overcoming him and spoiling his house, I concur that this binding occurred once Satan was judged, then bound for a period of time which Revelation calls 1000 years.
That 1000 years (which to a Jew was an indeterminate amount of time and NOT actually, literally 1000 years, just as Psalm 50:10 says:
“For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills.”
So, 1000 in Hebrew writing is a representational number, not a literal one. And I suggest that at the cross and resurrection Jesus has His second victory over Satan, and when the Holy Spirit was sent to the world because of that victory to live in the hearts of believers (as illustrated in Acts 2) that here Satan was judged. And once Judges Satan was bound – for an indeterminate period of time.
This is why there was a time of peace for the establishment of the nascent church shortly after the death of Steven, and the spread of the Good News was possible.
It is also why we read passages in the New Testament from Paul who wrote to them/then about Christ:
Colossians 2:15 And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it.
And 2nd Timothy 1:10 speaking of the arrival of the Messiah, Paul says:
But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Savior Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel.
And why the Writer of Hebrews said:
Hebrews 2:14 Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil.
And then speaking of the ascended Christ, Peter said
1st Peter 3:22 Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.
So what Satan totally and forever abolished after the death, resurrection and ascension of Jesus?
Actually, Revelation helps lay out what actually took place, saying:
Revelation 20:1-3, written to the seven actual churches in Asia Minor that day, describes his fate after Jesus has had these two initial victories and the coming of the Holy Spirit, saying to the churches in that day:
Revelation 20:1 And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.
2 And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,
3 And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the ethnicities (or tribes) no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.
And then we read a description of what things were like during the period that Satan was bound, which was from Pentecost until the indeterminate period of time (called 1000 years) was completed and Satan would be loosed for a little season as it says:
4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived (as righteous beings given holy resurrected bodies) and reigned with Christ (from above) a thousand years (or during the age that Satan was bound).
This was the period between the Day of Pentecost and right before Satan was loosed again. And John adds
5. But “the rest of the dead” those who were still is the prison part of Sheol) lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.
And John adds a description about them saying in the next verse:
6 Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.
This is a description of the believers in the nascent apostolic church who were faithful and righteous and were part of the first resurrection.
And then we read, in secular history too, that things started to fall apart – not only for believers but for Jews too.
This is covered in the next verses following in Revelation which say:
Revelation 20:7 And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison (again for a little season),
8 And shall go out to deceive the ethnicities or tribes which are in the four quarters of the land, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.
This is the battle that would come and involved the entire Roman army coming against Israel especially Jerusalem in that day.
9 And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them.
Revelation chapter 12:12 says to the believers about Satan in that day:
“Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.”
After Satan, who being released and full of wrath because he knew “His time was short to tempt and try people away from allegiance to God through Christ”
Revelation 20:10 then reads, in connection to Jesus returning to Jerusalem, as promised, with the final and ultimate victory over all things, rescuing His faithful bride and reigning judgment down on His own who put Him to death, says:
“And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.”
Then we read the following about all those who were part of that day and age:
In verse 11 And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.
12 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.
13 And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.
14 And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.
15 And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.
That was the ultimate end of that age and day and all those involved in the setting up of the New Kingdom.
And what does it look like? All we have to do is turn to the very next chapter in Revelation as it reads:
Revelation 21:1 “And I saw a new heaven and a new earth (which is Spiritual where God reigns over the hearts of individuals): for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away (which was former and material) and there was no more sea (no more brazen sea which sat outside the temple).
2 And I John saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, “Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.”
(This is an indirect quote from Jeremiah 31:31-34 where God describes the age we are living in today).
4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: (in connection to the Law which was a former thing, as he adds) for the former things are passed away.
5 And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.
6 And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.
7 He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.
(another reference to Jeremiah 31:21-34
And then John speaks of those then who had been warned and warned and warned to turn to Jesus in that day, before it was too late, saying:
8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
This is a write up of everything that was to happen in the wrapping up of that former age, which includes the destiny of Satan, the accuser of the brethren, sheol, the covered place, by and through the complete victory Jesus had over it – defined by Satan, the Law, the prophets, death and hell.
It was all warned of by the prophets, it was emphasized by John the Baptist, it was taught and described in detail by Jesus on the Mount of Olives, and it was repeatedly described as getting closer and closer, with the promise of Jesus coming out of the Holy of Holies with reward and judgement for His own, whom He came to save at His coming.
Speaking of His coming, Paul says to the people of Corinth specifically:
1st Corinthians 15:23 But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ’s at his coming.
24 Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power.
25 For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet.
26 The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.
27 For he hath put all things under his feet. But when he says “all things are put under him,” it is obvious that he is excluded which did put all things under him.”
28 And when all things shall be subdued unto him, then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all.
From this we know that all death is destroyed in Christ relative to His realm – which is spiritual. Both Spiritual death and the second death – which is the Lake of Fire.
And that God is now all in all.
And in all of this we have read the chronological beginning and end of Satan, hell, and death for all the world thereafter as death and hell were both cast into the Lake of Fire due to the consummate victory Jesus had over Satan and his reign.
Many people wonder:
If Satan is over then how and why all the evil in the world. I submit that it is the result of true evil – which is the absence of God. This evil was what caused Satan to fall in the first place. It was the evil that caused Adam to fall before falling.
Satan was an active agent for this evil, this darkness – but he was not himself the originator of it.
And anything absent God is filled with it. God turns them over to it. Perhaps it is not an entity with personality, but like cold, is just the absence of warmth; like dark, it is the absence of light.
And it is always there – as eternal as God – ready to fill the hearts and minds of anything and anyone not filled with light, and warmth and love – which is God.
James says it plainly:
Jas 1:13 ¶ Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:
14 But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.
So while interesting and insightful, our text – for next week – is historical in nature, even though much of the text is based on the former enemy, empowered by the presence of the Law, the Satan.
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