Casted Angels

 The angels that Satan threw down

³ And another sign appeared in heaven: behold, a great, fiery red dragon having seven heads and ten horns, and seven diadems on his heads. ⁴ His tail drew a third of the stars of heaven and threw them to the earth. Revelation 12:3-4

It's often believed that Satan took a third of the angels with him based on this text. The stars being angels became Satan's angels. We read later that Satan and his angels fought with Michael and his angels, and Satan is defeated and cast to earth with his angels. The casting to earth is the same word used in 12:4 for “threw.” “⁷ And war broke out in heaven: Michael and his angels fought with the dragon; and the dragon and his angels fought, ⁸ but they did not prevail, nor was a place found for them in heaven any longer. ⁹ So the great dragon was cast out, that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was cast to the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.” Revelation 12:7-9

In Daniel 8, we read of the little horn: “And it grew up to the host of heaven; and it cast down some of the host and some of the stars to the ground, and trampled them. ¹¹ He even exalted himself as high as the Prince of the host; and by him the daily sacrifices were taken away, and the place of His sanctuary was cast down. ¹² Because of transgression, an army was given over to the horn to oppose the daily sacrifices; and he cast truth down to the ground. He did all this and prospered. ¹³ Then I heard a holy one speaking; and another holy one said to that certain one who was speaking, "How long will the vision be, concerning the daily sacrifices and the transgression of desolation, the giving of both the sanctuary and the host to be trampled underfoot?" Daniel 8:10-13

Could the 1/3 angels cast to the earth be a future event? Could the 1/3 angels be non-rebellious angels that Satan cast down in conflict? How did the little horn cast down some of the “stars?”

2/17/2025