The exercising of Christ’s power over Satan had the effect of restoring to wholeness God’s creation that had become demented, twisted, distorted, and corrupted by Satan. When Jesus cast out demons, healed the blind, made the lame walk, restored health, and raised the dead, he demonstrated that his purpose was to restore, renew and re-create his universe. In order to re-create the creation, it was first necessary for Christ to dethrone that power which was distorting the creation.
-Robert Webber, Ancient-Future Faith: Rethinking Evangelicalism for a Postmodern World (Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 1999), 50.