What year was Satan banished to hell?

Answer 1

No one knows.

New Additional Information:

Actually there is a marked year and I would be happy to share that with everyone. Now, while I do expect that likely most people will disagree with me on this. However, please keep your mind open for a moment and remember that everything that I will be saying is based on The Bible. Lets go back in the time of the apostle's when they asked Jesus Christ a question at Acts 1:6: "LORD, are you restoring the kingdom to Israel at this time?"

You see here is where the apostles were eager to know when Jesus would establish his Kingdom. And of course, today, some 2,000 years later, people are still eager to know: When will God's Kingdom come?

Now since Jesus made the Kingdom the theme of his preaching, you might expect that he discussed this question that the apostle's had asked. And indeed he did! He spoke extensively about a marked period of time that he called his "presence." (Matthew 24:37) That presence is closely tied to the establishment of the Messianic Kingdom. What is this presence? Let us consider four truths the Bible reveals about the presence of Christ.

1. Christ's presence would begin a long time after his death.

You see, Jesus gave an illustration in which he likened himself to a man who "traveled to a distant land to secure kingly power," or to "secure a kingdom." (Luke 19:12) How was that prophetic illustration fulfilled? Well, Jesus died and was resurrected; then he traveled to the "distant land," that is, heaven. As Jesus foretold in a similar illustration, his return in kingly power would come only "after a long time." (Matthew 25:19)

Some years after Jesus ascended to heaven, the Apostle Paul wrote: "This man (Jesus) offered one sacrifice for sins perpetually and sat down at the right hand of God, from then on awaiting until his enemies should be placed as a stool for his feet." (Hebrews 10:12, 13) So a lengthy period of waiting followed Jesus' arrival in heaven. You see, the wait finally ended when Jehovah God made his Son the King of the long-promised Messianic Kingdom. That was when Christ's presence began. So would humans on earth see this momentous event?

2. The presence is invisible to human eyes. (also read footnote below)

Remember, Jesus discussed the sign of his presence.*(Matthew 24:3) You see, if his presence were visible to human eyes, would a sign be needed? To illustrate: Imagine that you are traveling to see the ocean. You may see road signs directing you along the way, but once you are at the shore, standing at the water's edge with the vast expanse of water stretching out to the horizon, would you expect to see a sign with a big arrow pointing ahead, emblazoned with the word "Ocean"? Of course not! Why have a sign to point out what you can easily identify with your eyes?

You see, Jesus described the sign of his presence, not to point out something that humans could see with their eyes, but to help them discern something that would occur in heaven. Thus, Jesus said: "The kingdom of God is not coming with striking observableness." (Luke 17:20)

3. Jesus' presence would be marked by a time of profound troubles here on earth.

In fact, Jesus did say that his presence as King in heaven would be marked on earth by wars, famines, earthquakes, pestilences, and lawlessness. (Matthew 24:7-12; Luke 21:10, 11) So what would cause all this misery? Well the Bible explains that Satan, "the ruler of this world," is full of rage because he knows that his time is very short now that Christ's presence as King has begun. (John 12:31; Revelation 12;9,12) You see, such visible evidence of Satan's rage and of Christ's presence has been abundant in our time.

Now especially since 1914, a year that historians acknowledge was a turning point, has this evidence appeared on an unprecedented and global scale. All of that may sound like bad news, but it is not. It just means that the Messianic Kingdom is ruling now in heaven. Very soon, that government will exercise its rule right here over all the earth. How, though, would people know about that Kingdom in order to accept its rule and become its subjects?

4. Jesus' presence is marked by a global preaching work.

So you see, Jesus said that his presence would be like "the days of Noah." (Matthew 24:37-39) Remember that Noah was more than an ark builder, he was also "a preacher of righteousness." (2 Peter 2:5) Which means that Noah warned the people of his time about a judgment from God which was on its way. So too, Jesus said that his followers on earth would be doing something similar during his presence. He prophesied this: "This good news of the kingdom will be preached in all the inhabited earth for a witness to all the nations; and then the end will come." (Matthew 24:14)

So as the Bible predicts this, that God's Kingdom will destroy soon all the governments of this world, (Read Daniel 2:44) so this preaching work continues to alert people that this heavenly government is about to act, giving all an opportunity to escape the coming destruction and become subjects of that Kingdom. The key question, then is, How will you respond?

5. Will God's Kingdom mean Good News for You?

Well the message that Jesus preached was one of incomparable hope. After the rebellion in Eden thousands of years ago, Jehovah God purposed to form a government that would set matter right, returning faithful humans to the condition that God had in mind for them from the start, which is life eternal in a paradise here on the earth. What could be more thrilling than the knowledge that this long-promised government is ruling right now in heaven? It is not some remote, abstract concept but a living reality!

Now, God's appointed King is ruling in the midst of his enemies. (Psalm 110:2) In this corrupt world alienated from God, the Messiah is fulfilling his Father's desire to search out all who want to come to know God as he really is and to worship him"with spirit and truth." (John 4:24) You see, the hope of living forever under the rule of God's Kingdom is available to people of all races, ages, and social backgrounds. (Acts 10:34, 35) So we urge you to take hold of this marvelous opportunity before you. Learn about God's Kingdom now, so that you can enjoy living under its righteous rule forever!

[Footnote for section 2]

Jesus' statement helps to correct the wrong idea conveyed in the way some Bible versions mistranslate the word "presence." Some translations render it "coming," "advent," or "return," all of which imply a momentary event in time. Notice, though, that Jesus did not liken his presence to the Flood of Noah's day, an event in time, but to "the days of Noah," a climactic period of time. Like that ancient era, Christ's presence would be a period of time during which people would be too caught up in the day-to-day affairs of life to take note of a warning being given.

Answer 2

Satan was banished before Adam and Eve and the creation of the Earth, so it was before time began.

Answer 3

he fell for nine days and nine nights, for 32 ft a second and increasing his speed every second

Answer 4

Lucifer was actually sent to help mankind in development. But since mankind was slow to development. He introduce the concept of temptation.