Jude 1:6

And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day. (2 Peter 2:4.) KEPT NOT THEIR FIRST ESTATE. Vulgate [ heauton (G1438) archeen (G746)], 'their own principality,' which the fact of angels being elsewhere called "principalities" favours: 'their own' implies that, not content with the dignity once for all assigned to them under the Son of God, they aspired higher. Alford thinks Genesis 6:2 is alluded to; not the fall of the devil and his angels, as he thinks "giving themselves over to fornication...

6._And the angels_. This is an argument from the greater to the less; for the state of angels is higher than ours; and yet God punished their defection in a dreadful manner. He will not then forgive our perfidy, if we depart from the grace unto which he has called us. This punishment, inflicted on the inhabitants of heaven, and on such superior ministers of God, ought surely to be constantly before our eyes, so that we may at no time be led to despise God’s grace, and thus rush headlong into destruction. The word ἀρχὴ in this place, may be aptly taken for _beginning _as well as for _principality _or _dominion_. For Jude intimates that they suffered punishment, because they had despised the goodness of God and deserted their first vocation. And there follows immediately an explanation, for he says that they had _left their own habitation_; for, like military deserters, they left the s

5-7 Outward privileges, profession, and apparent conversion, could not secure those from the vengeance of God, who turned aside in unbelief and disobedience. The destruction of the unbelieving Israelites in the wilderness, shows that none ought to presume on their privileges. They had miracles as their daily bread; yet even they perished in unbelief. A great number of the angels were not pleased with the stations God allotted to them; pride was the main and direct cause or occasion of their fall. The fallen angels are kept to the judgment of the great day; and shall fallen men escape it? Surely not. Consider this in due time. The destruction of Sodom is a loud warning to all, to take heed of, and flee from fleshly lusts that war against the soul, 1 Peter 2:11. God is the same holy, just, pure Being now, as then. Stand in awe, therefore, and sin not,...

Verse Jude 1:6. _THE ANGELS WHICH KEPT NOT THEIR FIRST ESTATE_] την εαυτωναρχην _Their own principality_. The words may be understood of their having invaded the office or dignity of some others, or of their having by some means forfeited their own. This is spoken of those generally termed the _fallen angels_; but _from what they_ _fell_, or _from what cause_ or _for what crime_, we know not. It is generally thought to have been pride; but this is mere conjecture. One thing is certain; the angels who fell must have been in a state of probation, capable of either standing or falling, as Adam was in paradise. They did not continue faithful, though they _knew_ _the law_ on which they stood; they are therefore produced as the _second_ example. _BUT LEFT THEIR OWN HABITATION_] This seems to intimate that they had invad

AND THE ANGELS WHICH KEPT NOT THEIR FIRST ESTATE - A second case denoting that the wicked would be punished. Compare the notes, 2 Peter 2:4. The word rendered “estate” (ἀρχὴν archēn) is, in the margin, “principality.” The word properly means, “beginning, commencement;” and then that which surpasses others, which is “first,” etc., in point of rank and honor; or pre-eminence, priority, precedence, princedom. Here it refers to the rank and dignity which the angels had in heaven. That rank or pre-eminence they did not keep, but fell from it. On the word used here, compare Ephesians 1:2; Ephesians 3:10;...

AND THE ANGELS WHICH KEPT NOT THEIR FIRST ESTATE,.... Or "principality"; that holy, honourable, and happy condition, in which they were created; for they were created in perfect holiness and righteousness, stood in the relation of sons to God, and were, for the lustre of their nature, comparable to the morning stars; they were among the thrones, dominions, principalities, and powers; were a superior rank of creatures to men, and who beheld the face, and enjoyed the presence of God; but this estate they kept not, for being mutable creatures, one of them first sinning, the rest were drawn into it by him, and so were not what they were before, nor in the same estate, or place: BUT LEFT THEIR OWN HABITATION; by attempting to rise higher; or by quitting their station and posts of honour, being unwilling to be subject to God, and especially to the Son of God, who was to assume human nature, a...

GREAT DAY The judgment of the fallen angels. The "great day" is the day of the Lord. (Isaiah 2:9). As the final judgment upon Satan occurs after the thousand years, and preceding the final judgment (Revelation 20:10) it is congruous to conclude, as to the time, that other fallen angels are judged with him. (2 Peter 2:4); (Revelation 20:10). Christians are associated with Christ in this judgment. For association with angels at judgment (1 Corinthians 6:3). For other information ( See Scofield) - ...

ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS I. THE INTRODUCTION Jude 1:1 Jude in his brief introduction speaks of the Christian believers, whom he addresses, as called ones, sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ. The latter statement may also be translated “kept for Jesus Christ.” What was true of the believers in Jude's day is true of all believers. Especially comforting is the fact, that, no matter how dark the days may be, however strong the current of evil, those who are “the beloved of God called saints” will be preserved in Jesus Christ and kept for Him as the members of His body, till He comes. He keeps His own. It is the blessed assurance that the believer's keeping rests in His own hands. In the Revelation we see in the glory vision that Christ holds seven stars in His right hand, which is the symbol of the hand of His power with which He keeps His own. Then there is th

Three examples are given as revealing the doom of such evil-livers: the faithless Israelites in the wilderness, who were destroyed; the fallen angels, who are kept in bonds under darkness until the Judgment Day; and the Cities of the Plain, which suffered the punishment of eternal fire. JUDE 1:6. The sin of the angels was twofold: (_a)_ they kept not their own principality, the sphere allotted to them by God (Deuteronomy 32:8, Enoch 18:13, 21:3) the sin of pride or disobedience; (_b)_ they left their proper habitation, they came down to earth (Genesis 6:1 *; Enoch, _passim_) the sin of lust; the fall of the angels through lust is one of the main subjects in Enoch. The tradition as to their punishment is deri

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