“In his atonement Jesus destroyed the power of sin, yet sin will cling to us until his return. He has destroyed Satan in principle, but this victory will not be consummated until the Lord’s return. Oscar Cullmann compares this to the distinction between D-day and V-day in World War II. On D-day Allied troops entered France, in principle dooming the Third Reich. But it took many months of bitter fighting before the Nazis surrendered on V-day, victory day. The cross was like D-day, and Jesus’ return will be like V-day. We live between the times, always in the tension of the already but not yet; and during that time there are many battles to be fought.”

– John Frame, Salvation Belongs To The Lord (Phillipsburg, NJ: Presbyterian and Reformed, 2006), 311.