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Question: Was the devil kicked out of heaven before or after the
flood?

1. Both Peter and Jude speak of angels who left their proper
habitation and were cast down into the hadean realm.
     a. "For if God spared not angels when they sinned, but cast
them down to hell (tartarus), and committed them to pits of
darkness, to be reserved unto judgment" (2 Pet. 2:4).

     b. "And angels that kept not their own principality, but left
their proper habitation, he that kept in everlasting bonds under
darkness unto the judgment of the great day" (Jude 6).
     c. "Condemnation of the devil" linked with sin of pride (1
Tim. 3:6).

     d. Jesus referred to the devil and his angels Matt.25:41.
     
     e. This is about all the information we have as to the origin
of Satan.

2. As to whether this was before or after the flood, the answer is
that this took place before the flood. He is seen from the time of
creation as the Tempter, and our adversary. (Gen. 3).
     a. see also Jno.8:44.

3. Although cast out of heaven, Satan still had dominion over man
because of the grip of sin until the death of Jesus on the cross.
     a. It was for the purpose of triumphing over Satan that Jesus
came to earth and became flesh. Gen. 3:15; Heb. 2.
     b. He would bind the strong man (Isa.53; Matt. 12).
     c. Rev. 20 is to be understood in this light.

4. Satan is not a myth. He is not funny. He is a real person who is
deadly serious in his determination to cause souls to be lost. 1
Pet. 5:7; 2 Cor. 2:11; Eph. 6:12.

5. When we sin, we become in bondage to sin and to Satan. But there
is forgiveness through Christ, through His death, when we obey the
Gospel of Christ, and continue in right relationship with Him.


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