When we see all of the wickedness, see what destruction it brings not only to individuals, but to a whole people, who later are all wiped out, we hopefully can learn from that. Give it a name! Satan has power!
Elder Oaks said:
… Satan’s methods of deception are enticing: music, movies and other media, and the glitter of a good time. When Satan’s lies succeed in deceiving us, we become vulnerable to his power” (in Conference Report, Oct. 2004, 46; or
'We become vulnerable to his power'. This is the warning.
The good news, though, is we have the power to overcome.
It is a choice to take the path that leads away from God. Our choices may be small and we need to be aware of them, but the choice is always ours.
Agency is the foundation of God's plan. It will always be our choice.
The millennium, which this scripture is looking forward to, will be a time when Satan has no power, but that won't be because someone has trapped him, put him in a cage, it will be because we choose God, all of us, and therefore he will have no power.
Yes, we are living in the last days, there is much prophecy fulfilled, much evil around, people are trapped and imprisoned by the choices they've made.
But there is much light and joy, there is hope, there is always goodness and light when we choose to follow Jesus Christ.
The Prophet Joseph Smith (1805–44) declared: “The devil has no power over us only as we permit him; the moment we revolt at anything which comes from God, the devil takes power” (Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Joseph Smith [2007], 214).
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