Angels and Women (1924)

APPENDIX 251ye not that we shall judge angels?" (1 Corinthians6:3) It is doubtless true of the repentant angels andof the holy angels, as it is with men, that if they resistthe devil he will flee from them.The Scriptures show us that human hope rests in thefact that a ransom price was provided for Adam andfor all who lost life in him, but what is the basis ofhope for the fallen angels ? Did our Lord Jesus diefor them? We are not so informed.The angels were not under condemnation to death,hence needed not to be redeemed from death. Theangels were condemned to restraint and confinementuntil the day of trial, when God will judge both menand angels. (Acts 17:31) We are assured that "’itpleased the Father, . having made peacethrough the blood of the cross, by him to reconcile allthings out of harmony unto himself, . . . whetherthey be things in earth, or things in heaven."--Colossians1:20.NOTE 23. (See page 176)If the introduction of steeds of fire should appearto any person as too fanciful, we may refer to theScriptures. "There appeared a chariot of fire. andhorses of fire, and parted them both asunder.’; (2Kings 2:11) "The Lord will come with fire, and withhis" chariots" like a whirlwind, to render his anger,, withfury, and his rebuke with flames of fire.----Isaiah66:15.NOTE 24. (See page 198)Our Lord, too, corroborates the account of theFlood. "As the days of Noah were, so shall also thecoming of the Son of man be." (Matthew 24:37-39)See STUDIES IN THE SCRIPTURES, Vol. II.page 162; Vol. IV, page 606.