<p>1:20- see on Eph. 3:9,10.</p><p><i>Which He wrought in Christ, when He raised him from the dead and had him sit at His right hand in heaven</i>- See on :19. The same force internally at work in transforming us was at work in the resurrection of the Lord (Rom. 8:11). The Lord's resurrection thus becomes a pattern for the breaking forth of new spiritual life within us. In spiritual terms, we too are raised from the dead and exalted to heavenly places in Christ. Verse 3 has used the same phrase, in stating that we are now in &quot;heavenly places&quot; through the work and blessing of the Spirit. And 2:6 will repeat this.</p><p>The Jews strongly believed that Satan had authority over the old / current age. Their writings speak of the rulers, powers, authorities, dominions etc. of this present age as all being within the supposed system of Satan and his various demons / Angels in Heaven. In Eph. 1:20&ndash;22 Paul says that Christ is now &ldquo;above every ruler (<i>arch&ecirc;</i>), authority (<i>exousia</i>), power (<i>dunamis</i>) and dominion (<i>kuriot&ecirc;s</i>) and any name that can be named not only in this age but the age to come... All things have been put in subjection under his feet&rdquo;. Paul&rsquo;s teaching that no spiritual being can oppose the exalted Christ. He&rsquo;s using the very terms used in the Jewish writings for the rulers, powers etc. of Satan&rsquo;s supposed system. So when in 2 Cor. 4:4 Paul speaks of Satan as &ldquo;the god of this age&rdquo;, he&rsquo;s not necessarily claiming that this is now the case &ndash; rather is he merely quoting from the well known Jewish belief about this.</p>