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Originally Posted by bearbear
I've heard all sorts of theories on the mark of the beast. All I can say is I would still by all means necessary not take the mark!
On the topic of God's forgiveness, did you know some bible scholars say that the fallen angels tried to repent but God wouldn't forgive them?
2 Peter 2:4 alludes to this
For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but cast them into hell and committed them to chains of gloomy darkness to be kept until the judgment;
Peter was making a reference to the book of Enoch which was read by all the NT writers and Jews at that time. In the book of Enoch, the fallen angels who had sex with the women on earth producing the Nephilim, or giants asked Enoch to petition God for forgiveness. Enoch brings the petition to God but Yahweh will have none of it and chooses not to forgive the fallen angels.
Jude also alludes to this and quotes Enoch in two places:
Jude 1:6
And the angels who did not stay within their own position of authority, but left their proper dwelling, he has kept in eternal chains under gloomy darkness until the judgment of the great day—
Jude 1:14
It was also about these that Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied, saying, “Behold, the Lord comes with ten thousands of his holy ones,
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God never sent His Son to become an angel, and to die for fallen angelic sinners.
In this regard, it really is the law of God that condemns us for our sins. God is the righteous judge who administrates the penalty for sin acc. to the law. Our repentance for sin, no matter how sincere and heartfelt, actually would mean nothing to God. It is our identification with His Son, the Lamb of god, thru faith, which releases us from the penalty of sin. It is strictly a legal matter when it comes to sins and the law.