Origins: Satan and His KingdomIn the Book of Daniel, we find another example of
the double kingdom. Daniel had been fasting and
seeking God. An angel appeared to him and gave him a
revelation from God.
DANIEL 10:12,13
12 Then said he [the angel] unto me, Fear not, Daniel:
for from the first day that thou didst set thine heart to
understand, and to chasten thyself before thy God, THY
WORDS WERE HEARD, and I AM COME FOR THY
WORDS.
13 But THE PRINCE OF THE KINGDOM OF
PERSIA withstood me one and twenty days:
but, lo, Michael, one of the chief princes,
came to help me; and I remained there with
the kings of Persia.
The prince of Persia—a wicked ruler in the
heavenlies—withstood the angel of God in the
heavenlies to prevent him from getting through to
Daniel with God's message. Although the angel came
with the answer the very first day Daniel began to
make supplication, the angel said, “... the prince of the
kingdom of Persia withstood me ..." (Dan. 10:13).
The angel was talking about a battle that took place
out in the spirit world, in the heavenlies. The angel was
not referring to a man living upon the earth who
opposed him, but to a wicked ruler in the heavenlies.
On earth there was the physical, earthly kingdom of
Persia with a human prince heading up that kingdom.
But right above that kingdom in the heavenlies was a
spiritual kingdom of darkness, also called the kingdom
of Persia.
The spiritual kingdom was ruled by a wicked spirit
called the prince of Persia, and that evil spirit