An Angel From Heaven
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New American Standard Bible But even if we, or an angel from heaven, should preach to you a gospel contrary to what we have preached to you, he is to be accursed! King James Bible But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed. Christian Standard Bible But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to what we have preached to you, a curse be on him!
Contemporary English Version I pray that God will punish anyone who preaches anything different from our message to you! It doesn't matter if that person is one of us or an angel from heaven. Good News Translation But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel that is different from the one we preached to you, may he be condemned to hell!
Holman Christian Standard Bible But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel other than what we have preached to you, a curse be on him! International Standard Version But even if we or an angel from heaven should proclaim to you a gospel contrary to what we proclaimed to you, let that person be condemned! NET Bible But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be condemned to hell!
New Heart English Bible But even though we, or an angel from heaven, should proclaim to you a "good news" other than that which we preached to you, let him be cursed.
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New American Standard But even though we, or an angel from heaven, should preach to you a gospel contrary to that which we have preached to you, let him be accursed. Jubilee Bible But even if we, or an angel from heaven, were to preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be anathema. American King James Version But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel to you than that which we have preached to you, let him be accursed.
American Standard Version But though we, or an angel from heaven, should preach unto you any gospel other than that which we preached unto you, let him be anathema. Douay-Rheims Bible But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach a gospel to you besides that which we have preached to you, let him be anathema. Darby Bible Translation But if even we or an angel out of heaven announce as glad tidings to you [anything] besides what we have announced as glad tidings to you, let him be accursed.
English Revised Version But though we, or an angel from heaven, should preach unto you any gospel other than that which we preached unto you, let him be anathema. Webster's Bible Translation But though we, or an angel from heaven, should preach any other gospel to you than that which we have preached to you, let him be accursed. The text refers to "the Grigori, who with their prince Satanail rejected the Lord of light". The Grigori are identified with the Watchers of 1 Enoch. Most sources quote 2 Enoch as stating that those who descended to earth were three, [32] but Andrei A.
Orlov, while quoting 2 Enoch as saying that three went down to the earth, [33] remarks in a footnote that some manuscripts put them at or even myriads. Apocalypic Literature and Testaments edited by James H. Charlesworth, manuscript J—taken as the best representative of the longer recension—has "and three of them descended" p.
Chapter 29, referring to the second day of creation before the creation of human beings , says that "one from out the order of angels" [34] or, according to other versions of 2 Enoch, "one of the order of archangels" [35] or "one of the ranks of the archangels" [36] "conceived an impossible thought, to place his throne higher than the clouds above the earth, that he might become equal in rank to [the Lord's] power. And [the Lord] threw him out from the height with his angels, and he was flying in the air continuously above the bottomless.
Similar to The first Book of Enoch, they taught sorcery on earth, causing corruption. The Book of Jubilees refers to the Watchers, who are among the angels created on the first day. Afterwards, he becomes their leader:. Unlike in The first Book of Enoch, although the existence of supernatural evil is affirmed, evil is not introduced first by the fall of angels.
Further, the fallen angels and demons seem to have no power independent from God but only act within his framework. Although the concept of fallen angels developed from early Judaism during the Second Temple period , rabbis from the second century onwards turned against the Enochian writings, probably in order to prevent fellow Jew from worship and veneration of angels, but also to belittle the angels as a class and emphasize the omnipresence of God.
Yohai cursed everyone who explained the Sons of God as angels. He states, Sons of God were actually sons of judges or sons of nobles. Evil was no longer attributed to heavenly forces, now it was dealt as an "evil inclination" yetzer hara within humans.
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In some midrashim the "evil inclination" is attributed to Samael , who is in charge of several accuser angels. The reacceptance of fallen angels in midrashic discourse was probably influenced by circulation of fallen angels in Islamic lore. The idea of fallen angels is taken into account in the aggadic-midrashic work Pirke De-Rabbi Eliezer. The first fall of angels is attributed to Samael. Accordingly, Samael refused to worship Adam and objected God favoring him over the angels.
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Thereupon he descends to Adams abode and tempt him into sin. While the first fall of angels, probably rooted in the motif of the fall of Iblis in the Quran and the fall of Satan in the Cave of Treasures , the second fall of angels echos the Enochian narratives. Again the "sons of God" mentioned in Gen 6: During their fall, their "strength and stature became like the sons of man" and again they gave existence to the giants by intercourse with human woman.
Although not fallen , evil angels, such as Samael, who also appeared in reference to the Enochian fallen angels, reappear in Kabbalah. Origen and other Christian writers linked the fallen morning star of Isaiah The Book of Revelation tells of "that ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world", being thrown down to the Earth together with his angels. In verses 7—9, Satan is defeated in the War in Heaven against Michael and his angels: Christian tradition has applied to Satan not only the image of the morning star in Isaiah Rabbinic literature saw these two passages as in some ways parallel, even if it perhaps did not associate them with Satan, and the episode of the fall of Satan appears not only in writings of the early Church Fathers and in apocryphal and pseudepigraphic works, but also in rabbinic sources.
