Angels and Women (1924)

APPENDIX 251
ye not that we shall judge angels?" (1 Corinthians
6:3) It is doubtless true of the repentant angels and
of the holy angels, as it is with men, that if they resist
the devil he will flee from them.
The Scriptures show us that human hope rests in the
fact that a ransom price was provided for Adam and
for all who lost life in him, but what is the basis of
hope for the fallen angels ? Did our Lord Jesus die
for them? We are not so informed.
The angels were not under condemnation to death,
hence needed not to be redeemed from death. The
angels were condemned to restraint and confinement
until the day of trial, when God will judge both men
and angels. (Acts 17:31) We are assured that "’it
pleased the Father, . having made peace
through the blood of the cross, by him to reconcile all
things out of harmony unto himself, . . . whether
they be things in earth, or things in heaven."--Colossians
1:20.
NOTE 23. (See page 176)
If the introduction of steeds of fire should appear
to any person as too fanciful, we may refer to the
Scriptures. "There appeared a chariot of fire. and
horses of fire, and parted them both asunder.’; (2
Kings 2:11) "The Lord will come with fire, and with
his" chariots" like a whirlwind, to render his anger,, with
fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire.----Isaiah
66:15.
NOTE
24. (See page 198)
Our Lord, too, corroborates the account of the
Flood. "As the days of Noah were, so shall also the
coming of the Son of man be." (Matthew 24:37-39)
See STUDIES IN THE SCRIPTURES, Vol. II.
page 162; Vol. IV, page 606.