Demons, Babylon, and the Book of Daniel
The book of Daniel contains one of the most explicit biblical windows into the unseen realm. Daniel 10 pulls the curtain back on the ‘Prince of Persia’ and ‘Prince of Greece’ as real spiritual principalities over nations. That’s not fringe; it’s the ancient worldview. If you want to understand spiritual warfare in the Bible, Daniel isn’t optional.
Daniel is also the Bible’s great anti-empire text: the egomaniac emperor says, ‘Is this not great Babylon which I have built?’—and God answers by driving him into madness until he learns who really rules. Daniel’s message is terrifying to every age: the Most High gives kingdoms to whom he wills, and he will crush every globalist ‘Tower of Babel’ dream with a kingdom that doesn’t end.
Daniel 1 always bothered me: how can a Torah‑faithful young man be forced into a Babylonian school of divination, astrology, and sorcery—and come out ‘ten times better’ without being spiritually contaminated? That’s the story I had to tell: the three-year crucible the Bible skips over. In my mind it became ‘Harry Potter meets God’—a hostile training ground where obedience to Yahweh is tested at every turn.
The Gospel isn’t only private forgiveness; it’s a territorial announcement. In the resurrection and ascension, Jesus disinherits the nations from the powers that ruled them. That’s why the New Testament can talk about him humiliating the rulers and authorities—he’s reclaiming what was handed over at Babel.
Exile is God’s brutal ‘setting-things-right.’ The glory leaves the temple, and even when people return to the land there’s still a deeper exile until Messiah comes. When Jesus walks into the temple, it’s Yahweh returning to Zion—and then Jesus becomes the new temple, the eschatological temple as the body of Christ.
A great interview with Jason Bostow on Ring them Bells.
