Topcat, you have us all thoroughly confused here by your exegesis. If Satan [the strong man] was not bound until sometime after the Book of Revelation was written, then just how was it possible for his house to be plundered by all those saints in the early church????
I don’t think that all of you are confused, just the ones with a hard-core futurist mindset or poor reading skills.
If Satan [the strong man] was not bound until sometime after the Book of Revelation was written, then just how was it possible for his house to be plundered by all those saints in the early church????
I’m not sure where you got this timing from in any of my comments. I’ll let you point it out so I can help correct your misunderstanding.
“If Satan [the strong man] was not bound until sometime after the Book of Revelation was written, then just how was it possible for his house to be plundered by all those”
Satan has always been bound in the sense that he could do nothing without a warrant from God. He could not initiate anything on his own. That is the tantalizing aspect of the war on the saints; he can only do what God allows.
Job 1:12, “And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, all that he hath is in thy power; only upon himself put not forth thine hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of the LORD.”
Job 2:6, “And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine hand; but save his life.”
Luk 22:31-32, “And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired [to have] you, that he may sift [you] as wheat:But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not:...”
Rev 13:4-8, “And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who [is] like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him? And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty [and] two months. And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven. And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations. And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.”
Jhn 14:30, “Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me.”
Jhn 16:11, “Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged.”
Eph 2:2, “Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:”
1 Pet. 5:8, “Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:”