If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand — the principle is stated at the political level: a kingdom in civil war destroys itself. The historical examples are available in abundance in every generation. A kingdom requires internal cohesion to exercise external power; division at the center guarantees defeat. Jesus is applying a self-evident political truth to the spiritual realm: if the kingdom of darkness is fighting itself, it will fall. But Satan's kingdom is not falling through internal division — it is being destroyed from outside, by a stronger power that is binding the strong man and plundering his house.

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