Can Angels Die?

Dear Sir, We read in the Bible of battles and wars between God’s angels and Satan’s. In these conflicts, there must be casualties, injuries and death on both or either side of the battle. Can angles (be they of God or the devil) be hurt or injured and die in these battles? Or are these battles unlike what we would think them to be? How can or why would spirit beings battle like humans, if there would be no loss of one’s army? How could one expect or declare victory? Thank you for your consideration. -D. Hebert, ON


Arno's Answer:


Revelation 12 speaks of “war in heaven.” It is important not to imagine this war to be like war on earth.

Why is there war in heaven? Because the Church is completed, raptured into heaven; subsequently, the devil and his angels have lost their legitimate right to “accuse the brethren before our God day and night.”

There are many other wars mentioned in the Bible, but when it comes to demonic entities, there simply is no comparison here on earth. We must keep in mind that Jesus is the Victor; He has already defeated the powers of darkness. The last confrontation will yet take place, but not with weapons of war, “…then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming” (2 Thessalonians 2:8). What will be the end of Satan’s empire? Jude 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” (see also Revelation 20:9).

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Arno Froese is the executive director of Midnight Call Ministries and editor-in-chief of the acclaimed prophetic magazines Midnight Call and News From Israel. He has authored a number of well-received books, and has sponsored many prophecy conferences in the U.S., Canada, and Israel. His extensive travels have contributed to his keen insight into Bible prophecy, as he sees it from an international perspective.

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