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Originally Posted by KSA
SC, can you explain why for Christ to destroy Satan, it was necessary for Satan to be in man's flesh? This example with a trap is just another metaphor, but I would like to see a clear biblical ground for it.
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KSA,
Well, I don't have scriptural support for it ... yet. Hence my ginger handling of the topic. But that doesn't mean the verses aren't there. Maybe this thread can help find them in their disparate hiding places.
Here's a few things we do know:
- Christ came in the likeness of the flesh of sin
- Christ became sin on our behalf on the cross
- Sin dwells in man and even "stirs"
- Satan entered Judas once and was very closely allied with Peter on one occasion
- Satan entered the serpent
- Satan is an angel and angels can take on corporeal forms and even have sexual intercourse with humans
This top-of-the-head list just skims the surface of verses that show us something about the mysterious things concerning Satan, sin, and the human nature. But even considering these things, it is apparent to me that there are several mysteries afoot. How can Satan "enter" people? How does that work? What exactly was this flesh that Christ put on? How did Christ gain the victory over Satan on the cross?
It is interesting to me also that innoculation of a human body requires a bit of the disease itself to enter.
I also like the idea that God and Satan are fighting over the human soul, that is the battleground. With God coming from within (in the spirit), Satan enters the fray from without (in the body) and the lines are drawn in the great plains of the soul.
Like I said, I am not sure where I stand on this one. But I am not too quick to toss out Lee's teaching here.
SC