Have you heard the story of the fallen angels , where they are now, and why they were cast out of heaven? Enter this post and discover all about these celestial beings who, at one time, were blessed by God.
What are the fallen angels?
It is common to find some religious differences on the subject of fallen angels ; despite this, a fallen angel is a sublime being who was expelled from heaven for having inappropriate conduct, for disobeying and having a position contrary to the commandments of God; for this reason, they were expelled from heaven by having their wings torn off.
God created the celestial group of angels, to safeguard, protect and guide humanity, which allowed to watch over, protect all men, for this God granted them free will, with understanding and freedom to work, but nevertheless, they had to continue the word and examples of God the father.
They possessed all the knowledge of the bad and the good, by this time they began to question the works of their creator, for which they fell into sin such as vanity, and lust, by rebelling before God for their actions, they were banished to hell, Far from the kingdom of heaven and from God the father.
Let's see the two most important aspects of this topic;
Bible verses about fallen angels
These angels are commonly known as demons, the holy scriptures grant the truth of this; Let's see some passages:
In Isaiah 14:12-15
"How have you fallen from heaven, oh morning star, son of the dawn! You have been struck down to the ground, you who weakened the nations. But you said in your heart: I will ascend to heaven, above the stars of God I will raise my throne, and I will sit on the mount of assembly, in the extreme north. I will ascend above the heights of the clouds, I will make myself like the Most High. "However, you have been cast down to Sheol, to the farthest reaches of the abyss"
Lucas 10: 18
And He said to them: "I saw Satan fall from heaven like lightning"
Pedro 2 2: 4
"For if God did not forgive the angels when they sinned, but cast them into hell and delivered them into pits of darkness, reserved for judgment"
Matthew 25: 41
Then he will also say to those on his left: "Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire that has been prepared for the devil and his angels."
Apocalypse 12: 7-17
{Then} there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon. And the dragon and his angels fought, but they could not win, nor was a place found for them in heaven anymore. And the great dragon was cast out, the ancient serpent called the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was cast down to earth and his angels were cast down with him.
Scriptures from the Book of Enoch and the Watchers
In Genesis 5:22-24, we find descriptions of Enoch as a righteous man; in fact, God granted him the privilege of being able to write the biblical books in his own way. He lived 365 years and disappeared into thin air because God himself willed it so.
This book recounts that there were 20 watchful leaders of the 200 fallen angels , so each one played a fundamental role in the creation of evil in humans.
The book of Enoch, chapter 7
In these scriptures, although it is not part of the canon of the Bible because it is considered an intertestamental book, the following is reported:
It did happen, that when the sons of men multiplied in those days,
beautiful and pretty daughters were born;and the Watchers, children of heaven, saw them and desired them, and said to one another:
"Let us go and choose wives from among the daughters of men and beget sons."
All and their chiefs took wives for themselves and each one chose among all and
They began to enter them and contaminate themselves with them, to teach them witchcraft,
magic and root cutting and to teach them about plants.
They became pregnant by them and gave birth to giants about three thousand cubits high.
that they were born on earth and grew according to their childhood;
and devoured the work of all the sons of men until humans no longer
They were able to supply them.So, the giants turned against the humans to kill and devour them;
and they began to sin against all the birds of the sky and against all the beasts of the
land, against the creeping things, and against the fish of the sea, and they devoured each other's flesh.
the others and drank blood.
The Nephilim
These creatures were a race of hybrid giants, the result of an unnatural union between evil fallen angels and human women ; they are called Nephilim.
In this way the fallen angels committed many more sins on earth, bringing evil to all places in the world, they instructed humanity to forge weapons to fight in wars, to kill animals, to sin with one another, there was bloodshed and death unleashed, which for the angels of heaven was a trigger and they made the decision to come down to earth and confront the banished angels.
Battle of angels and fallen angels
«And Rafael, Miguel, Sariel and Gabriel said to the Lord of the world: «You are our great
Lord, the Lord of the world, the God of gods, the Lord of lords and the King of kings; the
heavens are the throne of your glory for all the generations that have existed forever;
all the earth is the footstool before you forever, and your name is great, holy and blessed
for the whole eternity"And the Lord said to Gabriel: "Proceed against the bastards and reprobate sons of the
fornication and make the children of the Watchers disappear from among the humans and
make them enter into a war of destruction, for there will not be many days for them.
As time passed, human beings seeing themselves in such a terrible situation, because of the fallen angels, decided to acclaim God on their knees to save them from such a terrible situation, the angels from heaven Miguel, Sariel, Gabriel and Rafael go to the father begging them to be sent to do battle against the vigilantes.
the battle of angels
Miguel and Gabriel were placed at the head of the army of angels, Sariel was appointed to tell Noah about what would happen, he felt sorry and told the guards, and was protected by God, the punishment was the maximum, they would never be forgiven nor would they enter the kingdom of heaven again, they would suffer when they saw their wives and children die and they would be locked up in the depths of hell for all eternity.
The guards faced the army of angels with weapons and strength, they were equally defeated, and on their knees, unable to see heaven for shame to God and begging forgiveness hiding their faces with their hands, crying attached to the famous source of the crying that lies between Lebanon and Senir, were plunged into hell.
Knowing all that the fallen angels had lost , they were sent to a terrible place, with pillars of fire, and subjected to torture and suffering; there they remained until the end of days while they suffered for all that they had had, lost, and loved.
What is truly certain is that God has made a firm promise to send his son again to cleanse and purify the world of all that he has done, as the second coming of Christ . Dear reader, if you want to learn more about this beautiful topic, click on the link.
