What happened to and through the angels of God that rebelled and were cast down from heaven? It is evident that they were cast down from heaven to earth and imprisoned in earth’s vicinity. Their former galactic freedom and life movement were taken from them. From henceforth, they must share life space with God’s earthly creation. Having found themselves in this circumstance did they conspire to continue to react rebelliously toward God and His divine plan for earth and its creatures? Would Satan, their deposed leader, organize his hierarchy to lead them to follow an eons-long campaign of unimagined evil?
God had a plan
God’s plan for His earthly creation is outlined in the Scripture, utilizing the two main stages of Law and Grace. Righteousness into eternal life is the intent. The Law declared what righteousness was, and Grace exhibited who righteousness is. The LAW was given to show what man was and was not. Grace shows us who God is in himself and desires to be in man. As soon as man fell in the Garden with the help of one who had fallen before, God prophetically declared His plan for man’s redemption. God’s plan would be formulated around a person. It would be buoyed along in the flow of history, moving with men of faith through desolate deserts, fields of shepherding care, and palaces of royal station. The plan would itself be born of flesh in a humble stable. The incarnate babe would grow into the incarnate man. For three years the plan of God would be freely exhibited, and a full commentary on its intents and purposes patiently and profoundly given. The divinely demanded transaction by sacrifice would be offered on a barren hill outside Jerusalem’s wall.
What God’s plan had only promised before, was now paid in full ransom that would guarantee its prophetic fulfillment. The king would then be crowned and the kingdom would be granted. The long-coming end would usher in the eternal beginning. (read more)
James R. Spillman, in his masterful book, A Conspiracy of Angelsii, presents the persuasive possibility that the scapegoat is not actually a type of Christ. In English the goat is called scapegoat and in Hebrew he is called Azazel. Spillman describes this event and its meaning perfectly.