Bible Question:
Look at the 2 following verses, then answer the questions below. 2 Pet. 2:4 For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment; Jude 1:6 And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day Concerning angels the Bible says 1. they sinned 2. did not keep their first estate (position of authority in some in another version) 3. left their habitation (home in another version) 4. were cast down to hell 5. they are in chains awaiting judgement. My questions are; 1. What caused them to sin? 2. Where was this habitation mentioned? 3. Are they still in chains awaiting judgement? New Creature |
Bible Answer: As you may or may not be aware, the original text of the Bible did not have chapter and verse divisions, nor did it contain punctuation...all of that was added later. I believe that this portion of scripture (in Jude) that you are questioning is actually mis-divided and that the first part of verse 6 actually is the end of the thought in verse 5. The "angels" (aka..."messengers") that Jude speaks of are Moses and Aaron and those who "kept not their first estate" refers back to the well documented story about the rebellion of Korah [see Numbers 16:1-40] which Jude's readers would have known well...and which he alluded too again in vs. 11. If you read the story those who were associated with Korah and rebelled against God's messengers eventually, just as Jude references, were quite literally swallowed up by the earth and are thenceforth held in the darkness until judgement. It's quite an interesting story. Translated properly, the greek text should read something like this: (5) I want to remind you -- though you once knew this -- how the sovereign Lord, after delivering the people out of the land of Egypt, later destroyed those who did not believe His messengers. (6) They who were not satisfied with the positions they were first given, but left their assigned office, He has kept in constant chains of darkness until the great judgment day. |