Saturday, August 29, 2020

Esto es lo que dice el capítulo 24 de Mateo de la Biblia sobre la inminente persecución de los cristianos y el sermón bíblico por parte de los ateos que utilizan las leyes del odioEsto es lo que dice el capítulo 24 de Mateo de la Biblia sobre la inminente persecución de los cristianos y el sermón bíblico por parte de los ateos que utilizan las leyes del odio en Escocia

Ateo, armado con una nueva ley, reportará sermones bíblicos y eclesiásticos por 'discurso de odio'

El estatuto planificado 'permitirá el enjuiciamiento de todas las religiones y sus libros sagrados'

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El Christian Institute del Reino Unido advierte que la Biblia podría ser criminalizada en Escocia si un proyecto de ley de delitos de odio se convierte en ley.

Ian Stewart, del grupo Atheist Scotland, dijo recientemente a The Courier del Reino Unido que los ateos ven "mérito" en el proyecto de ley de orden público y delitos de odio propuesto para Escocia.

Dijo que "permitirá el enjuiciamiento de todas las religiones de Escocia y sus libros sagrados por difundir el odio".

"Tenemos la intención de monitorear todos los libros sagrados, los sermones en los lugares de culto y las cuentas de las redes sociales de las diversas religiones y reportar cualquier odio a la policía de Escocia para una investigación criminal ", dijo Stewart.

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El instituto advirtió que el proyecto de ley penalizaría las palabras consideradas "probables" para "despertar el odio" contra grupos particulares. No requeriría ninguna prueba de intención.

Simon Calvert, subdirector de asuntos públicos del Christian Institute, advirtió que tal medida daría a "los denunciantes con motivaciones políticas como el Sr. Stewart un arma poderosa contra sus oponentes ideológicos".

"El umbral de los delitos propuestos es tan bajo que el Sr. Stewart bien podría persuadir a un oficial de policía de que ciertos versículos bíblicos o sermones pasados ​​de moda son 'crímenes de odio'", dijo. "¿Realmente quiere el gobierno escocés exponer a los ministros de la iglesia al riesgo de ser procesados ​​por instigación de fanáticos antirreligiosos?"

El reverendo David Robertson, ex moderador de la Iglesia Libre de Escocia, dijo que la carta de Stewart "ilustra perfectamente" por qué la legislación no debería convertirse en ley.

Dijo que Stewart considera incorrectamente "cualquier desacuerdo con cualquiera de sus creencias fundamentales como un 'odio' evidente".

"En efecto, está diciendo que todos deberíamos cerrarnos a menos que aceptemos su moralidad autoritaria", dijo.

Los obispos católicos romanos ya han advertido que la posesión de una Biblia podría ser un "delito" según el proyecto de ley .

Dijeron que la redacción de la ley podría usarse para respaldar la afirmación de que una Biblia es "material incendiario".

"La conducta no tiene por qué ser amenazante o incluso tener la intención de despertar el odio por un delito que se comete. En cambio, el proyecto de ley captura cualquier comportamiento abusivo que se considere probable que provoque odio. Un delito incluso podría cometerse sin saberlo en la privacidad de su propio hogar, "El Instituto Cristiano dijo anteriormente sobre el plan.

"Y no hay suficiente protección para la libertad de expresión", dijo el grupo.


"Ateo, armado con una nueva ley, para denunciar la Biblia, sermones de la iglesia sobre 'discurso de odio'". Y, 29 de agosto de 2020, wnd.com/2020/08/atheist-armed-new-law-report-bible-church- sermones-discurso-de-odio 


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Esto es lo que dice el capítulo 24 de Mateo de la Biblia sobre la inminente persecución de los cristianos y el sermón bíblico por parte de los ateos que utilizan las leyes del odio. 

Jesús lo vio venir desde el principio, incluso antes de la Creación de la Tierra. 


24 Mientras Jesús salía del templo [atrios] y se alejaba, sus seguidores [discípulos] se acercaron para mostrarle [señalarle] los edificios del templo. 


2 Jesús preguntó: “¿Ves todos estos edificios? Les digo la verdad, no quedará piedra sobre piedra. Toda piedra será · lanzada [arrancada; derribado." 

3 Más tarde, mientras Jesús estaba sentado en el monte de los Olivos, sus seguidores [discípulos] llegaron a estar a solas con él. Dijeron: “Díganos, ¿cuándo sucederán estas cosas? ¿Y cuál será la señal · de que es hora de que regreses [de tu venida / regreso] y · de que esta era termine [el fin / consumación de la era]? " 


4 Jesús respondió: “Ten cuidado [cuidado] de que nadie · engañe [engañe; te engaña. 


5 Muchos vendrán en mi nombre, diciendo: "Yo soy el · Cristo [Mesías]," y ellos · engañarán [extraviarán; engañar] a mucha gente. 


