但十2 “当那些日子，我但以理悲伤了三个七日。”

　　　　12~13 “他说，但以理啊，不要惧怕，因为从你第一日专心求明白这事，…你的言语已蒙垂听；我是因你的言语而来。但波斯国的魔君，拦阻我二十一日…。”

　　接着关于基督是神行动中之宝贵者的异象，我们看见关于空中属灵争斗的事。按照但以理十章十至十七节，波斯国的魔君阻挡受差遣的天使（他可能是大君之一）二十一日。大君之一的米迦勒，来帮助受差的天使；那天使滞留在波斯诸王那里。波斯国的魔君必定是一个邪灵，一个跟随撒但背叛神的背叛天使，受撒但委派帮助波斯。这邪灵与受差的天使争斗二十一日之久。这就是说，但以理在那些日子祷告时，空中进行着二灵之间的属灵争斗；一灵属于撒但，另一灵属于神。二者在争战，因为受差的天使（可能是加百列），受神差遣去回应但以理的祷告。米迦勒来帮助受差的天使。就如天使长米迦勒在犹大书九节那里争战；照样，他在但以理书这里也来争战。我们需要看见一个重点，就是在景物的背后正进行着属灵的争斗，这争斗不是物质的眼睛所看得见的。（但以理书生命读经，一一四页。）

　　Dan. 10:2 In those days I, Daniel, had been mourning for three full weeks.

　　12-13 And he said to me, Do not be afraid, Daniel, for from the first day that you set your heart to understand this matter…, your words were heard; and I have come because of your words. But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me for twenty-one days…

　　Following the vision concerning Christ as the precious One in God’s move, we see something regarding the spiritual struggle in the air. According to [Daniel 10:10-17], the evil prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood the sent angelic messenger, probably one of the chief princes, for twenty-one days. Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help the sent angelic messenger, and the sent messenger remained there with the kings of Persia. The evil prince of the kingdom of Persia must have been an evil spirit, a rebellious angel, who followed Satan in his rebellion against God and who was commissioned by Satan to help Persia. This evil spirit struggled against the sent angelic messenger for twenty-one days. This means that while Daniel was praying for all those days, a spiritual struggle was taking place in the air between two spirits, one belonging to Satan and the other belonging to God. They were fighting because the sent angelic messenger (he might have been Gabriel) had been sent by God in answer to Daniel’s prayer. Michael came to help the sent angelic messenger. Just as the archangel Michael fought in Jude 9, so he came in to fight here in Daniel. The crucial point we need to see is that behind the scene a spiritual struggle, a struggle not seen with physical eyes, was taking place. (Life-study of Daniel, p. 96)

　　但以理十章十八至二十一节给我们看见更多关于景象背后属灵争斗的事。天使要回去与波斯的魔君争战；而希腊（雅完）的魔君那时必要来。除了以色列的君米迦勒之外，没有帮助天使抵挡这两魔君的。“米迦勒”这名的意思是：“谁像神？”

　　在玛代王大利乌元年，天使曾起来扶助大利乌，使他坚强。（十一1。）大利乌得着这样的加强，就能以得国。…在关于以色列定命的异象揭示与但以理之前，他先看见物质景象背后之属灵景象的异象。在这属灵的景象中，基督是居首位的。这景象也包括善与恶的灵，这些灵正进行着看不见的属灵争战。

　　在这个基督的异象之后，一位天使来告诉但以理，关于物质世界背后的事情。他告诉但以理说，他自己正与波斯国的魔君—一个背叛的灵—争战。他又告诉但以理，有另一个邪灵，就是希腊（雅完）的魔君；还有天使长米迦勒，他是为以色列争战的大君。这里至少说到四个灵。

　　我们在五章看见伯沙撒如何荒淫放荡，玛代人大利乌如何在当天晚上来击败他，将他杀死。我们没有看见有一个灵为大利乌争战。十一章一节说，“我在玛代王大利乌元年，曾起来扶助他，使他坚强。”大利乌在年老时仍然强壮，因为这位天使起来扶助他，使他坚强。天使加强大利乌，使他能以击败巴比伦人，因为巴比伦帝国从神所受的托付已经完成了。伯沙撒死后，巴比伦帝国就成为玛代波斯帝国，好完成神另一个托付。

　　表面看来，这些争战仅仅是但以理二章大人像所代表之人类政权的活动；实际上，乃是神在物质世界的背后管理着整个情形。（但以理书生命读经，一一四至一一五、一○七至一○八页。）

　　参读：但以理书生命读经，第十五篇。

　　In [Daniel 10:18-21] we see more of the spiritual struggle behind the scene.

　　The angelic messenger would return to fight with the evil prince of Persia.

　　The evil prince of Greece was then about to come. No one would hold with the angelic messenger against these two evil princes except Michael, the prince of Israel. The name Michael means “Who is like God?”

　　In the first year of Darius the Mede, the angelic messenger stood up to support and strengthen Darius (11:1). Darius was strengthened in this way in order to receive the kingdom. Before the vision concerning the destiny of Israel was unveiled to Daniel, he was given a vision of the spiritual scene that is behind the physical scene. In this spiritual scene Christ is preeminent. This scene also includes both good and evil spirits, spirits that are engaged in an invisible spiritual war.

　　After this vision of Christ, an angelic messenger came to tell Daniel about the things behind the physical world. He told Daniel that he himself was fighting against the prince of the kingdom of Persia, a rebellious evil spirit. Then Daniel was told that there was another evil spirit, the prince of Greece (Javan). There was also the archangel Michael, who was a prince fighting for Israel. At least four spirits are covered here.

　　In Daniel 5 we saw how Belshazzar was indulging in debauchery and how in the same night Darius the Mede came to defeat him and kill him. We did not see that there was a spirit fighting for Darius. Daniel 11:1 says, "I, in the first year of Darius the Mede, stood up to support and strengthen him.” Darius was strong even as an old man because this heavenly messenger stood up to support him and strengthen him. The angelic messenger strengthened Darius to defeat the Babylonians because the Babylonian Empire’s commission from God had been completed. With the death of Belshazzar, the Babylonian Empire became the empire of Medo-Persia to carry out another commission for God.

　　Apparently, all of these struggles are merely the activities of human governments represented by the great human image in Daniel 2. Actually, God was behind the physical world managing the entire situation. (Life-study of Daniel, pp. 96-97, 91-92)

　　Further Reading: Life-study of Daniel, msg. 15