1 Peter 1:12 It was revealed to them [the prophets] that they were not serving themselves but you, when they spoke of the things that have now been told you by those who have preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven. Even angels long to look into these things.
It is clear from Scripture that there is no salvation for fallen angels. They are very interested in anything to do with the salvation of human beings, nevertheless. They appear to be eager Bible students. It is not clear how Peter knows this.
Jamieson, Fausset and Brown say that these things are "the things now reported unto you" by the evangelistic preachers "Christ's sufferings and the glory that should follow" (1:11, 12 ). Tehy say that angels do not any more than ourselves possess an intuitive knowledge of redemption. "To look into" in Greek is literally, "to bend over so as to look deeply into and see to the bottom of a thing." As the cherubim stood bending over the mercy seat, the emblem of redemption, in the holiest place, so the angels intently gaze upon and desire to fathom the depths of "the great mystery of godliness, God manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels" (1 Timothy 3:16 ). Their "ministry to the heirs of salvation" naturally disposes them to wish to penetrate this mystery as reflecting such glory on the love, justice, wisdom, and power of their and our God and Lord. They can know it only through its manifestation in the Church, as they personally have not the direct share in it that we have. They quote Hofman in Alford, "Angels have only the contrast between good and evil, without the power of conversion from sin to righteousness: witnessing such conversion in the Church, they long to penetrate the knowledge of the means whereby it is brought about".
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