6 Escucharás sobre guerras e · historias de guerras que se avecinan [rumores / informes de guerras], pero no tengas · miedo [alarmado]. Estas cosas deben suceder · antes de que llegue el fin [o, pero aún no es el fin]. 

7 Las naciones pelearán [L se levantará] contra otras naciones, y reinos contra otros reinos. Habrá · épocas en las que no habrá comida para que la gente coma [hambrunas], y habrá terremotos en · diferentes [varios] lugares. 


8 Todas estas cosas son · como los primeros dolores cuando algo nuevo está por nacer [el comienzo de los dolores de parto]. 


9 “Entonces la gente te arrestará, te entregará para ser herido [perseguido; torturado] y matarte. · Ellos [El mundo; Todas las naciones] te odiarán porque · crees en mí [me sigues; De mi nombre]. 


10 En ese momento, muchos · perderán su fe [se volverán / se apartarán], y · se volverán [traicionarán] unos a otros y se odiarán unos a otros. 


11 Vendrán [aparecerán muchos falsos profetas; levantarse] y hacer que muchas personas crean mentiras [engañar a muchos]. 


12 Habrá más y más · mal [pecado; anarquía] en el mundo, así que · la mayoría de la gente dejará de mostrarse el amor mutuo [el amor de muchos / la mayoría se enfriará]. 


13 Pero aquellas personas que · guardan su fe [perseveran; mantenerse firmes; perseverar] hasta el final será salvo. 


14 · Las Buenas Nuevas [Este Evangelio] sobre el reino de Dios serán predicadas en todo el mundo, [Las un testimonio] a todas las naciones. Entonces llegará el fin. 


15 “Verás '· un objeto blasfemo que trae destrucción [La abominación desoladora; Ca frase tomada de Dan. 9:27; 11:31; 12:11, y originalmente se refiere a la profanación del templo por Antíoco Epífanes en 168 a. C.], de la que habló el profeta Daniel. · Él [o Él] estará de pie en el lugar santo ”. (Los que lean esto deben comprender lo que significa [C probablemente una referencia a la destrucción de Jerusalén que pronto ocurrirá en el año 70 d. C.]). 


16 “En ese momento, la gente de Judea debería · huir [huir] al montañas. 


17 Si hay gente en los techos de sus casas [los croofs en Palestina eran planos y se usaban como cuartos libres y para almacenamiento], no deben bajar a sacar nada de sus casas. 


18 Si la gente está en el campo, no debe regresar a buscar sus abrigos [mantos]. 


19 En ese momento, ¡cuán terrible será para las mujeres embarazadas o que estén amamantando!


 20 Ore para que no sea · invierno [mal tiempo] o un día de reposo cuando sucedan estas cosas y tenga que huir,


 21 porque en ese momento habrá mucha · angustia [angustia; Ttribulación]. Habrá más · problemas [angustia; Ttribulación]. de lo que ha habido desde el principio del mundo hasta ahora, y nunca volverá a suceder nada tan malo [Dan. 12: 1]. 


22 · Dios ha decidido acortar ese tiempo terrible [LSi esos días no hubieran sido acortados (por Dios)…; C el verbo pasivo implica a Dios como sujeto]. De lo contrario, nadie · seguiría viviendo [sobreviviría; Ser salvo]. Pero Dios acortará ese tiempo · para ayudar a las personas que ha elegido [por el bien de los elegidos]. 


23 En ese momento, alguien podría decirle: "¡Mire, allí está el · Cristo [Mesías]!", O otra persona podría decir: "¡Ahí está!", Pero no les crea. 


24 Falsos Cristos [mesías] y falsos profetas vendrán [aparecerán; levántate] y realiza grandes · maravillas [señales; milagros] y · milagros [prodigios; maravillas]. Intentarán · engañar [engañar; engañar] incluso al · pueblo que Dios ha elegido [elegido], si eso es posible. 


25 Ahora les he advertido sobre esto antes de que suceda. 


26 “Si la gente le dice,‘ [Mire] · el Cristo [Lhe] está en el · desierto [desierto], 'no vaya allí. Si dicen: "[Mire], él está · en el cuarto interior [o escondido aquí; en este lugar secreto] ", no lo crea. 


27 Cuando venga el Hijo del Hombre [Dan. 7: 13-14], será como un relámpago que destellará de oriente a occidente [el Che será visto por todos]. 


28 Dondequiera que esté el cadáver [el cadáver], allí se reunirán los buitres.


29 “Poco después de la · angustia [tribulación; angustia] de aquellos días,


"El sol se oscurecerá,

    y la luna no dará su luz.

Las estrellas caerán del · cielo [cielo].

    Y los · poderes de los cielos [cuerpos celestes] serán sacudidos [Is. 13:10; 34: 4; cf. Ezek. 32: 7-8; Joel 2:10, 31] ".


