Lucifer

Satan is an idiot.

His advice is always terrible and short sighted.

He’ll use power, sex, control, whatever bait we’ll swallow. He tempts us to take a dollar today instead of a million dollars on our next birthday.

He is the mastermind behind corporate greed — he will string you along when it serves his agenda, and then stab you in the back. Every. Single. Time.

He absolutely hates women. He oppresses the poor and underprivileged. He ravages children and despises animals. Who do you think was the biggest champion of American slavery? Racism? Keeping women down? He’s the creepy person who offers the candy, then violates people in the worst possible way and leaves them for dead.

To Jesus, however, he is like cigarette ash. His crowning defeat occurred in The Greatest Chess Game Ever — the Crucifixion of Christ. Killing the Son of God seemed like a good idea at the time, no doubt. Unfortunately for him, God has power even over death [see Hebrews chapter 2, verse 14 in the Bible, aka “Hebrews 2:14”] . So when Jesus resurrected himself a few days later, the devil knew he had mistakenly driven the wooden stake into his own heart.

Not only did Jesus prove his infinite superiority in that win — and he always wins [Proverbs 21:30, Isaiah 46:10, again, in the Bible] — he also opened the way for billions of us humans to escape the devil’s shackles and slavery and to live free. [Romans 6:4, 1 John 3:8]

Jesus and Satan are not yin and yang, not competing boxers in opposing corners of the ring, each hoping for the win. Jesus alone is the Infinite Almighty God [John 1:3, Hebrews 1:3], and by comparison Lucifer is a piece of dust on the back of a gnat. Jesus will dispose of him into the lake of fire on Judgment Day, like a used paper towel [Revelation 20:10]. Jesus Christ alone is boss over all the other bosses, King over all the kings and rulers in the physical and unseen realms [Revelation 19:16]. All of them. Jesus — by himself — is where all the knowledge in the universe is [Colossians 2:3], all the power, and all of that glory that you may be seeking.

If you want infinite power living inside you [Ephesians 4:6], Jesus is Who you are looking for — him, and him alone. If you choose to follow him, remember he is Boss, not us. And his literally boundless power [Colossians 1:17] inside you will be for his purposes in his timing, not yours. He doesn’t come into your life to make you a wizard. No, he he has vastly higher visions for you than that! Like sharing his infinite glory with you in his timing [John 17:22, 1 Peter 5:6]. And that is only the beginning.

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They Know

“And behold, they [demons] cried out, “What have you to do with us, O Son of God? Have you come here to torment us before the time?””
‭‭Matthew‬ ‭8‬:‭29‬ ‭ESV‬‬

They know there is a set hour for their judgment, and that Jesus personally will carry that out. He will give them every last ounce of what they deserve. They aren’t in denial about it.

I eagerly await the day he says, “That is enough,” and they afflict us humans no more. We will never be tempted to fear, to hate, to resent, or to be prideful again. No more oppression. No sowing discord between people. No more lies. There’s light at the end of the tunnel. The last demonic deception will come and go, and that will be that.

He will unleash his wrath and torment those who tormented us.

These verses are not about the judgment of devils, but I think they’re still true about them.

Jesus is a Warrior. “The Lord is a man of war; the Lord is his name.”
‭‭Exodus‬ ‭15‬:‭3‬ ‭ESV‬‬

“It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.”
‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭10‬:‭31‬ ‭ESV‬‬

“Vengeance is mine, and recompense, [says the LORD] …For the Lord will vindicate his people and have compassion on his servants…”
‭‭Deuteronomy‬ ‭32‬:‭35‬-‭36‬ ‭ESV‬‬

There is hope at the end of all our suffering because of Jesus (if we have a personal relationship with him now)! Pain will end. Peace will never end.

As the hymn, “A Mighty Fortress is Our God,” celebrates:

The Prince of Darkness grim,
We tremble not for him;
His rage we can endure,
For lo! his doom is sure,
One little word shall fell him.

That word above all earthly powers, [the name of JESUS!]
No thanks to them, abideth;
The Spirit and the gifts are ours
Through Him who with us sideth:
Let goods and kindred go,
This mortal life also;
The body they may kill:
God’s truth abideth still,
His Kingdom is forever.