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== Fallen Angels ==
== Fallen Angels ==
Although all spirits were created by God and therefore were originally good, at some point in time a large number of them rebelled against God and became evil, which is the implication regarding {{Bible ref|book=Matthew|chap=25|verses=41}}. Biblically, the angels which did not keep their first estate, sinning, God cast into Hell and has reserved in eternal chains under darkness until the great day's Judgment. ({{Bible ref|book=Jude|chap=1|verses=6}}, {{Bible ref|book=2 Peter|chap=2|verses=4}}) Given the account of this in {{Bible ref|book=Judges|chap=9|verses=8-15}} and {{Bible ref|book=Ezekiel|chap=31}}, 'Eden' was not only a garden for the creation of mankind, but the original dwellingplace of the angels ({{Bible ref|book=Ezekiel|chap=28|verses=13}}, {{Bible ref|book=Ezekiel 31|chap=9}}), with a rebellion that began by many of the angels seeking a king to reign over them. The Fig Tree, Olive Tree, and Vine, each symbolizing an angel or type of angel, refused, while the bramble, Satan, became their leader. Sometime after the fall of the angels, Eden was destroyed and turned into a "desolate wilderness". ({{Bible ref|book=Ezekiel|chap=36|verses=35}}, {{Bible ref|book=Joel|chap=2|verses=3}})
Although all spirits were created by God and therefore were originally good, at some point in time a large number of them rebelled against God and became evil, which is the implication regarding {{Bible ref|book=Matthew|chap=25|verses=41}}. Biblically, the angels which did not keep their first estate, sinning, God cast into Hell and has reserved in eternal chains under darkness until the great day's Judgment. ({{Bible ref|book=Jude|chap=1|verses=6}}, {{Bible ref|book=2 Peter|chap=2|verses=4}}) Given the account of this in {{Bible ref|book=Judges|chap=9|verses=8-15}} and {{Bible ref|book=Ezekiel|chap=31}}, 'Eden' was not only a garden for the creation of mankind, but the original dwellingplace of the angels ({{Bible ref|book=Ezekiel|chap=28|verses=13}}, {{Bible ref|book=Ezekiel 31|chap=9}}), with a rebellion that began by many of the angels seeking a king to reign over them. The Fig Tree, Olive Tree, and Vine, each symbolizing an angel or type of angel, refused, while the bramble, Satan, became their leader. Sometime after the fall of the angels, Eden was destroyed and turned into a "desolate wilderness". ({{Bible ref|book=Ezekiel|chap=36|verses=35}}, {{Bible ref|book=Joel|chap=2|verses=3}})