30 “En ese momento, la señal del Hijo del Hombre aparecerá en · el cielo [o el cielo]. Entonces todos los · pueblos [tribus] del mundo · llorarán [lamentarán]. Verán al Hijo del Hombre venir en las nubes del cielo [o las nubes del cielo] con gran poder y gloria. 31 Él usará una gran trompeta para enviar a sus ángeles, y ellos reunirán a su · pueblo escogido [elegidos] · de todas partes del mundo [L de los cuatro vientos, de un extremo del cielo / cielos a otro].


32 “Aprende una · lección [parábola; analogía] de la higuera: Cuando sus ramas · se vuelven verdes y suaves [se vuelven tiernas; brotar] y aparecen nuevas hojas, sabes que el verano está cerca. 


33 De la misma manera, cuando veas que suceden todas estas cosas, sabrás que · el tiempo [o él] está cerca, · listo para llegar [justo a la puerta]. 


34 Les digo la verdad, todas estas cosas sucederán · mientras la gente de este tiempo todavía viva [antes de que esta generación muera; Ce o la generación que ve la destrucción de Jerusalén (70 dC), o una generación futura del fin de los tiempos]. 


35 · La tierra y el cielo serán destruidos [el cielo y la tierra pasarán], pero las palabras que he dicho nunca serán destruidas [pasarán].


¿Cuándo volverá Jesús?

36 “Nadie sabe cuándo será ese día u · tiempo [hora], ni los ángeles en el cielo, ni siquiera el Hijo. [A] Solo el Padre lo sabe. 


37 Cuando venga el Hijo del Hombre [Dan. 7: 13-14], será como lo que sucedió durante la época de Noé. 


38 [LPor] En aquellos días antes del diluvio, la gente comía y bebía, se casaba y daba a sus hijos para que se casaran, hasta el día en que Noé entró en la barca. 


39 No sabían [entendían] nada acerca de lo que estaba sucediendo hasta que vino el diluvio y los destruyó [se los llevó a todos]. Lo mismo ocurrirá cuando venga el Hijo del Hombre. 


40 Dos hombres estarán en el campo. Uno será tomado y el otro será dejado. 


41 Dos mujeres estarán moliendo grano con un · molino [molino de mano; Cdos rocas grandes, redondas y planas utilizadas para moler el grano para hacer harina]. Uno será tomado y el otro será dejado.


42 “Así que siempre esté listo [manténgase alerta; sigue mirando], porque no sabes el día que vendrá tu Señor. 


43 · Recuerde [Sepa] esto: si el dueño de la casa supiera a qué hora de la noche vendría un ladrón, el dueño · observaría [se habría mantenido alerta; siguió mirando] y no permitiría que el ladrón entrara [en su casa]. 


44 Así que también ustedes deben estar preparados, porque el Hijo del Hombre vendrá a · la hora [hora] que no lo esperan.


La historia de los dos sirvientes

45 “¿Quién es el · leal [fiel; confiable] y · sabio [sensato] · siervo [esclavo] que el amo · confía [L pone a cargo de su casa] para dar · a los otros siervos [Llos] su alimento en el momento adecuado? 


46 Ese siervo será · bendecido [feliz; o recompensado] cuando el maestro llega y lo encuentra haciendo su trabajo. 


47 Les digo la verdad, el amo · elegirá a ese siervo para que se encargue [lo ponga a cargo] de todo lo que posee. 


48 Pero supongamos que el siervo malo piensa para sí mismo: "Mi señor" no volverá pronto [estará lejos por mucho tiempo; se retrasa], '


49 y comienza a golpear a los otros sirvientes ya comer y · emborracharse con otros como él [beber con borrachos]? 


50 El amo [L de ese siervo / esclavo] vendrá [Lon un día] cuando ese siervo no esté listo y [Lat una hora cuando él] no lo esté esperando. 


51 Entonces el maestro lo cortará en pedazos y lo enviará para que esté [Lassign / asignarle un lugar] con los hipócritas, donde la gente llorará y rechinará los dientes de dolor. [Habrá llanto y crujir de dientes. ; Cindicando agonía y remordimiento].


Notas al pie

Mateo 24:36 ni siquiera el Hijo Algunas copias griegas no tienen esta frase.

Blogger Fiad's Response to Report on Scot Atheists Use of Hate Law to Persecute Bible and Believers

 This is what the Bible's Matthew Chapter 24 says about the impending persecution of Christians and Bible Sermon on the part of Atheists using Hate Laws. Jesus saw it coming from the very beginning, even before the Creation of the Earth.


24 As Jesus left the Temple [courts] and was walking away, his ·followers [disciples] came up to ·show [point out to] him the Temple’s buildings. Jesus asked, “Do you see all these buildings? I tell you the truth, not one stone will be left on another. Every stone will be ·thrown [pulled; torn] down.”

