Good Question?

Why doesn’t God totally remove Satan and all demons now, since he will someday without their approval (Revelation 20:10)? John Piper answers this in the first paragraph of chapter nine of Seeing and Savoring Jesus Christ.

The glory of Christ is seen in his absolute right and power to annihilate or incapacitate Satan and all demons. But the reason he refrains from destroying and disabling them altogether is to manifest more clearly his superior beauty and worth. If Christ obliterated all devils and demons now (which he could do), his sheer power would be seen as glorious, but his superior beauty and worth would not shine as brightly as when humans renounce the promises of Satan and take pleasure in the greater glory of Christ.

Think about Philippians 2:14-15 “Do everything without grumbling and arguing, (15) so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God who are faultless in a crooked and perverted generation, among whom you shine like stars in the world.” How does this dark back drop bring even more beauty and glory to the good deeds that you do? Also, how does understanding this help you see the plan and purpose of God behind all that God does, even those things that we find hard to understand or appreciate?

Also, this was the daily Psalm I read this morning. It shines light on this as well

Trusting In God's Plan & WIll & Not My Own, Pastor Phillip