Biblical Concept: Angelic Destiny
Question: In eternity
future will fallen angels be given opportunity to change their mind about
rebellion toward God?
P Holy angels versus unholy angels. (A spiritual status?)
NAS Luke 9:26 "For
whoever is ashamed of Me and My words, of him will the Son of Man be ashamed
when He comes in His glory, and the glory of the Father and of the holy
angels.
NAS Revelation 14:10 he also
will drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is mixed in full strength in
the cup of His anger; and he will be tormented with fire and brimstone in the
presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb.
P Satan the original evolutionist, expects to become
like God. This will probably be his attitude even in eternity future in the
lake of fire.
NAS Isaiah 14:14 'I will
ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.'
NAS Isaiah 29:16 You turn things
around! Shall the potter be considered as equal with the clay, That what is
made should say to its maker, "He did not make me"; Or what is formed
say to him who formed it, "He has no understanding"?
NAS Genesis 3:5 "For God
knows that in the day you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be
like God, knowing good and evil."
P Eternal judgment of Angels.
NAS 2 Peter 2:4 For if God did
not spare angels when they sinned, but cast them into hell and committed them
to pits of darkness, reserved for judgment;
NAS Jude 1:6 And angels who
did not keep their own domain, but abandoned their proper abode, He has kept in
eternal bonds under darkness for the judgment of the great day.
NAS Revelation 20:10 And the
devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and brimstone, where
the beast and the false prophet are also; and they will be tormented day and
night forever and ever.
P Miscellaneous.
NAS Hebrews 9:27 And inasmuch
as it is appointed for men to die once and after this comes judgment, (The same one
fate for angels?)
NAS Hebrews 2:14 Since then
the children share in flesh and blood, He Himself likewise also partook of the
same, that through death He might render powerless him who had the power of
death, that is, the devil; (God will not allow angelic change of mind in
eternity future, this would deny Christ’s work.)
NAS 1 John 3:8 the one who
practices sin is of the devil; for the devil has sinned from the beginning. The
Son of God appeared for this purpose, that He might destroy the works of the
devil. (God will not allow angelic
change of mind in eternity future, this would deny Christ’s work.)
NAS James 2:19 You believe
that God is one. You do well; the demons also believe, and shudder. (Satan and his fallen angels know who the God
of the Bible is and they reject Him.)