Christ defeated Satan on the cross at Calgary. The rest is clean-up.
How have Christians gotten to the point where they deny this merciful fact?
All history led up to the cross and all future leads from the cross.
And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage." -- Hebews 2:14-15 "Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;
That is where prophecy leads us, not to some, we all live happily ever after on this Earth having kids and raising families til Jesus comes and we sing Kumbaya.
The Bible is a war manual. We are at war with Satan, in our own lives as well as this world. That war will not be over till Christ returns.
Ezekiel, Daniel Revelation and others tell us what to look for when that might be. It uses terms like "don't be afraid" for a reason. There's some scary stuff coming up, and the Bible tells us to put on our battle armor.
None of the Apostles looked for rosy lives here and now. They were ready for battle. And so should we, as we see the day approaching.
Preparing for battle isn't defeatest, its anything but. Denying the coming battle is, it'll get your a$$ kicked.
Christ died in Canada??? ;)
OH, DEAR! And there I traveled all that way to Jerusalem to see Calvary when I could have just gone a ways North of Spokane to see the sacred mount in Calgary! What a surprise!
BTW, I think your point is mostly a straw dog that speaks little to the prophetic or the eschatological issues.
Okay, I saw the spelling error.
But series, the Reformed have a great many things right but unfortunately their eschatological views are tainted by their long association with the RCC.
Do you believe God is done with Israel? If so why have they been partially blinded to the truth that Jesus is the Christ, their Lord of Righteousness.