At Golgotha, surveilling Christ dead on His Cross,
the dreadful Prince of the power of the air, wept in selfish sorrow;
in that hour defeated, his ghastly powers diminished
to mere harrassment, debased toward his ultimate loss
when Jesus, dying, declared---one for all---It is finished.
And the Prince was cast out (a kind of metaphysical toss),
on that day . . . and today . . . and each subsequent tomorrow.
Author's Notes/Comments:
John 19:17,30; Ephesians 2:2.
On the basis of Luke 23:49, read in conjunction with Luke 4:1-13, I believe that the Devil was a witness to the Crucifixion, and bewailed his accomplished defeat. Christ's exclamation from the Cross operates, in my opinion, not only as a declaration that the work of our Salvation had been completed, but that the power of Satan was ultimately and fully defeated.