Likewise, when Christ speaks about the binding of the strong man in Matthew 12:25-29 He is clearly referencing Himself and the work He accomplished by His death and resurrection.
"But if I drive out demons by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you." -- Matthew 12:28
Frankly, to insist Satan is still licentiously running amok in the world, having not been affected by the Crucifixion, is to further deteriorate Christian particularism. Satan was most definitely bound by Christ's sacrifice on the cross. To deny that seems to be a terrible oversight.
From the first of the following two links...
John 12:31, predicting His death, Jesus says this: "Now is the time for judgment on this world; now the prince of this world will be driven out." -- John 12:31 Please notice that, and notice the parallel to Revelation 20:1-3. Jesus says "now the prince of this world will be driven out." Who is the prince of world? Satan. Where is he being driven from? It has to be this world. In Revelation 20 the angel comes down out of heaven to seize Satan, so in Revelation 20 it appears that Satan is on the earth when he is bound. In John 12:31 Satan is driven out of this world. And, according to John 12:31, when is Satan to be driven out (bound?)? At the time of the crucifixion. "And having disarmed the powers and authorities, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross." -- Colossians 2:15
Here are two good defenses of the fact...
And...
IMO dispensationalists give up the battle before it's begun. And that benefits whom?
Christ appeared and completed the work God gave Him. Satan has no power over Christ's flock. He still beguiles them but He cannot have them. He is bound by the fact of Christ's atonement and resurrection. And just because RCs understand this is no reason to dismiss this belief. The Reformers didn't discard the correct understanding of the Trinity either just because Rome still held to that truth.
Gotta go. Blessings. 8~)
Satan is not bound.
John 12:31 ...now the ruler of this world will be cast out.
Note that Jesus didn't say bound and thrown in a pit. Cast out means pushed outside.
If Satan is bound how can he continue to deceive people.
IICor.4:4 whose minds the god of this age has blinded,...
Eph.2:2...the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience
1Pet.5:8...your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion...
I think you see from these verses that Satan is still doing his best to destroy as many people as possible. I think he gives special attention to the Jews and Israel because if he can destroy them he may stop Jesus Christ from ushering in the millennium, since the Tribulation is all about opening the eyes and hearts of the Jews.
Augustinian Replacement Theology just happens to coincide with the emergence of a dominant state church. It certainly helps to support it's claims that it (the state church) has control over all things religious, since in this doctrine it is paving the way for Jesus Christ to return and set up the Kingdom of God. It's not surprising Chiliasm (the belief in a future millennium) was branded heretical. Just look at some of the anathema's from Trent, anything that doesn't work to enhancing the power or authority of the state church is always treated as error.
I've pinged some others I thought might have some interest.