Originally posted by eschaton
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I've read and know more than you, but it doesn't matter if you believe that. Nor do the opinions of the many commentaries you've read or anyone's opinion matter. What matters is what can be proven and what can be shown in God's word. I reference the Bible in nearly every one of my posts. You just don't like what it says, so you quote Gnostic knockoffs.
"The nations" or Gentiles is the Biblical name for those who are not God's people. Even when the Gentiles are accepted into God's people group, they are grafted in and become part of Israel. (That's a reference to Scripture, but I'm not going to always cite it and play connect the dots for you). So the point of saying that Satan will no longer be able to deceive "the nations" is to declare that everyone will have an equal spiritual playing field and men will be even more without excuse than they are now while Satan is the god of this world (which Paul said long after the cross). This will be important when Satan is released at the end of the Millenium and still finds people willing to rebel against God even after paradisiacal conditions have been restored to earth. Just as God's grace abounds when sin abounds, sin will abound when His grace abounds, because men suppress the truth by their wickedness. (More Scripture).
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