[topcat54]

The strong man is Satan who is overcome by one stronger them him (Christ) and loses his armour and his spoils.

Now, that doesn't mean that Satan is bound since he is the God of this …

Satan is bound in the future, at …

But you are denying what you just affirmed. It says "bind" not "overcome". Same Greek word in Matt 12 and Rev. 20. Same object, Satan. Satan is the strong man, and Jesus said the strong man must be bound for his kingdom to be plundered, which is evidence that the kingdom had come, and all that is true. Then you turn around and say that Satan is not bound.

It’s an odd theology that forces you into that position.

You can find all of this in the Scofield notes.

Well, finally a word of truth.

[Uncle Chip]

So then when was the strong man bound??? in 30 AD??? or sometime after John wrote Revelation????

[fortheDeclaration]

But you are denying what you just affirmed. It says "bind" not "overcome". Same Greek word in Matt 12 and Rev. 20. Same object, Satan. Satan is the strong man, and Jesus said the strong man must be bound for his kingdom to be plundered, which is evidence that the kingdom had come, and all that is true. Then you turn around and say that Satan is not bound.

No, I am using the comparsion verse that you gave me, Luke 11:22, which doesn't use the word 'bind' but 'overcome'-explaining what is meant by 'bound' in the Gospel accounts.

Now, Christ came preaching the Gospel of the Kingdom of Heaven and the Kingdom of God, so Satan was powerless to fight against it while it was on Earth in the person of Christ.

However, since Christ was rejected as the Jewish Messiah, the Kingdom of Heaven was put on 'hold' while the Kingdom of God is spread through individuals of the Church.

The Satanic deception continues until Satan is bound and put into the abyss and then the Kingdom of Heaven is established with Christ ruling as the Son of David from Jerusalem (Ps.89).