Is our deliverance from the power of darkness already finished?
Yes. Scripture states that God the Father hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and this deliverance is already done—a finished transaction. He has also translated us into the kingdom of His dear Son, so believers are no longer in darkness but now in light.
Les explains from the text that God the Father has gotten everything ready so this can work. Believers have been made meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light; they are no longer in darkness but now in light. The Father hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and Les stresses that it is already done, a finished transaction. God has translated us into the kingdom of His dear Son, a position like being baptized into it or engulfed by it.
Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:
More Questions
Has God already delivered believers from darkness and brought them into the kingdom of His Son?
A believer’s deliverance from the power of darkness and translation into the kingdom of God’s Son is past tense—already accomplished—not a future event.
Are believers today already delivered from darkness and placed into God's kingdom?
God the Father has delivered believers from the power of darkness and translated them into the kingdom of His dear Son, and because these verbs are past tense, this is already accomplished for believers today.
What has God done with believers regarding the power of darkness and the kingdom of His Son?
According to Colossians 1:13, God has delivered believers from the power of darkness and translated them into the kingdom of His dear Son.