Mark 3: 24 If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.

We don’t think so much in terms of kingdoms and monarchies today as in past civilizations. Implicit in the idea of monarchy is power, and often that power is absolute within its kingdom.

As Christians we recognize that there are only two kingdoms: that over which Satan seeks to rule and the Kingdom of God which we know has absolute power and wins in the end. Satan’s kingdom is directly opposed to the will of God. It is a divided kingdom which operates in our world today in leaders of all kinds of groups with differing agendas, but all corrupt the minds of men, enslave and destroy. “Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.”  (1 Peter 5:8).

The one quality Satan will not demonstrate is love. God is love and so he seeks and saves the lost, binds up the broken, heals the sick, delivers out of temptation and distress, and rewards those who follow him. He requires his followers to believe in and honor his Son Jesus Christ, clothe the naked, feed the hungry and help the helpless. Those are his kingdom principles. So if you do not yet believe in Jesus, test the nature of the kingdom to which you have pledged your allegiance.

In recent times, we have seen an explosion in evil activity from many factions of Satan’s kingdom and I was led to ponder what is going on and how to assess this activity. The Holy Spirit broke in on my contemplations:

“They are not honoring the Son. They are divided against themselves. They that are with us are more than those that are with them. I have angelic hosts, they do not. Be not deceived, they are destined to destroy each other. The Lord God is eternal, all others are mortal. It shall not ever be that the mortal should have dominion over the immortal. My children are assured of immortality. It is a consequence of their new birth, the new life they receive from me when they surrender to the Lordship of my Son. The passage of time does not negate any of my promises to my beloved ones. They shall have eternal life.”