Is Satan the ruler of this world?

[David Kent]

...Daniel 11 where these verses came from is about the conflicts between Seleucid and Ptolemaic kingdoms. Prophetically, Daniel traces these conflicts with great historical accuracy in the 11 chapter. In Daniel 11 the Seleucid King is called the king of the north and the Ptolemaic king is called the king of the south.
...But when Daniel account reaches verse 36 he (Daniel) begins to deal with the end of the present age (Tribulation). Daniel make this clear to the reader in verse 40 stating with the words "at the time of the end"
...Showing that Daniels king of the north is the same person as Paul's man of sin in 2 Thessalonians 2:3-4

No sir. Verse 36 speaks of a king who comes at the end of the Greek era. The last Greek Pharaoh was Cleopatra. Herod was an ally of Antony and Cleopatra and the ships of Chittim. the navy of Augustus, came against them and defeated them. Antony and Cleopatra died but Herod came as a supplicant to Augustus who forgave him for being on the wrong side. The god that his fathers did not know was Caesar, the god of fortresses.