restoring what was lost

[Tenken07]

Does the book of revelation say anywhere that God will give back what Satan has stolen from us? I think this might be somewhere after God judges everyone and sends them into either the lake of fire or heaven, but I dont remember and am having a hard time finding it in my bible.

[Seeker of the Truth]

err, what has Satan taken away from us?

[Tenken07]

I remember reading something similar to that. I just dont know where I read it from. Im sure it was in revelation though. could be wrong though. It seems like everytime I read that book in the bible, everythings new and what I remember aint what im reading.

[Seeker of the Truth]

I remember reading something similar to that. I just dont know where I read it from. Im sure it was in revelation though. could be wrong though. It seems like everytime I read that book in the bible, everythings new and what I remember aint what im reading.
That's because it's soo complex!

[Tenken07]

It doesnt strike me as..... complex, I can take in what I read. I just, for some strange reason, dont remember things the way I read them.

[Seeker of the Truth]

Ahh, well, I guess it just boggles my mind so much I let it go and label it as "complex"

lol

[Tenken07]

Ahh, well, I guess it just boggles my mind so much I let it go and label it as "complex"

lol

Hehe, thats ok.

If what im looking for isnt in there, thats fine.

[DeaconDean]

To the best of my knowledge, what man "lost" and Satan gained, was dominion of this world. When man was created, before he sinned, man had total dominion over all things created, and of the world itself. However, when Adam sinned, dominion of this world passed to him, for the scriptures refer to Satan as the "god of this world: and "the prince of this world:"

"Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out." -Jn. 12:31

"Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me." -Jn. 14:30

"Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged." -Jn. 16:11

"In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them." -2 Cor. 4:4

We lost dominion of this world, but we still have dominion over everything else:

"For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind:" -Jas. 3:7

However, when Jesus returns, we'll no longer need dominion of this earth again, He will have total dominion:

"Thus saith the LORD, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool:" -Isa. 66:1

The only thing man actually lost, in all reality, was the ability to walk and talk with the Lord. But one day, that will be restored.

God Bless

Till all are one.

[daveleau]

The only thing man actually lost, in all reality, was the ability to walk and talk with the Lord. But one day, that will be restored.

:thumbsup::amen:

Satan really has done nothing. He has tempted man, and man has separated himself from God through his siding with Satan in sin. The sinful nature of the world is due to the acts of Eden.

In the Tribulation, Satan will deprive people (the saints) of life, posessions, and has hindered the work for God. But, Satan cannot deprive us of anything else. And, all will be undone when Jesus comes in the clouds to judge the world and set up His kingdom on earth.