
This is clear from Dan. 10:13-21 where Gabriel says that the satanic rulers of Persia held him captive for three weeks. He states, “now I will return to fight with the prince of Persia [the fallen angel that ruled Persia for Satan]: and when I am gone forth, lo, the prince of Grecia shall come.” He further reveals that when Babylon was overthrown he had helped Michael to overthrow it (Dan. 10:21–11:1). He speaks of Michael as being the special prince of God over Israel (Dan. 12:1). These and other Scriptures, such as Heb. 1:14; Mt. 18:10, show that there are angels over governments and even over individuals, who minister to them and seek to rule their lives. When God gets ready to overthrow a government on Earth to fulfill His prophetic Word, His angels have to overthrow Satan’s rulers of these kingdoms and then men will carry out the result on Earth.
Finis J. Dake, God’s Plan for Man, (Lawrenceville, GA: Dake Publishing, Inc., 1949), 75.
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