Christ Gives Beelzebub Dominion over Satan!
Christ gives Beelzebub dominion over Satan, forever, as recompense for taking away Adam and his sons. Beelzebub, Prince of hell, vehemently upbraids Satan for persecuting Christ and bringing him to hell. Nicodemus XVIII: 1-14 1. Then the prince of hell took Satan, and with great indignation said to him, O thou prince of destruction, author of Beelzebub’s defeat and banishment, the scorn of God’s angels and loathed by all righteous persons! What inclined thee to act thus? 2. Thou wouldst crucify the King of Glory, and by his destruction, hast made us promise of very large advantages, but as a fool wert ignorant of what thou wast about. 3. For behold that Jesus of Nazareth, with the brightness of his glorious divinity, puts to flight all the horrid powers of darkness and death; 4. He has broke down our pr...