Satan, Devil and Demons - John 12:31; 14:30; 16:11

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John 12:31; 14:30; 16:11: "Now shall the prince of this world be cast out."
Problem:: Since Jesus refers to "the prince of this world", this passage is cited to prove the personal existence of Satan.
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The J.W.'s teach that Satan was cast out of heaven in a great war in 1914. Others assert that he was cast out before the fall of Adam, but this passage squares with neither of these, for it emphasizes: "Now shall the prince of this world be cast out".
"The prince of the power of the air" is identified with sin in Eph. 2:2, 3. Notice the parallel structure: "And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins; wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, {Greek: "aion" of this "kosmos"} . . . the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience." "The prince of this world" which had nothing in Christ was sin. The outward appearances in the death of Christ were deceptive since it appeared as if he were condemned, when it was the sin which was cast out and condemned. (Rom. 8:3). This personification of sin is in the pattern of other Scriptures. Sin is compared with a master who pays wages (Rom. 6:23), a slave owner from whom men are emancipated that they might serve God (Rom. 6:17), a reigning monarch (Rom. 5:21), and as indwelling with men. (Rom. 7:17).
The world rulers (Herod and Pontius Pilate) and the chief priests were the embodiment of the "prince of this world". The latter were shortly to be "cast" from their office by the sacrificial death of Christ (his "lifting up", John 12:32).