Wickedness is a “takes two to tango” thing where one dancer is man, the other Satan.
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That is what Satan would have you believe, but YHWH’s Word tells another story. Man’s sinful nature inherited from Adam’s Fall is sufficient.
Isaiah 65
20 “No more shall an infant from there live but a few days, Nor an old man who has not fulfilled his days; For the child shall die one hundred years old, But the sinner being one hundred years old shall be accursed.
Nelson, Thomas (2009-02-18). Holy Bible, New King James Version (NKJV) (p. 727). Thomas Nelson. Kindle Edition.
So, when Satan is released and the end of the Millenial Kingdom, he will find a lot of under 100 year old sinners to join in his final rebellion.
Revelation 20
7 Now when the thousand years have expired, Satan will be released from his prison 8and will go out to deceive the nations which are in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle, whose number is as the sand of the sea.
9 They went up on the breadth of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city. And fire came down from God out of heaven and devoured them.
10 The devil, who deceived them, was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone where the beast and the false prophet are. And they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.
Nelson, Thomas (2009-02-18). Holy Bible, New King James Version (NKJV) (p. 1200). Thomas Nelson. Kindle Edition.
Jehovah’s word does not contradict my thesis in the least.
Eden’s fall was in the presence of the Serpent, who continued to speak afterwards “Who told you that you were naked?”
A total abolition of Satan’s influence is not occurring, only a relative one. Some people are so bad, by choice, that they will turn their ears on the pit.
The very choosing nature of sin (”I offer you the choice”) forces my conclusion and it makes utmost sense.
It was in fact the sin of Eden to be able to imagine that one could dance either the righteousness dance or the sin dance alone! “Knowing good and evil.”
You might watch whether YOU are leaning towards the pit, even in a “Christianized” society.
Oh and lest you nitpick, I meant that God asked Adam and Eve concerning the serpent, “Who told you that you were naked.” Not that the serpent asked it.