Later, as Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives, his ·followers [disciples] came to be alone with him. They said, “Tell us, when will these things happen? And what will be the sign ·that it is time for you to come again [of your coming/return] and ·for this age to end [the end/consummation of the age]?”

Jesus answered, “·Be careful [Watch out] that no one ·fools [misleads; deceives] you. Many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am the ·Christ [Messiah],’ and they will ·fool [mislead; deceive] many people. You will hear about wars and ·stories of wars that are coming [rumors/reports of wars], but don’t be ·afraid [alarmed]. These things must happen ·before the end comes [or but that is not yet the end]Nations will ·fight [L rise up] against other nations, and kingdoms against other kingdoms. There will be ·times when there is no food for people to eat [famines], and there will be earthquakes in ·different [various] places. All these things are ·like the first pains when something new is about to be born [L the beginning of the birth pains].

“Then people will arrest you, hand you over to be ·hurt [persecuted; tortured], and kill you. ·They [The world; L All nations] will hate you because ·you believe in me [you follow me; L of my name]10 At that time, many will ·lose their faith [turn/fall away], and they will ·turn against [betray] each other and hate each other. 11 Many false prophets will ·come [appear; arise] and ·cause many people to believe lies [deceive many]12 There will be more and more ·evil [sin; lawlessness] in the world, so ·most people will stop showing their love for each other [L the love of many/most will grow cold]13 But those people who ·keep their faith [endure; stand firm; persevere] until the end will be saved. 14 ·The Good News [This Gospel] about God’s kingdom will be preached in all the world, [L as a testimony] to every nation. Then the end will come.

15 “You will see ‘·a blasphemous object that brings destruction [T the abomination of desolation; C a phrase taken from Dan. 9:2711:3112:11, and originally referring to the desecration of the Temple by Antiochus Epiphanes in 168 bc],’ which Daniel the prophet spoke about. ·It [or He] will be standing in the holy place.” (You who read this should understand what it means [C probably a reference to the soon-to-occur destruction of Jerusalem in ad 70].) 16 “At that time, the people in Judea should ·run away [flee] to the mountains. 17 If people are on the roofs of their houses [C roofs in Palestine were flat and used as spare rooms and for storage], they must not go down to get anything out of their houses. 18 If people are in the fields, they must not go back to get their ·coats [cloaks]19 At that time, ·how terrible it will be for [L woe to] women who are pregnant or have nursing babies! 20 Pray that it will not be ·winter [bad weather] or a Sabbath day when these things happen and you have to run away, 21 because at that time there will be much ·trouble [distress; T tribulation]. There will be more ·trouble [distress; T tribulation]. than there has ever been since the beginning of the world until now, and nothing as bad will ever happen again [Dan. 12:1]22 ·God has decided to make that terrible time short [L If those days had not been shortened (by God)…; C the passive verb implies God as subject]. Otherwise, no one would ·go on living [survive; L be saved]. But God will make that time short ·to help the people he has chosen [for the sake of the elect]23 At that time, someone might say to you, ‘Look, there is the ·Christ [Messiah]!’ Or another person might say, ‘There he is!’ But don’t believe them. 24 False ·Christs [messiahs] and false prophets will ·come [appear; rise up] and perform great ·wonders [signs; miracles] and ·miracles [wonders; marvels]. They will try to ·fool [mislead; deceive] even the ·people God has chosen [elect], if that is possible. 25 Now I have warned you about this before it happens.

26 “If people tell you, ‘[L Look,] ·the Christ [L he] is in the ·desert[wilderness],’ don’t go there. If they say, ‘[L Look,] he is ·in the inner room [or hiding here; in this secret place],’ don’t believe it. 27 When the Son of Man comes [Dan. 7:13–14], he will be like lightning flashing from the east to the west [C he will be seen by everyone]28 Wherever the ·dead body [carcass] is, there the vultures will gather.

29 “Soon after the ·trouble [tribulation; distress] of those days,

‘the sun will grow dark,
    and the moon will not give its light.
The stars will fall from ·the sky [heaven].
    And the ·powers of the heavens [celestial bodies] will be shaken [Is. 13:1034:4; cf. Ezek. 32:7–8Joel 2:1031].’

30 “At that time, the sign of the Son of Man will appear in ·the sky [orheaven]. Then all the ·peoples [tribes] of the world will ·cry [mourn]. They will see the Son of Man coming on ·clouds in the sky [or the clouds of heaven] with great power and glory. 31 He will use a loud trumpet to send his angels, and they will gather his ·chosen people [elect] ·from every part of the world [L from the four winds, from one end of the sky/heavens to another].

