Why can't fallen angels repent

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Why Love Omnipotent will bring all sinners to repentance & salvation, even fallen angels:

1) He is Love & Omnipotent.

2) The alternatives, annihilation & endless tortures are beneath Him. He is more classy than that.

3) The Bible tells me so. See Col.1:16,20; Phil.2:9-11; 1 Cor.15:28; Rev.5:13, etc.
 

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God is love but what X-Files fails to forget is that god is also a god of justice
 
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Nothing there proves fallen angels can't repent.

The article says:


First, there is no reason to believe fallen angels would repent if given an opportunity.

Actually there is. See the Bible passages i referred to earlier in this thread, post #2.


In fact, the example Jesus gives of a wandering unclean spirit reveals the opposite: "When the unclean spirit has gone out of a person, it passes through waterless places seeking rest, but finds none. Then it says, 'I will return to my house from which I came.' And when it comes, it finds the house empty, swept, and put in order. Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they enter and dwell there, and the last state of that person is worse than the first" (
Matthew 12:43-45).


Nothing there implies fallen angels will never repent.
 

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Your a very IGNORANT Christian
 
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Second, no sacrifice was planned to redeem the sins of fallen angels.

Actually Jesus' sacrifice was planned to redeem fallen angels. The Bible says:

Col.1:16 For by Him all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things have been created through Him and for Him.

20 and through Him to reconcile all things to Himself, having made peace through the blood of His cross; through Him, I say, whether things on earth or things in heaven.



Scripture only teaches that Christ came to die as a sacrifice for the sins of people.
Hebrews 2:14–17 makes clear, "Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood, he himself likewise partook of the same things, that through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil, and deliver all those who through fear of death were subject to lifelong slavery. For surely it is not angels that he helps, but he helps the offspring of Abraham. Therefore he had to be made like his brothers in every respect, so that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in the service of God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people."


That translation merely implies that angels are not presently being "help[ed]", not that they never will be or can't be. Besides it makes no reference to demons (assumed to be fallen angels), but to angels. And the Greek word translated "destroy" can also mean "make idle:

https://biblehub.com/greek/2673.htm

This may be a better translation :

14Seeing, then, the children have partaken of flesh and blood, he himself also in like manner did take part of the same, that through death he might make idle him having the power of death — that is, the devil — 15and might deliver those, whoever, with fear of death, throughout all their life, were subjects of bondage, 16for, doubtless, of messengers it doth not lay hold, but of seed of Abraham it layeth hold,

Romans 5:6 says, "For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly."


Of course fallen angels are "ungodly".
 

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as far as I know ..... there is NO repentance for the fallen angels after their fall from the presence of god , just as there is NO repentance for humans who die in their sins after their death
 
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Such weak & stupid remarks there. I've refuted all that before & will do so again, point for point, in this thread.

Stay tuned.

To conclude with the OP's final point:

"Third, fallen angels, including Satan, were previously already in God's presence (Ezekiel 28:14). In their rebellion, they were judged with being removed from eternity with God. Instead of being given an opportunity to repent during their lifetime, angels do not die. Those "elect angels" (1 Timothy 5:21) remained faithful while the fallen angels did not.

What does it mean that there are elect angels? God apparently has chosen some angels He knew would not rebel against Him while others He knew would rebel. He has made no provision for these fallen angels to be redeemed. Humans have the opportunity to repent because of Jesus Christ. Fallen angels have no such mediator who has made a way for them to be redeemed.


The Bible doesn't say they were "judged with being removed from eternity with God".

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He has made no provision for these fallen angels to be redeemed." Wrong. See Col.1:16,20.

In conclusion, the OP's article has failed to make it's point. I've also shown from the Bible that it is wrong.

 

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Because they were present with God, saw Him, knew him a million times more "accurately" than we do. We rely on faith, which is tough. Angels did not need faith.
 

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You want to do what you want to do and you are trying to mold God into your likeness, i.e. you are trying to convince yourself that he will forgive you without any effort on your part. You are very concerned about the afterlife.
 

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You want to do what you want to do and you are trying to mold God into your likeness, i.e. you are trying to convince yourself that he will forgive you without any effort on your part. You are very concerned about the afterlife.

The fag should be
 
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You want to do what you want to do and you are trying to mold God into your likeness, i.e. you are trying to convince yourself that he will forgive you without any effort on your part. You are very concerned about the afterlife.

Now you are just making stuff up out of your own imagination with no evidence, no quotes of anything i've said to back up your words, and no reasoning or logic to support your claims. You actually speak as if you know me, but it's obvious you don't (after all, how could you) & i know for a fact you are wrong. Which destroys your credibility here.

The fag should be

Not a fag, i.e. homosexual.

Another person with no credibility. And a constant liar.
 
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If an eternal hell existed, it is God's choice to send people to hell and his choice alone, not their choice. Nobody says "I choose & want to suffer endless torments in hell, please send me there, God." God could be merciful & save them from such an unbelievably horrific & sadistic future by simply annihilating them out of existence. Then God wouldn't have to send anyone to "hell" let alone an endless hellish existence of torments. So your doctrine of God makes Him into a sicko sadistic monster worse than all the serial killers of history combined.

Moreover, God could choose to send unrepentant sinners to another place rather than that "hell" (the fiery lake) of endless torments. For example, He could send them somewhere where they wouldn't be allowed to harm anyone else & where they could spend eternity enjoying pleasures much like they did while alive on earth.

So even under the assumption that God chooses to send people to an endless lake of fire to be tormented forever based on how they lived during a brief lifetime, that choice is on God, not human beings. Because God had at least 3 alternatives to sending anyone to endless sufferings in hell. In addition to the two i stated above, He could have sent the unrepentant to a "hell" where they are corrected & eventually saved so they may join others in heaven. To fail to do so implies your God's love has an expiry date like a carton of milk or He is impotent to save (so He is not Omnipotent as Scripture says), or He doesn't want to save those in "hell", in which case He is not loving or good but a sicko sadistic monster.

Furthermore to bring endless sufferings on anyone for the relatively momentary sins of a lifetime is extremely unjust. Additionally, it is also pointless. Is it supposed to bring God glory or illicit praise from the saints in heaven. Quite the opposite.
 

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Looks like my logic is at least somewhat correct. You are molding God into what you want (need) Him to be, so you can live the way you want to here on earth, and in case you fail the test the first time, another chance will be given to you; a test that will be easy to pass because then you will know all the answers. I for one hope you're right, but I'm terrified of putting all my eggs into that basket. Eternity is a long time.
 

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X-Files is WRONG ..... hell exists for the fallen angels & humans that do not accept his sons sacrifice at Calvary . his idea that God is going to save everyone in the end anyway is INSANE ..... NOWHERE does the bible teach that .
 

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