“Jesus gained a supreme and ultimate victory over satan and his demons at both the cross and the resurrection – not just the resurrection. Of course, a dead Savior can’t save anyone. Jesus did need to rise from death and His resurrection vindicated all His claims (Rom 1:4). As Jesus bore the wrath of God for sin, neither satan nor his demons were laughing for even a moment. In fact though in the eyes of the world it was Jesus who looked like a public spectacle – a source of ridicule and scorn – yet, in the spiritual arena, Jesus was not losing, but winning, winning, winning and if we could see with spiritual eyes, it was the devil who was put to open shame. Jesus was able to say “It is finished” while still hanging on the cross (to say “paid in full”) and made the devil a public spectacle, as He cancelled all the sins of the people of God, He bore our sins in His body on the tree (1 Peter 2:24), and the Scripture reveals that the veil of the temple was torn in two on Good Friday (Matt 27:51), not resurrection Sunday, indicating that the wall of separation between God and man had been forever broken down. The cross of Jesus Christ was the consummate victory, and not a defeat in any way at all, and all the demonic host knew it! Though the serpent bruised His heel, Jesus crushed the serpent’s head (fulfilling Gen 3:15)! Hallelujah!”