Jude 6

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“And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he has reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.”

Does this scripture prove that there are fallen angels “bound in hell”? (See I Peter 3:19-20 explanation.)

The Greek word, aidios, translated “everlasting,” is more properly translated “agelasting.” This event is fulfilled during the millennium, when Satan and his demons are cast into the bottomless pit (Rev. 20:2-3. The book of Revelation states that these angels are “bound a thousand years”—and with “chains” (Jude 6). After this “agelasting” period, these spirits will be cast into “outer darkness forever” (Jude 13). No wonder God’s Word teaches that Christians will “judge angels” (I Cor. 6:3).

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