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If Jesus has all power, what kind of power does Satan have?

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Mt 28:

18 And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.
Strong's Greek: 1849. ἐξουσία (exousia) — 102 Occurrences

G1849 was a frequent word with many meanings. BDAG:
③ the right to control or command, authority, absolute power, warrant
④ power exercised by rulers or others in high position by virtue of their office, ruling power, official power
⑥ the sphere in which power is exercised, domain

Paul recounted his conversion experience to Agrippa. Jesus told Paul in Ac 26:

17b "I am sending you 18 to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power [G1849] of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’
That's the same Greek word. If Jesus has all power (Mt 28:18), what kind of power (Ac 26:18) does Satan have?

Jesus has universal G1849③ authority and absolute power. Satan has G1849④ power permitted to him by God. He has dominion or power over those in spiritual darkness. He is the ruler of this world. His power is limited, temporal, derived, and subject to God's overarching authority.
 
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In the case of Job, Satan used his power of accusation to insinuate that Job was just a good-times believer.

One might wonder why God bothered to answer this assertion. But He did and I like how it reveals God to be open to questioning by His children. He had all the power at that moment to obliterate Satan, but didn’t. Doubts, like memes, can have a life of their own, long after their instigator leaves the scene. So God countered Satan’s power of accusation and doubt-generation with His power of demonstration.

It’s a battle for the hearts and minds of creation, fought with real-life action and loyalties rather than with swords or guns or laser beams or divine finger-zaps

That’s how I see the “power “ conflict playing out in heaven. So Jesus claiming to have all power and authority may have more to do with the loyalty of all the heavenly beings, rather than any Godly connection to the laws of the universe and ability to rip Satan to pieces.

KT
 
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