During the period immediately before the rise of Christianity , the intercourse between the Watchers and human women was often seen as the first fall of the angels. Christianity stuck to the Enochian writings at least until the third century. According to the Church Fathers who accepted this doctrine, these angels were guilty of having transgressed the limits of their nature and of desiring to leave their heavenly abode to experience sensual experiences. The wicked angels who will share in Satan's fate are the angels who sinned with the women before the Flood, who, far from being locked away to do further mischief, are no other than the troublesome Principalities and Powers of the Deutero-Pauline apistles and-believe it or not- are also the Gods of the Pagans.
Accordingly, pagan deities were regarded as fallen angels or their demonic offspring in disguise. Justin also held them responsible for Christian persecution during the first centuries. The Fall of Lucifer probably finds its earliest identification with a fallen angel in Origen , [70] [71] based on an interpretation of Isaiah This description was interpreted typologically as an angel in addition to its literal application to a human king: By the third century, Christians began to reject the Enochian literature.
The sons of God became identified merely with righteous men, more precisely with descendants of Seth who had been seduced by women descended from Cain.
The cause of evil was shifted from superior powers to humans themselves, and to the very beginning of history; the expulsion of Satan and his angels on the one hand and the original sin of humans on the other hand. Others denied any physical relation to material elements, depicting the fallen angels as purely spiritual entities. Augustine, in his Civitas Dei , divided the world into two Civitates: Two societies distinct from each other and opposed to each other like light and darkness. On the other hand, the heavenly city is inhabited by righteuous men and the angels led by God.
Accordingly, the inhabitants of the earthly city can only operate within their God-given framework.
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The obedient angels are endowed with grace , giving them a deeper understanding of God's nature and the order of the cosmos. Illuminated by God-given grace, they became incapable to feel any desire to sin. The other angels, however, were not blessed with grace, thus they remained capable to sin.
Angels have greater power than humans and they exist in heaven, or the spirit realm. What else does the Bible say about angels? What about guardian angels?. In Abrahamic religions, fallen angels are angels who were expelled from Heaven . The term "fallen angel" appears neither in the Bible nor in other Abrahamic.
After these angels decided to sin, they fell from heaven and became demons. Like Catholicism, Eastern Orthodox Christianity shares the basic belief in fallen angels as spiritual beings who rebelled against God. Unlike Catholicism, there is no established doctrine about the exact nature of fallen angels, but Eastern Orthodox Christianity unanimously agrees that the power of fallen angels is always inferior to God. Therefore, belief in fallen angels can always be assimilated with local lore, as long it does not break basic principles.
As in Catholicism, fallen angels tempt and incite people into sin, but mental illness is also linked to fallen angels. Together with demons, they continue to cause sin and corruption on earth. Like Catholisicm, Protestantism continues the concept of fallen angels as merely spiritual entities, [77] however it rejects angelology established by Catholicism.
Martin Luther 's sermons of the angels recount the exploits of the fallen angels rather than dealing with an angelic hierarchy. According to Zanchi, the angels rebelled when the incarnation of Christ was revealed to them in incomplete form.
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In 19th-century Universalism , Universalists such as Thomas Allin [97] claimed that Clement of Alexandria , Origen , and Gregory of Nyssa taught that even the Devil and fallen angels will eventually be saved. The concept of fallen angels is well known in Islam.
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The Quran mentions the fall of Iblis in several Surahs. However, the latter angels did not accompany Iblis. Fallen angels work in entirely different ways in the Quran and Tafsir. In a Shia narrative from Ja'far al-Sadiq , Idris Enoch met an angel, which the wrath of God fell upon, and his wings and hair were cut off; after Idris prayed for him to God, his wings and hair were restored.
In return they become friends and at his request the angel took Idris to the Heavens to meet the angel of death. Thus, the Quran may refer not to the earthly Ezra, but to the heavenly Ezra, identifying him with the heavenly Enoch, who in turn became identified with the angel Metatron also called lesser YHWH in merkabah mysticism.
Fallen angels Angels in Christianity Christian terminology. But although the different types of spirits in the Quran are sometimes hard to distinguish, the jinn in Islamic traditions seem to differ in their major characteristics from that of fallen angels. As they fall, the angels become demons. The angels protesting in 2: Further Azazel is blamed for the corruption of earth:. And all the people shall answer and say, Amen… accursed. Legends of the Fire Spirits:
The Quran repeatedly tells about the fall of Iblis. According to Surah 2: After the command, only Iblis refused to follow the instruction. When God asked for the reason behind Iblis' refusal he boasted himself superior to Adam, because he was made of fire , thereupon God expelled him from heaven.
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In the early Meccan period , Iblis appears as a degraded angel.