2 Peter 2:4 uses a unique word that is translated "hell" and it comes from the koine Greek "ταρταρωσας" (tartarosas), and it simply means a place of darkness. When God cast the evil angels out of the city in Heaven, on the unfallen world where God lives, (where there is no night there in the city, and all is Light), God cast them out into the 'outer space' (darkness), and eventually they fell to "earth".... 2Pe 2:4 For if God spared not the ANGELS that sinned, but cast them down TO HELL and delivered them into CHAINS of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment; ...
2Pe 2:4 For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;
Rev 12:7 And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels,
Rev 12:8 And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven.
Rev 12:9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
Eze 28:16 By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire.
Luk_10:18 And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven.
The devil is very much physically walking around on the earth:Rev 12:8 And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven.
Rev 12:9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
Eze 28:16 By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire.
Luk_10:18 And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven.
1Pe_5:8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
Rev 12:17 And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.
Rev 12:17 And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.
Do not take one sentence of Peter and make it contradict another. This world of sin, is a place of darkness, it is the pit (we are as Daniel in the Lion's den, there are two Lions represented as being down here, Jesus (by/through the Holy Ghost/Spirit as Jesus is physically in Heaven) and Satan).
The devil breaks regular chains and bars of iron. The "chains" are of "darkness", the circumstances in which Satan finds himself.
Angels have supernatural strength and ability (Acts 12:7) and able to easily remove chains.
Therefore, how can a “chain” bind the devil, a fallen angel, since even men possessed of the devil easily break chains of iron, as in the events of the demoniac possessed with the Legion in Mark 5:3-4; Luke 8:29?
In Psalms 73:6 we read:
Psa 73:6 Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment.
In Lamentations 3:7 we read:
Lam 3:7 He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.
In Jude 1:6 we read:
Jud 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.
This is as similar to the "chain" of Revelation 20:1
The “chain” with which the Messenger of the Father comes down with is no ordinary chain of iron, but rather is the chain of omnipotent providence and circumstance!
Anyone may see more here:
https://archive.org/download/sermon-19-armageddon-and-the-seven-last-plagues/Sermon 19 - ARMAGEDDON AND THE SEVEN LAST PLAGUES.ppt
https://archive.org/download/14-combined-sermon-20-hope-for-the-millennium-revelations-grand-finale/14 Combined - Sermon 20 - HOPE FOR THE MILLENNIUM & REVELATIONS GRAND FINALE.pptx
If as you erroneously think, that angels are 'wispy aether', and are not tangible creatures with real bodies, what amount of 'earth' (dirt) could hold them? Do you not already imagine them to pass through and into human beings (which are just made of earth/dirt)?
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