The Fallen Third of the Angels - What Else Do You Need to Know? - Questions Not Covered Elsewhere

Not logged in - Login | Register for Posting Access

CHNI Forums > Questions Not Covered Elsewhere > What Else Do You Need to Know? > The Fallen Third of the Angels

The Fallen Third of the Angels

Moderated by: Marcus, Dave Armstrong

New Topic

Author

Post

Br_Carlo
Member

Joined:	Mon Oct 9th, 2006
Location:	Tyler, Texas USA
Posts:	150
First Name:	Br_Carlo (Vince Brach)
Gender:	Male
Faith History:	Presbyterian, Episcopalian, CATHOLIC
Status:	Offline

Posted: Tue Feb 27th, 2007 09:48 pm

Quote

God's peace. I know that the common interpretation of Rev. 12:4 is that the stars represent angels, 1/3 of which were swept into battle by the devil on his side. This number is not corroborated elsewhere in the Protestant bible. Are there any references in the Deuterocanonicals that might shed more light on this? Blessings, ~Br_Carlo~

Last edited on Tue Feb 27th, 2007 09:49 pm by Br_Carlo

Quote

David W. Emery
Network Helper

Joined:	Fri Sep 29th, 2006
Location:	Brownsville, Texas USA
Posts:	2410
First Name:	David
Gender:	Male
Faith History:	Catholic
Status:	Offline

Posted: Tue Feb 27th, 2007 10:47 pm

Quote

Not that I know of, Br. Carlo. I did several keyword searches in my biblical database, but it turned up nothing significant. There are references to individual demons and to the devil, but not to “one third” or even a group of demons.

David

Quote

CajunRick
Guest

Joined:
Location:
Posts:
First Name:
Gender:
Faith History:
Status:	Offline

Posted: Tue Feb 27th, 2007 10:59 pm

Quote

Br_Carlo wrote: God's peace. I know that the common interpretation of Rev. 12:4 is that the stars represent angels, 1/3 of which were swept into battle by the devil on his side. This number is not corroborated elsewhere in the Protestant bible. Are there any references in the Deuterocanonicals that might shed more light on this? Blessings, ~Br_Carlo~

FWIW, here are the footnotes from the NAB included Rev 12:1-6:

^12:1 ^14:20 ^{Rev 12:5}^{Rev 12:7-9}^{Rev 12:13-17}^{Rev 13:1-10}^{Rev 13:11-18}^{Rev 14:1-20}^{Genesis 37:9-10}^{Rev 12:5}^{Rev 12:6}^13-17 ^{Isaiah 50:1}^66:7 ^{Jeremiah 50:12}^{Genesis 3:16}^{Isaiah 66:7-14}^{Rev 12:9}^20:2 ^{Psalm 74:13-14}^{Job 26:12-13}^{Psalm 89:11}^{Rev 19:12}^{Rev 19:15}^{Psalm 2:9}^{Rev 11:2}^.

I find it strange that the NAB does not include a Marian reference for the woman, but it doesn't.

Quote

Current time is 12:41 pm

CHNI Forums > Questions Not Covered Elsewhere > What Else Do You Need to Know? > The Fallen Third of the Angels