32 “Learn a ·lesson [parable; analogy] from the fig tree: When its branches ·become green and soft [become tender; sprout] and new leaves appear, you know summer is near. 33 In the same way, when you see all these things happening, you will know that ·the time [or he]is near, ·ready to come [right at the door]34 I tell you the truth, all these things will happen ·while the people of this time are still living [before this generation passes away; C either the generation that sees the destruction of Jerusalem (ad 70), or a future generation of the end times]35 ·Earth and sky will be destroyed [T Heaven and earth will pass away], but the words I have said will never ·be destroyed [pass away].

When Will Jesus Come Again?

36 “No one knows when that day or ·time [hour] will be, not the angels in heaven, not even the Son.[a] Only the Father knows. 37 When the Son of Man comes [Dan. 7:13–14], it will be like what happened during Noah’s time. 38 [L For] In those days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving their children to be married, until the day Noah entered the boat. 39 They ·knew [understood]nothing about what was happening until the flood came and ·destroyed them [L took/swept them all away]. It will be the same when the Son of Man comes. 40 Two men will be in the field. One will be taken, and the other will be left. 41 Two women will be grinding grain with a ·mill [handmill; C two large, round, flat rocks used for grinding grain to make flour]. One will be taken, and the other will be left.

42 “So ·always be ready [stay alert; keep watching], because you don’t know the day your Lord will come. 43 ·Remember [Know] this: If the owner of the house knew what time of night a thief was coming, the owner would ·watch [have stayed alert; kept watching] and not let ·the thief break in [L his house be broken into]44 So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at a ·time [hour] you don’t expect him.

The Story of the Two Servants

45 “Who is the ·loyal [faithful; trusted] and ·wise [sensible] ·servant [slave] that the master ·trusts [L puts in charge of his household] to give ·the other servants [L them] their food at the right time? 46 That servant will be ·blessed [happy; or rewarded] when the master comes and finds him doing his work. 47 I tell you the truth, the master will ·choose that servant to take care [put him in charge] of everything he owns. 48 But suppose that evil servant thinks to himself, ‘My master ·will not come back soon [will be away for a long time; is delayed],’ 49 and he begins to beat the other servants and eat and ·get drunk with others like him [drink with drunkards]50 The master [L of that servant/slave] will come [L on a day] when that servant is not ready and [L at an hour when he] is not expecting him. 51 Then the master will cut him in pieces and ·send him away to be [L assign/appoint him a place] with the hypocrites, where ·people will cry and grind their teeth with pain [T there will be weeping and gnashing of teethC indicating agony and remorse].

Footnotes

  1. Matthew 24:36 not even the Son Some Greek copies do not have this phrase.


“Bible Gateway Passage: Matthew 24 - Expanded Bible.” Bible Gateway, biblegateway.com/passage/.






Atheist, armed with new law, to report Bible, church sermons for 'hate speech'

Tuesday, March 17, 2020

This Christian's Look at the Corona Virus Pandemic

I refuse to fear it!  I refuse to fear the Corona Virus.

That I harbor some thoughts and realistic concerns and take precautions to protect myself and relatives from falling victim to it, absolutely. Yes. I ain't a stupid crazy brave fool.

That I'm not a scientist and I'm not a physician and I'm ignorant in many of the sciences, absolutely, yes.

Will I bow down in fear of it?  Hell, No!

Why not?

Don't I have a body that can get afflicted, sick, bleed, and die?

Yeah. I do.

I do live in this house called my body.

But is my body all of me?

Do I identify myself as a body?

No. I live in a body, but I am a human spirit like all of us are human spirits.

I am a spirit that has a soul.  My soul feels, it thinks. It has a will.

What can I control?

I control my thoughts and my thought produce my feelings.

Therefore, I have authority to my thoughts and one day, when the time comes, I will have to give before God, an account of my life, the life I live down here as I life among you all.

And one of the components of this life, that I will have to give account to God for, is my thought life.

And because my thoughts are accountable to God, then they are under my authority.

Does this apply to me only?  No.  You all are in the same as me.  You all too will have to accounts to God for your thought lives too.

What does all this have to do with the Corona Virus?

You and I and everybody else will have to give accounts to God for how you handled your thoughts and feelings before the threat of the Corona Virus. Do you surrender to your fearful thoughts? Do you cower before threats to your health and life?

I can experience feelings of fear. That's not giving in to cowering, fearful thoughts.  What do you do with your thoughts before a threat?  Do you speak to your threat?  Do you rebuke your threat?  I do.

Do you ask God to join you, to accompany you as you face this threat, this danger, this challenge to your life and health?  If you don't, start to.

I learned to take this attitude from one of Joel Osteen's sermons.  Do I agree with all the stuff he says?  No, I don't think so.  Does Pastor Osteen wear the halo of an angel?  I haven't seen it on him. So I don't think he has one.  But do I find much of the stuff that he says to be useful in my life, in my relationship with how I perceive God, Jesus Christ?

Yeah, I do. Big Time.

