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NASB | 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; |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 2 Peter 2:4 ¶ For if God did not [even] spare angels that sinned, but threw them into hell and sent them to pits of gloom to be kept [there] for judgment; |
Bible Question:
Did the devil sin before or after God created the tree of the knowledge of good and evil? Praise the Lord! Norm |
Bible Answer: The devil sinned "from the beginning." [1 John 3:8] Turn to page one in your bible, and you will see the "begining." Here God creates light, and darkness is already "over the surface of the waters." "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was moving over the surface of the waters. Then God said, "Let there be light"; and there was light." Throughout the scriptures, we see a comparison between good and evil, sin and righteousness, and light and darkness, [Mattew 6:22-23, Luke 11:34-36, John 1:5, John 1:7-9, John 3:19-21, John 8:12, and many more] and here in Genesis we see these very things manifested. We (Christians) know we are the "light of the world," and we know Satan is the "Prince" of this world. We know that this world is a fleshly world and a wicked place. Read the epistles (particularly Romans, Corinthians, and Galatians) and you will see this very thing. We shine like beacons in the dark, leading others amongst all the world (which is darkness) to the Gospel. If we consider the "beginning," and we look to it, we can see in scripture the very beginning of the premises of light and darkness, good and evil, and also, the answere to your question. Possibly. :) |