Who is in Satan's slave market?
Every human being is in Satan's slave market, because as sons of Adam all fall short of the glory of God. Whether they know it or not, they remain there unless purchased out of that market, and their end apart from redemption is spiritual and eternal death.
Les explains that the Greek word agorazo means to buy out of the market, picturing a slave market in Paul's day in Rome. Slaves would come in, perhaps from Europe after the Roman legions brought back victims, and if they were not bought out of the slave market, the Colosseum was the end—fed to the animals, the lion. Their only hope was to be bought out. The next word used in the same analogy is set free. Les teaches that as sons of Adam falling short of the glory of God, every human being is in Satan's slave market, whether they know it or not. Unless they are purchased out of Satan's slave market, their end is pretty much the same as going to the Colosseum, only it is spiritual, eternal, and death. So the only hope is to be bought out.