Prisoners in a palace

Except from RZIM blog [ link: A Slice of Infinity ]

In the Gospel of Luke, Jesus gives a fascinating description of the condition of people since the Fall: "For when Satan, who is completely armed, guards his palace, it is safe—until someone who is stronger attacks and overpowers him, strips him of his weapons, and carries off his belongings" (Luke 11:21-22, NLT).

Humankind, he insists, is like a great number of people in a huge palace. The palace is controlled by a mighty prince who is heavily armed. It is large and has many distractions to entertain its prisoners, keeping them from considering their predicament. To all intents and purposes they believe that they are totally free—except in those rare reflective moments when they realize that something is wrong with the world. In the confines of the palace, misery, guilt, fear, confusion, and disappointment stalk them. In reality they have never tasted true liberty.

Cool... Kinda makes us special agents, saving the prisoners from within the palace... :)