![]() Second Peter also connects it to the time of Noah. But what did they do?īoth 2 Peter and Jude compare the sin of these angels with the Sodom and Gomorrah incident, where the sin involved sexual immorality (2 Pet 2:7 Jude 7). It tells us they left their designated realm of existence and did something in another realm. These sinning angels “left their proper dwelling.” Second Peter doesn’t say they were in cahoots with Satan, or that they did anything in Eden. Jude 6 defines what 2 Peter 2:4 means by the angelic sin. Second Peter 2:4 and Jude 6 are nearly identical in their description of angels doing time, but there are differences that help us figure out “what in the spiritual world is going on.” (2 Peter 2:4)Īnd the angels who did not stay within their own position of authority, but left their proper dwelling, he has kept in eternal chains under gloomy darkness until the judgment of the great day. God did not spare angels when they sinned, but cast them into hell and committed them to chains of gloomy darkness to be kept until the judgment. ![]() But what if I told you that the only place in the New Testament that describes angels sinning does not call them demons, has no connection to Lucifer, and has them in jail? Welcome to the world of 2 Peter and Jude.įor. ![]() Most Bible study resources describe fallen angels as demons who joined Lucifer in his rebellion against God. ![]() Facebook Twitter Reddit Pinterest Email LinkedIn ![]()
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