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 Knowing that 2022 will experience the ongoing spiritual warfare that has been going on since Adam and Eve fell for the "lie", it's important to know that Satan will not rule over anything at the end.

It's important perspective.
Jesus states that the "lake of fire" had been prepared for the devil & his angels. Hell is not a dominion Satan has any control over. It is not a Gary Larson cartoon.
Human beings who choose to rely on self or some system of moral rectitude or ethical achievement to restore life rather than put their trust and confidence in what God has already done for the world in Jesus Christ, reject the grace of God.
They turn away from the free gift of forgiveness and eternal life bought at an eternal and devastating price. Sin carries its own consequence as sure as jumping off a roof brings into play the sure law of gravity. Hell is real.
Jesus Christ said it is. The Risen One says it is real. Jesus came so we would not be separated from all that is good, so that we could be restored. From God's side, the equation has been solved. We have a spiritual adversary who wants us to trust in anything but the grace of God in Jesus Christ.
Satan wants us to trust on what seems reasonable to us. God has given us His Word so we can turn from lies and pipe-dreams and actually enter into life. The equation is not "solved" on the human particular side. Love must be responded to or rejected.
To choose "not to choose" is to remain where you are: separated from life by sin Jesus has already paid for.



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