Verses 25-28 reveal God’s victory over Satan in the worship of God on earth, even in a Gentile kingdom, through the overcomers in the captivity of His defeated elect. Daniel’s victory over the subtlety that prohibited the faithfulness of the overcomers in the worship of God was the last step of the victory over Satan’s devices. Without these overcomers God would have been fully defeated by Satan, having nothing on earth for Himself. God had four young overcomers living in the palace day by day who were absolutely one with Him. This was a shame to Satan and a boast to God.