►Sunday, Feb 23, 2014||END TIME SERIES Part Ten►Daniel 10
WARFARE: SPIRITUAL OPPOSITION (Daniel 10:10-21).
NOTE: Whatever Happens in the Physical Realm, Happens in Spiritual Realm First. There are super demonic spirits satan has assign to countries/nations/cities & presidents/heads of states/kings etc. Our Enemies are not fellow human Beings; Our enemies are Demonic forces that are not Identified with Natural Sense.
In Chapter 6, we learned it was Daniel's style; Praying 3 times a day. But what was the content of his prayer? The king Decreed to prevent Daniel from praying to his God. Yet he was not moved; the king sent him into Lions' Den, yet he kept on praying 3times a day. In Chapter 10, we learned yesterday it was the burden Daniel had abt God's Name which many heathen people disregarded, the Rebuilding of the City of Jerusalem & the Temple that made Daniel pray 3 times a day. In Chapter 10 here, Daniel specifically declared a 3-Week/21-Day Pray, Fasting & Mourning. Daniel was still serving kings of Medo-Persian Empire whilst some of the Jews had been sent back to Jerusalem to Rebuild the City & the Temple. They started laying the foundation but was halted. It was for this reason that he embarked on the 3-Week/21-Day Pray, Fasting & Mourning, though he was then 90yrs. Incredible! Many Christians haven't reached even age 50, yet they give flimsy excuses for not fasting. Daniel didn't get the answer until after 20Days (i.e on the 21st Day or the Last Day of his prayer, fasting & morning).
In Daniel 9:21-23, learned that God loved Daniel so much so that the prayers & supplications he made to God, the answer was given to Gabriel to bring it to Daniel the first day. In fact, the Angel confirms it in Daniel 10:12 that the answer was granted & he, Angel Gabriel, was bringing it to Daniel the very day he started the prayers, fasting and mourning. SO WHY DID THE ANSWER DELAY? IT WAS THE WORK OF DEMONIC FORCE (Spiritual Opposition). Daniel 10:13 says that THE PRINCE OF THE KINGDOM OF PERSIA WITHSTOOD ANGEL GABRIEL FOR 20 DAYS. This prince of Persia is not the son of a king from Persia; It was a Demonic spirit satan has assigned to Persian kingdom. Now these are THREE vital lessons we should learn;
1. satan has assigned superior demonic forces to every country, kingdom, political head (king, president, head of state). These spirits controls (or at least, have the duty of controlling) these nations and their leaders. The spirits are to Resist the Work & Will of God for His people so the spirits work to spiritually prevent the Will of God happening on earth, even as the nations & the leaders they control also act in a way which are Anti-God. That is why Jesus said we should pray for God's WILL TO BE DONE ON EARTH, AS IT IS IN HEAVEN (Matthew 6:9-13)
2. Never Give Up, when you don' get answer to your prayer, instantly. A lot of things happen when we pray. If it is truly according to the Will of God, without selfish interest, with a pure heart, then three things happen. God will say (i) U have a genuine concern but I will not grant it to U else U will backslide (ii) I have heard your prayer but wait for a while & (ii) Yes, I have heard your prayer; Receive your answer. In Daniel 10, the (iii) was the answer God gave -- the very fisrt day Daniel started the 21-Day fasting. But the superior demon, prince of persia, whom satan has assigned to the Persia (or Medo-Persian) kingdom/empire had a warfare with Gabriel. So for 20days, Gabriel and that demonic spirit were fighting. What would have happened if Daniel had given up before the 21 days were over? Of course, Angel Gabriel might have returned to God with the answer, and Daniel's prayer would have remained Unanswered. Keep on praying, for the weapons of our warfare are not carnal. We don' use insult, gun- not even nuclear weapon-- But Prayer, Faith & the Word of God through Fasting, even as we ware the whole armor of God (2 Corinthians 10:4, Ephesians 6:10-18). Again, there are demonic spirits that satan has tasked to bring God's people down. The higher your task/calling is, the mightier the demon satan assigns to U. That's why we're told that we are not wrestling against flesh & blood, but of principalities & spiritual wickedness (Ephesians 6:12). It was the persistent pray of Daniel that moved God to send a reinforcement, Angel Michael, to release Gabriel to bring the answer.
(3) Anything that happens physically happens spiritually first. Before Christ died on the Cross in the New Testament, the Bible had already given us a shadow of His death in the Old Testament first (The Lamb who was killed and the Skin used to cloth Adam & Eve; The Bronze Serpent Moses Erected on the Tree to heal those who were bitten by snakes due to their sins; etc) In the same way, if the King halted the Rebuilding of the City of Jerusalem & the Temple; if some enemies of the Jews resisted them from REBUILDING, then we must discern & know that evil spirits might have caused it in the spiritual realm first. This is what we must know & do: Human beings are not our enemies. Our enemies are demonic spirits who controls human beings. The boss who hates U; the tenant or landlord who always fights with U without a reasonable cause; the guy who accuses U falsely-- they are not your enemies. Your enemies are satan & his demonic spirits. If U are a Winner in the Spiritual Realm, U will be a Winner in the Physical realm. The spiritual realm dictates to the physical realm.
So, after delivering the answer to Daniel & telling him what were to happen in future, Angel Gabriel went back. But he made a remarkable statement: He said when he is gone, the prince of Grecia would come. It means that, of course, the Medo-Persian kingdom would fall & the kingdom of Greece would emerge with satan assigning a demon to control the kingdom & its king.
May God grant us understanding and power to live victoriously; first in spiritual realm & second in the physical realm. Amen! If God permits, we shall tackle Daniel Chapter 11 tomorrow.
Samuel Kwasi Forkuo
ALL GLORY TO GOD
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