Do I recommend that you give consideration to the thoughts you give yourself over to?

I do.  You might as well. Because you're going to judged for them, you might as well work to learn how to rule over them.  Will this make Life more bearable for you, even the bad parts?

Yeah. It will.

Would it be useful for you to give yourself over to the spirit of Power, Love, and Sound Mind that God Created you as?

I already did. Easy. No. It was hard.  It's taken me 61 years, my whole life, to reconfigure how I will manage this whole thing, this whole thought life.

Was it painful?  It gave me relief.  Will it give you relief to put in the work to do that in your own life?

I'm only giving you advice that I followed.












Thursday, December 12, 2019

Ethics: What Political Leftists, Atheists, and Evil People Most Hate Jesus Christ for

What do you say that Political Leftists, Atheists, and Evil People, especially satan-worshippers such as Democrat and the probable satan-worshipping Chelsea Clinton most hate the Lord Jesus Christ for?


My take on this - is that they all hate the Lord Jesus Christ first for being God (God the Son), and second, that He already destroyed all the works of the Enemy, of satan when He died on the cross and then capped that humongous, game-changing triumph when He rose again from the Dead through the power of the Holy Spirit.

Not only did He destroy satan's works and rose again from the Dead but He (Jesus Christ) personally went down into Hell and stripped satan personally of the keys to death and Hell. He showed satan and all his millions of demons down there who's the ultimate authority. They couldn't do anything about it.

Let's review something here from the Bible so you all get to know the relationship of authority that exists between Jesus Christ and all the demons.

Now, I'm going to quote the demons from this Biblical passage so you're getting the message directly from the enemy:


" Mark 5 Amplified Bible, Classic Edition (AMPC)

They came to the other side of the sea to the region of the Gerasenes.
And as soon as He got out of the boat, there met Him out of the tombs a man [under the power] of an unclean spirit.
This man [a]continually lived among the tombs, and no one could subdue him anymore, even with a chain;
For he had been bound often with shackles for the feet and [b]handcuffs, but the handcuffs of [light] chains he wrenched apart, and the shackles he rubbed and ground together and broke in pieces; and no one had strength enough to restrain or tame him.
Night and day among the tombs and on the mountains he was always [c]shrieking and screaming and [d]beating and bruising and [e]cutting himself with stones.
And when from a distance he saw Jesus, he ran and fell on his knees before Him in homage,
And crying out with a loud voice, he said, What have You to do with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? [What is there in common between us?] I [f]solemnly implore you by God, do not begin to torment me!
For Jesus was commanding, Come out of the man, you unclean spirit!
And He asked him, What is your name? He replied, My name is Legion, for we are many.
10 And he kept begging Him urgently not to send them [himself and the other demons] away out of that region.
11 Now a great herd of hogs was grazing there on the hillside.
12 And the demons begged Him, saying, Send us to the hogs, that we may go into them!
13 So He gave them permission. And the unclean spirits came out [of the man] and entered into the hogs; and the herd, numbering about 2,000, rushed headlong down the steep slope into the sea and were drowned in the sea.
14 The hog feeders ran away and told [it] in the town and in the country. And [the people] came to see what it was that had taken place.
15 And they came to Jesus and looked intently and searchingly at the man who had been a demoniac, sitting there, clothed and in his right mind, [the same man] who had had the legion [of demons]; and they were [g]seized with alarm and struck with fear.
16 And those who had seen it related in full what had happened to the man possessed by demons and to the hogs.
17 And they began to beg [Jesus] to leave their neighborhood.
18 And when He had stepped into the boat, the man who had been controlled by the unclean spirits kept begging Him that he might be with Him.
19 But Jesus refused to permit him, but said to him, Go home to your own [family and relatives and friends] and bring back word to them of how much the Lord has done for you, and [how He has] had sympathy for you and mercy on you.
20 And he departed and began to publicly proclaim in Decapolis [the region of the ten cities] how much Jesus had done for him, and all the people were astonished and marveled." 1


Let's contrast the above passage with this next one also from the New Testament, from the Book of Acts, from the Nineteenth Chapter, verses 13 through 20:

" 13 Then some of the traveling Jewish exorcists (men who adjure evil spirits) also undertook to call the name of the Lord Jesus over those who had evil spirits, saying, I solemnly implore and charge you by the Jesus Whom Paul preaches!
14 Seven sons of a certain Jewish chief priest named Sceva were doing this.
15 But [one] evil spirit retorted, Jesus I know, and Paul I know [b]about, but who are you?
16 Then the man in whom the evil spirit dwelt leaped upon them, mastering [c]two of them, and was so violent against them that they dashed out of that house [in fear], stripped naked and wounded.
17 This became known to all who lived in Ephesus, both Jews, and Greeks, and alarm and terror fell upon them all; and the name of the Lord Jesus was extolled and magnified.
18 Many also of those who were now believers came making [d]full confession and thoroughly exposing their [former deceptive and evil] practices.
19 And many of those who had practiced curious, magical arts collected their books and [throwing them, [e]book after book, on the pile] burned them in the sight of everybody. When they counted the value of them, they found it amounted to 50,000 pieces of silver ([f]about $9,300).
20 Thus the Word of the Lord [concerning the [g]attainment through Christ of eternal salvation in the kingdom of God] grew and spread and intensified, prevailing mightily." 2

If you were to read carefully those two passages from above, do you spot some marked differences between the two passages?

