Demons and nations

After the days of Noah, the world of man seeks its own glory. Working together they begin to build a tower to reach to the heavens and declare their own glory. In gracious response, God frustrates the plans of men to save them from doing the degree of evil they were capable of together by dividing them, separating their languages. Nations were born. 

In Deuteronomy we get a behind the scenes look at what happened here. 

When the Most High gave to the nations their inheritance,

when he divided mankind,

he fixed the borders of the peoples

according to the number of the sons of God. (32:8)  

There are some text variances of "the sons of God" but I won't discuss that here. The sons of God is a reference to fallen angels in the book of Job. 

So God divides the nations and it seems that to each nation there is perhaps an evil or demonic force represented. It makes sense doesn't it? If you have ever been on a missions trip or to a different country you can sometimes easily feel the dark presence of some satanic force. Nations are captured in large by common temptations. What you can see as a clearly spiritual force in one country maybe completely normal to someone living in that culture. 

It seems that fallen angels have:

• personality
• strength
• uniqueness
• finiteness, they are limited

So if each country has a predominate demon(s) it seems that the personality of that evil spirit will show itself more in that culture. Those living within it may not be able to recognize those traits though, they may just seem 'normal'. 

So what might be some possible characteristics of spiritual strongholds in the States?

• Comfort
• Safety
• Materialism
• Selfishness
• Productivity  and perhaps many others.

 I feel the pull towards those and it's helpful to understand the schemes of the evil one that it talks about in Ephesians 6. We are all engaged in spiritual warfare... we just may not know it and it seems like that is part of the plan.
 

Psalms 82

God has taken his place in the divine council;

in the midst of the gods he holds judgement.