Originally posted by @checkbaiter
Yes indeed! And even the Devil knows it.
I believe this is why....
[b]1 Cor 2:7-8
7 But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, the hidden wisdom which God ordained before the ages for our glory, 8 which none of the rulers of this age knew; for had they known, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
NKJV
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Yes indeed! And even the Devil knows it.
I believe this is why....
1 Cor 2:7-8
7 But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, the hidden wisdom which God ordained before the ages for our glory, 8 which none of the rulers of this age knew; for had they known, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
NKJV
I'll tell you something else that the Devil knows. He knows that
John SAW him in the lake of fire totally damned and defeated forever.
John
also already SAW all the believers transformed, conformed, resurrected, glorified and built up into the holy city
New Jerusalem.
We need sometimes to remind the Devil that from the transcendent viewpoint of God over all time - God's will is completed and Satan is already in utter defeat. He knows it. We should remind him of it.
John, in
Revelation already was lifted up above time and history and got a prophetic glimpse into the future. There he saw all of us believers as the habitation of God
New Jerusalem. And there he already witnessed that the Devil is cast into the lake of fire.
TELL him!
REMIND him!
"And the devil, who deceived them, was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where also the beast and the false prophet were, and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever." (Revelation 20:10)
As for we who have trusted in Jesus Christ,
John already SAW us built up into God and God built into us.
" And I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb are its temple. " (Rev. 21:22)
Both the place of eternal worship AND the habitation of God have become one corporate
"city" a living
"temple" where God and man are united - blended - incorporated - mingled into one.