Let me give you a hand here if you didn't.

In the first passage, Jesus is singlehandedly confronting a single man who was possessed by many demons, many unclean spirits.  And they're all terrified of him. They're scared.  And before they leave the man He's commanding them out of, they're asking Him for permission to possess a herd of pigs or hogs nearby. 

Moreover, if you keep reading, you'd notice that when the demon-possessed man saw Jesus Christ approaching, he ran and bowed down and worshipped Jesus.  The demons were still inside the man and despite all those demons still, in him, they didn't stop him from worshipping Jesus.  They couldn't. 

So, here you have the first clue about a relationship of hierarchy and rank and authority that even the demons observed.  They knew that Jesus outranked them all and outranked their leader, satan himself.  Jesus was here all by himself confronting a whole legion of demons and they're all submissive to him.  The entire incident shows that Jesus is running this whole show all by himself.

Now, if you turn to the second passage cited, you'll see some parallels between the two passages inasmuch as the sole demon possessing a man as reported in the Book of Acts, the demon here recognizes who Jesus is.  The demon also recognizes who Paul the Apostle is. 

So this demon also observes that there exists a relationship of authority, of rank that puts Jesus Christ at the very top, and those who truly belong to Jesus, above all the demons. The demon also detects the absence of Holy authority in these seven exorcists that was and is present in both Jesus Christ and in Paul the Apostle. 

The demon rather than leaving their victim repelled the seven exorcists.  The demon saw that none of them had any authority over him.  Thus, we see that demons will bow to those in who they recognize the presence of the Holy Spirit.  They detect when someone has the Holy Spirit in them when a confrontation of exorcism is going on.

And woe to anyone confronting a demon without the protection of Jesus Christ through the presence of the Holy Spirit. Those seven were playing with fire by having gone before that demon unprotected.

Now, let's look at this sermon by the pastor Charles Spurgeon who discussed that Jesus indeed did destroy the works of the devil.

