Meaning of FALLEN ANGELS

(A) We read of angels who "kept not their own dignity," but left their own habitation, and are kept, under darkness, in eternal chains for the judgment of the great day (Jude 6).

God did not forgive the angels who sinned (2 Pet. 2:4). They cannot benefit from the redemptive work of Christ (Heb. 2:16).

There seem to be two reasons for this: those angels who have sinned have done so in the full light of God, and are totally responsible for a voluntary and arrogant apostasy, not having been born like us in sin within the solidarity of the human race; It is also within the solidarity of the human race that Christ entered, in grace and perfection, so the benefit of his redemption extends to this solidarity human race, and not outside it, and also to that which is under man. , the same creation, which will be restored (Rom. 8:21).

The nature of their sin can be discussed in Genesis (Gen. 6:2), which would also remain a memory in the mythologies of the Greeks and other peoples, with the unions between gods and women, from whom demigods, "men, were born." of renown.

His punishment and that of Sodom and Gomorrah are set as an example against indulgence in the flesh and contempt for authority (2 Peter 2:10; Jude 6-8).

(B) In addition to the above who are kept in chains, we read of angels related to Satan.

The great Dragon and his angels will be subdued by Michael and his angels and cast out of heaven (Rev. 12:9). The lake of fire, or Gehenna, has been specially prepared for the devil and his angels.

Unfortunately, many men will also be thrown there (Mt. 25:41). Abaddon or Apollyon is the name of "the angel of the abyss" (Rev. 9:11).

Certain passages of Scripture (Is. 14:12-16; Ezek. 28:14-19) may shed some light on the fall of Satan, but it is not revealed whether the fall of those called "his angels" » was due to the same cause and whether it was at the same time or not.

The Scripture shows very clearly that all of them will be defeated and eternally punished.