The most relevant fallen angels
Below we will detail the most important fallen angels:
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Lucifer – Luzbel
He was the most appreciated, most perfect and beautiful angel that God the Father created, gave him great beauty, perfection and absolute intelligence, gave him leadership power, the firm purpose of being the angel that should organize the millions of angels, he was called the prince of angels, his name means bearer of light.
He was the one who led the rebellion against God the father, to the limit of sinning in vanity pretending to be like the creator himself, led all the following angels to rise up, committing sins of lust, organized a battalion of angels, which followed him in his war, he was banished and denigrated from that moment he was recognized as a fallen angel.
The rebel
It is important to note that Lucifer considered humans inferior to all angels, for all their errors and capacities for perfection and purity, so he could not accept that the son of God could be born from the womb of a human, which caused him unbridled anger, God had to incarnate him as the best of angels and that is where his rebellion arises.
Lucifer was the fallen angel who sustained wanting to be equal to God the father, he became present as a snake to Eve, inducing her to sin from the only forbidden tree, an action that God did in order to prove his power of belief, what this The angel realized that he did not want to see the parents of humanity die, he just wanted to prove to God that he had the same power as him, that is why he managed Adam and Eve, so that they would be expelled from paradise and see them suffer without causing them death. with a poisoned fruit.
Lucifer – Luzbel
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Tamiel–Kasyade
His name means hidden power, he was the one who taught the teachings on abortion, demons and spirits, such as working with snakes, which allowed humans to see that they could be as powerful as God, they just had to be as they were indicated.
He was the 5th watcher of the fallen angels banished to hell by God.
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yekun
He was the first follower of Lucifer, his name means protector and/or defender, he commanded the other angels to follow his commands, rebel against God, and commit sins, he was in charge of teaching human beings how to read, how to write and teach them to sign.
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shamsiel
He was the watchman number 16, it is said in some scriptures that he was one of the rulers of the 4th heaven, his name is the meaning of the sun of God, when he was banished to earth he was the one who taught humans the signs of the sun, while he was in the service of God he was the guardian of the Garden of Eden.
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Semyazza
The angel that after the imminent fall of Lucifer, God appoints him as head of the army that guarded the earth, was the head of the Grigori, who rebelled against God the father, for having fallen in love with a human woman, something that is totally prohibited for the angels.
His name means he sees the name; This angel was dazzled when he saw a woman bathing in the river, he climbed to the top of Mount Hermon, there he convinced the other 199 angels to forget about the obligations given by God, and marry mortal women, and thus procreate children freely.
The rest of the angels obeyed him convinced and because they were going through the same love situation as Semyazza, and tied to it, he led them to teach him all the trades and qualities that the angels knew, and in this way they felt as powerful as Semyazza himself. God, this angel taught them the power of plants.
The 200 fallen angels took a solemn oath, approving disobedience and rebellion against God, so that the punishment would not only be for the Semyazza, but for everyone equally; from there the procreation of the beings called Nephilim was unleashed.
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Remiel – Ramiel
He was the angel in charge of guiding and orienting the dead on the path to reach God, he was condemned and banished to hell for lust, his name means the thunder of God.
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Azazel
It was the strength of God and in the writings of Enoch, he was identified as the arrogant one for God, he was in charge of imparting the teachings of the elaboration of weapons such as shields, coats, in addition to this he showed women how to adorn themselves and deceive others people with paint, that's why they dyed their hair and put on makeup.
He demonstrated the secrets of witchcraft, he led them to wickedness and impurity of hearts.
Tribute statue to the fallen angels
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Kesabel
He was the second to follow Lucifer, he did not abandon him even in his fall, he was the one who led and incited the other angels to maintain and fornicate freely with all the humans on earth.
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Gadreel or Arakiel
Right hand of Semyazza, he was one of the watchmen with the greatest power as chief, his name means the wall of God, he was the one who introduced himself to Eve and deceived her in the Garden of Eden, and taught geomancy to men.
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Sathariel
He was the 17th of the fallen angels , representing the concealment of God; his name means the dawn of God.
Other fallen angels were:
- Kokabiel
- chazaqiel
- baragiel
- Asahel
- Arm us
- batariel
- Bezaliel
- ananiel
- zaqiel
- Turiel
- Yomiel
- sariel
It should be noted with great importance that the creation of the angels was before the formation of human beings, as indicated by the following biblical verses:
Hebrews 1: 14
Are they not all ministering spirits, sent to serve those who will be heirs of salvation?
In Revelation 5 11-14 it says:
And I looked, and I heard the voice of many angels around the throne, and of the living creatures, and of the elders; and their number was millions of millions,
They said with a loud voice: The Lamb that was slain is worthy to take power, riches, wisdom, strength, honor, glory and praise.
And to all creation that is in heaven, and on earth, and under the earth, and in the sea, and to all things that are in them, I heard say: Him who sits on the throne, and the Lamb be praise, honor, glory and power, for ever and ever.
From what has been described above, we can say that there is no specific date or moment for the creation of the angels, and before the fatality of the fallen angels happened, they all belonged to the garden of paradise, they were created with a mission and a purpose in fact that each angel possessed a specific quality, and this was designed by God to be applied to human beings on earth.
The free will
God the father granted all human beings free will and so it happened with the angels and with Adam and Eve, in the same way we all must have the strength not to fall into sins, in most of the times, in more It is difficult to be good than to be bad. Angels are not exempt from this rule and/or teaching. On the contrary, they possess the necessary qualities to know what they are exposed to and what they must reject at some point.
Express Romans 5-12
Therefore, as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, so death spread to all men, because all sinned.
The angels possess the virtue of justice, mercy and procedure before God for each of his faithful servants and followers, in fact that the apostle John when he described heaven, expressed that in the abode of the Lord there will be no suffering, and in the company of the angels of heaven we will live in the paradise that the Lord has not promised.
