God's Kingdom

Dominion

• Above All Other Dominion - all of which He Created - visible and invisible
  • Deut 10:17 (ESV) For the Lord your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great, the mighty, and the awesome God...
  • Psalm 145:13 (ESV) Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and your dominion endures throughout all generations.
  • Eph 1:16-23 (ESV) ...far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and above every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to come.
  • Col 1:15-17 (ESV) ¹⁵ He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. ¹⁶ For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities — all things were created through him and for him. ¹⁷ And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together.

Residence

• Highest Heaven - everywhere seen and unseen (1 King 8:27)
• Third Heaven (2 Cor 12:2) [which implies a 1st and 2nd heaven]
• In His Children (1 John 3:24, 4:13; Rom 5:5; Eze 11:19; Acts 5:32; 2 Cor 1:22, 5:5)

Godhead (The Holy Trinity)

• God the Father, God the Son Jesus Christ, God the Holy Spirit (Matt 28:19)

Angelic Hierarchy

• Thrones (Col 1:16) [Greek: thronos]
• Dominions (Eph 1:21) (Col 1:16) [Greek: kyriotēs]
• Principalities or Rulers (Eph 1:21) (Eph 3:10) [Greek: archē]
• Powers or Authorities (Eph 3:10) (Eph 6:12) [Greek: exousia]

Other

• Seraphim (Isa 6:1-7)
• Cherubim (Gen 3:24; Exo 25:17–22; 2 Chr 3:7–14; Eze 10:12–14; Eze 28:14–16; 1 Kings 6:23–28; Rev 4:6–8)
• Archangels (1 Thes 4:16; Jude 1:9)
• Angels

Satan's Kingdom

Dominion

• Under the dominion of God (Rev 12:7-9)
• Created by God (Eze 28:13-14)
• Earth (Rev 12:7-8)
• Land (earth) and Sea (Rev 12:12)
• Heavenly Places (Eph 6:12)
• Ruler/Prince of Kingdom/Power of the Air (Eph 2:2)
• Ruler/Prince of this World (John 14:30)
• Has his own kingdom (Matt 12:26; Matt 25:41; Luke 4:5-6; Luke 10:17-19)
• Has the power of death (Heb 2:14)

Residence

• Earth (Rev 12:9,13)
• Heavenly Places (Eph 6:12) [Probably 1st & 2nd heavens (2 Cor 12:2)]

Counterfeit Godhead (Unholy Trinity)

• Spirit of Death
  • King/Father - distant, displaced or dead
• Antichrist Spirit
  • Son of the Queen and distant or deceased Father
  • Raised by Queen
  • Queen often the consort of the Son
  • Antichrist boy
• Queen of Heaven
  • Mothering Queen
  • Raises son to take Father's place after Father leaves or dies
  • Often the consort of the Son
  • Rules in place of the King/Father
  • Queen mother - Son relationship designed to blunt reality of virgin birth of Jesus
• Examples in ancient near east

Angelic Hierarchy

• Satan (Dragon, Serpent, Devil) (Rev 12:9)
  • was a guardian Cherub (Eze 28:11-19)
• Principalities or Rulers
  • Over political areas, geographical places, nations, states - i.e. Prince of Persia or Greece (Dan 10:13,20)
  • Commanded to come out from them (Rev 18:1-5; 2 Cor 6:16-19; Isa 52:11)
• Powers or Authorities
  • Blood lines of family trees - chains of authority (Eph 6:12, 1 Pet 3:22)
  • Commanded to come out from them (Rev 18:1-5; 2 Cor 6:16-19; Isa 52:11)
• Unclean spirits, evil spirits, demons
  • These are the ones Jesus "cast out"
  • These are the ones Jesus gave his followers the authority and power to "cast out" (pre-death)
    There is only one reference, post-ascension, in the New Testament of the driving out of demons by a Christian - it was through miraculous signs performed by Philip in Acts 8:7, which was performed mainly on and for the benefit of unbelievers.
    Mark 16:9-20 and specifically in v17 Jesus refers to believers (post-ascension) driving out demons - but this text is NOT considered by most scholars to be authentic. 
  • Earth bound
  • Strong desire or need to inhabit physical bodies
  • High likelihood that demons are the disembodied spirits of dead Nephilim