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[1157.56 --> 1158.18] looks like.
[1158.80 --> 1160.14] We read in verse 21
[1160.14 --> 1160.52] again.
[1160.98 --> 1162.90] He explains this image.
[1163.20 --> 1163.52] He says,
[1163.64 --> 1164.58] when a strong man,
[1164.84 --> 1165.54] fully armed,
[1165.96 --> 1166.90] guards his own house,
[1167.20 --> 1167.90] his possessions
[1167.90 --> 1168.52] are safe.
[1169.36 --> 1169.56] Now,
[1169.60 --> 1170.00] I've wondered
[1170.00 --> 1170.66] for a long time
[1170.66 --> 1171.36] what that means.
[1172.14 --> 1172.82] The commentator
[1172.82 --> 1173.74] explained it very well
[1173.74 --> 1174.08] for me.
[1174.34 --> 1174.96] This is Satan,
[1175.04 --> 1175.40] by the way.
[1176.54 --> 1177.34] The strong man
[1177.34 --> 1177.78] is Satan.
[1178.72 --> 1179.58] But when someone
[1179.58 --> 1180.54] stronger attacks
[1180.54 --> 1181.70] and overpowers him,
[1181.96 --> 1182.74] he takes away
[1182.74 --> 1183.18] the armor
[1183.18 --> 1183.82] in which the man
[1183.82 --> 1184.22] trusted
[1184.22 --> 1185.34] and divides up
[1185.34 --> 1185.86] his plunder.
[1186.26 --> 1187.34] This is victory
[1187.34 --> 1188.38] over the enemy.
[1189.10 --> 1189.62] And Jesus is
[1189.62 --> 1191.28] using a familiar
[1191.28 --> 1192.98] Jewish illustration
[1192.98 --> 1194.30] to prove his point,
[1194.84 --> 1195.90] to express his point.
[1196.42 --> 1196.82] So,
[1196.90 --> 1197.66] it might not be
[1197.66 --> 1198.50] very applicable
[1198.50 --> 1199.10] for us.
[1199.26 --> 1200.14] We don't get
[1200.14 --> 1200.94] the same impact.
[1201.10 --> 1201.82] But for the Jews
[1201.82 --> 1202.32] listening,
[1202.32 --> 1203.08] they would have been
[1203.08 --> 1203.72] very familiar.
[1204.26 --> 1205.12] Because in other
[1205.12 --> 1206.12] Jewish texts,
[1206.60 --> 1207.42] there are similar
[1207.42 --> 1208.10] illustrations
[1208.10 --> 1210.30] of a Satanic being.
[1210.42 --> 1211.26] They use different names
[1211.26 --> 1211.92] like Beliar.
[1212.44 --> 1213.00] And today,
[1213.16 --> 1214.26] we know the name
[1214.26 --> 1214.52] of,
[1214.92 --> 1216.60] what's the name?
[1216.72 --> 1217.28] Beelzebul.
[1218.32 --> 1219.24] But whatever the name
[1219.24 --> 1219.64] may be,
[1219.72 --> 1220.80] a Satanic figure
[1220.80 --> 1221.88] is overcome
[1221.88 --> 1223.62] and the power
[1223.62 --> 1224.18] to tread
[1224.18 --> 1225.02] over evil
[1225.02 --> 1226.02] is gifted
[1226.02 --> 1226.96] to the children
[1226.96 --> 1228.80] of the great priest.
[1229.96 --> 1230.78] Sound familiar?
[1232.16 --> 1232.84] And so,
[1232.96 --> 1233.34] for the Jews
[1233.34 --> 1233.72] listening,
[1233.94 --> 1234.66] they're thinking,
[1235.00 --> 1235.56] okay, Jesus,
[1236.08 --> 1236.72] are you saying
[1236.72 --> 1237.34] then you're
[1237.34 --> 1238.20] the great priest?
[1238.20 --> 1240.40] Yes, exactly.
[1241.40 --> 1242.72] Jesus is the Messiah,
[1243.08 --> 1244.52] the great high priest,
[1244.62 --> 1245.42] it says in Hebrews,
[1245.62 --> 1246.38] that has come
[1246.38 --> 1247.44] to defeat the enemy
[1247.44 --> 1248.40] once and for all.
[1250.08 --> 1251.26] That's the illustration.
[1251.60 --> 1252.48] And it's the same point
[1252.48 --> 1253.42] that he's driving in.
[1254.22 --> 1254.64] But then,
[1255.44 --> 1257.16] this is the challenging part,
[1257.26 --> 1258.34] the second challenging part
[1258.34 --> 1259.16] from our passage.
[1260.18 --> 1261.40] With Jesus making
[1261.40 --> 1262.50] his divine identity
[1262.50 --> 1264.02] clear to his Jewish audience
[1264.02 --> 1264.90] and now to us,
[1265.86 --> 1266.64] his challenge
[1266.64 --> 1267.68] to the crowd
[1267.68 --> 1270.20] is for us
[1270.20 --> 1270.96] to become