[gdebrae]

...multiple New Testament passages which show that Satan is presently active and involved in deception. He is "the god of this world [who] has blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that they might not see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ" (2 Corinthians 4:4). He is our adversary who "prowls about like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour" (1 Peter 5:8). In the church age he was able to fill the heart of Ananias (Acts 5:3) and "thwart" the work of God's ministers (1 Thess. 2:18). He is one for whom we must protect ourselves from by putting on the whole armor of God (Ephesians 6:10-19). Satan's influence in this age is so great that John declared "the whole world lies in the power of the evil one" (1 John 5:19).

Excellent point. Satan can only decieve those who are physically alive. He cannot decieve those who are physically dead. And the result of his decieving someone physically alive is that they are spiritual dead. Ephesians 2:1-6 makes that exceedingly clear.

Now what does that say about the meaning of the word "dead" in Rev 20:5 and 20:11-13. Since satan cannot decieve physically dead people, the decieved nations of Rev. 20 cannot be the physically dead in need of the resurrection of the body, but the spiritually dead in need of the new birth. Since the nations in verse 3 are not physically dead his binding does not and cannot result in the resurrection of the body.

John 5:24-29 clearly distinguishes between spiritual and physical resurrection.

Something to think about.

[xzins]

I didn't follow your point.

Could you rewrite for a dummy like me?