The bible presents the challenges and choices of Abraham when it came to trusting the promises of God, believing in hope, hoping against hope and being persuaded that God had power to do what was promised, remains the curriculum for our own walk of hope.
And when the thousand years are ended, Satan will be released from his prison and will come out to deceive the nations that are...
James conveys the idea that only when we submit to God will the devil "flee from you" as we are then committed to God ...
Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.