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  1. If God were to remove Satan now what would the condition in this world be like? Could everything just change around?

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    • Virginia, I would have to say that if Satan were killed [or in some other way "removed" this very day,] the heart of man would remain "desperately wicked" (Jer 17:9). That would not change.

      As Jesus says -- "from WITHIN, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness: all these evil things come from WITHIN, and defile the man." (Mark 7:21-23)

      The presence of the Devil is not required for those things to happen. The "heart/mind" that we are all born with "is enmity [i.e. hostile] against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be." (Romans 8:7 KJV).

      Satan's removal, in itself, would not break the cycle of sin and death. It is only after a person is born again that there is any real hope of redemption.

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  2. #3. "How was it possible for Satan to convince himself even after he lost the battle and had been expelled from heaven, that he was still the one who should be in charge of the earth and its people? ..."

    "The fool rages and is confident." (Proverbs 14:16 KJV)

    The Devil came to this world with an anger and an intensity befitting the shortness of his time. (Rev 12:12)

    In all his ways the Devil is stout and stubborn. Yet even today there are chains of restraint upon him, and he cannot help but feel these. He is also “under darkness” (Jude 1:6). What is this darkness? It implies ignorance and the inability to perceive. His own heart deceives him, his wisdom is corrupted (Eze 28:17), and he can stand “bravely” among the threatenings of God, as one unalarmed. The foolish angel “rages and is confident”, but oh, what a strange confidence is his!

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