Santiago,
You stated..."Alan, my belief is that he is bound. Having read the state of the world and esp. the Jews during the time period before Christ returned there were many filled with the spirit of Satan. Just reading about some of the atrocities performed at Jerusalem such as a woman cooking her baby and the actions that they perpetrated against each other is such that I have never heard of since."
Here's a couple of stories that you never heard of...
In New Kent County VA. on September 27, 1999, 19 year old Elizabeth Renee Otte placed her newborn baby in a microwave oven, turned on the power, and cooked the infant to death.
Also, On June 6 1997 in FREEHOLD, New Jersey, Melissa Drexler gave birth in a restroom while attending her high school prom ... She then smothered her baby, put the baby boy's body in a trash can and returned to the dance floor.
Sorry, to bring up such horrible stories but I want you to see that Satan is not currently bound and Christ has not yet returned...and these are only two of many horror stories that came up when I searched this subject (infantcide).
And, I just have to state this again because it's common sense. God’s word says that we shall ALL see Him (Rev 1:7) and if we ALL saw Him in AD 70, including the non-believers, we would not have preterists telling us that He has already come back! It would have been such an event that we ALL would agree that it happened.
Take care, Scott |