" By THE MANIFESTATION OF THE SON OF GOD. “For this purpose, the Son of God was manifested.” The work of the devil was so clever, the foundations of it were so deeply laid, and the whole thing had such a semblance of omnipotence about it, and was, indeed, in itself so strong, that no champion was found in heaven or on earth that could hope to destroy it. It never entered Satan’s thoughts that God himself could deign to suffer and to die. He said within himself,— “If I can make man so to offend God that he must just be incensed against him, then I shall have done the work effectually. If I can make a man a rebel, God’s infinite holiness cannot overlook his rebellion, and he must punish him, and so I shall have made for God a perpetual race of enemies, and he will have lost the love of myriads of his creatures.” He did not know the boundless love and wisdom of Jehovah. Even his angelic intellect could never have conceived the matchless plan of atonement by sacrifice, propitiation by substitution. The blessed fact of the Son of God becoming manifest in human flesh, and dying in human form, to destroy the works of the devil, entered not into a creature’s mind. Yet this was always in God’s purpose, for the better display of his divine attributes. Behind, and under, and over the works of the devil the Lord had ever the design that this evil should be permitted that he might baffle it with love and that the glory of his grace might be revealed.
     My text has in it to my mind a majestic idea, first, of the difficulties of the case,— that the Son of God must need be manifested to destroy the works of the devil; and then, secondly, of the ease of his victory. Have you been abroad at midnight when darkness has been all about you, dense and palpable? Not a star was visible, the moon had forgotten to shine; you could scarce see your hand when you held it before your eyes. The blackness seemed to be not only above, beneath, and around, but also within you. You were embedded in a thick, heavy, sensible ebon mass. How could all this be scattered? What power could uplift the pall and scatter the mass? Lo, in the east old Sol has lifted up his head, and the black walls have vanished: not a wreck remains, the works of darkness are destroyed by the manifestation of the light. That is the thought of the text— “For this purpose, the Son of God was manifested.” Uprising from his divine retreat in the silences of eternity, he appeared in human form, and thereby scattered and utterly destroyed the works of darkness. Let us see how this was done.
     First, Christ’s manifestation, even in his incarnation, was a fatal blow to the works of Satan. Did God come down to men? was he incarnate in the infant form that slept in Bethlehem’s manger? Then the Almighty has not given up our nature to be the prey of sin. Despair may not be! If one is born on earth who is divine as well as human, then joy unto thee, O race of Adam! Hear ye, not the song, “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, goodwill toward men”? It cannot be that the race is given up to perpetual night if the Son of God is manifested in such fashion as this.
     Next, look to the life of Christ on earth, and see how He there destroyed the works of the devil. It was a glorious duel in the wilderness when they stood foot to foot— the champions of good and evil! How dexterously the evil one played his weapons! how cunningly he tempted the Christ of God! But the Lord Jesus used the sword of the Spirit, and “It is written,” “It is written,” “It is written,” struck home till the evil one spread his dragon wings and fled away, for he had found his victor. Evil spirits had taken possession of human forms: legions of devils were established in men; but the Lord Jesus Christ had only to speak the word, and away they fled, glad to leap into swine and rush into the sea, to escape from his presence. They knew that he had come who was ordained “to destroy the works of the devil.”
     All our Lord’s preaching, all his teaching, all his labor here below was in order to the pulling away from the cornerstone from the great house of darkness which Satan had built up.
     But oh, dear friends, it was in his death that Jesus chiefly overthrew Satan and destroyed his works. Satan built upon this— that man had become offensive to God and God must punish him; that punishment was his hope for the continuance of alienation. Behold, the august Son of God takes the offender’s place! Marvel of marvels, the Judge stands where the criminal should have stood and is “numbered with the transgressors!” Behold, the wrath of God falls upon his Well-beloved, and Jesus suffers, that he may reconcile man to his God, and heal the breach which sin had caused. The deed was done. Man is no more offensive to heaven, for one glorious man’s boundless merit has put away the demerit of the race. Jesus has, by his unutterable beauties, removed the deformities of all who are in him. By his obedience unto death, the law is vindicated, justice is honored, grace is glorified. Man, accepting this great sacrifice, loves and adores the Father who ordained it, and so the works of the devil in his heart are destroyed.
     Our Lord’s rising again, his ascension into glory, his sitting at the right hand of the Father, his coming again in the latter days— all these are parts of the manifestation of the Son of God by which the works of the devil shall be destroyed. So also is the preaching of the gospel. If we want to destroy the works of the devil our best method is to manifest more and more the Son of God. Preach up Christ and you preach down the devil. All kinds of reforms are good, and we are on the side of everything that is pure, and honest, and temperate, and righteous; still, the best Reformer is the Christ of God. The one medicine for man’s moral sickness is the cross and nothing but the cross. Preach the crucified Saviour; preach the incarnate God; preach Christ full of forgiveness and love, reconciling the world unto himself and you have applied the best remedy to the sore. Only be it never forgotten that Jesus destroys the works of darkness by his Spirit. It is the Spirit of God who puts divine energy into the sacred word. When the Spirit manifests Christ in a man then the works of darkness are destroyed in that man. When Christ is manifested in a nation then the works of Satan begin to fall in that nation; and in proportion as the Holy Ghost shall more and more reveal Christ to hearts and consciences, bringing them into obedience to the faith, in that degree shall the works of Satan be destroyed."  3

Now, to conclude this article post, I'm referencing the works of pastor Kenneth Hagin who discusses and knows where in the Bible, he cites the passages showing where Jesus totally routes Satan of all authority in Hell itself.

" Colossians 2:15 tells us that Satan and his evil hosts were spoiled, disarmed, stripped of their power, exposed, shattered, emptied, and defeated by our Lord Jesus Christ. Jesus made an open example of their complete and eternal defeat! He disarmed and stripped Satan of his authority and took the keys of death and hell from him (Rev. 1:18).

The Body of Christ needs the eyes of their understanding enlightened to understand Jesus' complete defeat of Satan. This is the wisdom of God that each believer needs to understand." 4


If you've seen episodes of Perry Mason or Matlock, both of these are criminal defense attorneys who out who the culprits of murder are and if you see the sour looks of those guilty when outed in open court, you now have a good idea of how satan's human followers must feel when they realize that their chosen master's gigs are up.


REFERENCES:


1 "Bible Gateway Passage: Mark 5 - Amplified Bible, Classic Edition". 2019. Bible Gateway. Accessed December 12, 2019. https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark+5&version=AMPC.


2 "Bible Gateway Passage: Acts 19 - Amplified Bible, Classic Edition". 2019. Bible Gateway. Accessed December 12, 2019. https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts+19&version=AMPC.


3 "The Works Of The Devil Destroyed ". 1883. Spurgeon. Accessed December 12, 2019. https://www.spurgeon.org/resource-library/sermons/the-works-of-the-devil-destroyed#flipbook/.


4 "Our Authority In Christ". 2019. Kenneth Hagin Ministries. Accessed December 12, 2019. https://www.rhema.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2048:our-authority-in-christ&Itemid=676&tmpl=component&layout=default&page=.