Even Satan Shall Bow His Knee - Philippians 2:10-11

 . . . that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. - Philippians 2:10-11

    Those in heaven, those on the earth and those under the earth - all of creation! This verse represents one of the single greatest realities available to us in spiritual warfare. And make no mistake: war with Satanic spirits is all around us. We only need to watch the nightly news, read the newspaper or magazine, listen to today’s music, go to a movie theater, or watch cable TV to see what we are at odds with. The devil has never had greater access to the human spirit than he does in the 21st Century. Satan has seized us at a time when offensiveness rules the public forum. We see it, especially among the people “of the world.” “Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and kill you, and you will be hated by all nations for My name’s sake. And then many will be offended, will betray one another, and will hate one another.” - Matthew 24:9-10. And every knee should bow.
    The proliferation of sin we are witnessing rivals that of even Sodom and Gomorrah. From God-haters and deniers to sexual idolaters we see them all. Certainly the very people who represent such sin like to scoff at Christians who would dare compare them to the twin cities of infamy. “ . . .  knowing this first: that scoffers will come in the last days, walking according to their own lusts, and saying, “Where is the promise of His coming? For since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of creation.” - 2 Peter 3: 3-4. The last days? We are near, so very near. And every knee should bow.
    We ourselves are not innocent in all this tribulation. For we know that we are still not free of sin - “For there is not a just man on earth who does good and does not sin.”-  Ecclesiastes 7:20. The sins we see today are in reality ‘generational sins’. In that I mean this generation is merely reaping the sinful plantings of the past that our generation has handed down to them. But here’s the saddest part: sin grows exponentially. It starts out with a simple rebellious thought then quickly escalates to a sinful action and each sinful action grows tentacles that intertwine with other’s sins making sin plague-like in its effect. We seldom sin alone. And sin, like most other things, gains strength in numbers. That is why prayer is of such utter importance in this day and age. Our greatest weapons against the satanic risings are prayer and God’s word. We don’t need elaborate man-made rituals, rites, crucifixes, incantations, spells, rosaries, or vials of “holy water” to combat the Evil One and his army of darkness; we need the power of the Holy Spirit within our hearts and the word of God on our lips. Our victory lies in Christ Jesus and Christ Jesus alone! And every knee should bow.
    Every knee! Ours, in reverent awe. Theirs in fear of God’s judgment. Even Satan shall bow his knee in submission and resignation on his way to the lake of fire!
    Yes, we are at war. Of that, there is no doubt. But we have the weapons we need to win. In Jesus Christ, we  have a King worth both fighting for and dying for: our Lord and Savior who dismissed the devil from His presence - “Then Jesus said to him, ‘Away with you, Satan! For it is written, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and Him only you shall serve.’” - Matthew 4:10. Lord, we pray that with Your word and Spirit and the power of Christ Jesus that we can persevere to victory over the spirits of this world, and that at His name every knee should bow.