Angels-FINAL JUDGMENT

Western religions propagate the idea of an apocalyptic final Judgment
Day, held at the end of time, which culminates in the resurrection of
the righteous for life in Paradise and the resurrection of sinners for either extinction or eternal damnation. In Western religions, the notion
of a final judgment originated in Zoroastrianism. Many of the components
of the Zoroastrian vision of the end times—a final battle between
good and evil, judgment of the wicked, resurrection of the dead—were
adopted by Jewish apocalyptic thinkers. From texts composed by these
apocalypticists, such notions were adopted into Christianity and Islam.
Angels have always played a central role in apocalyptic, endtime
scenarios. Although God may issue the commands, it is his angels who
carry out the tasks. As a dramatic, supernatural intervention into
human history and a radical departure from the usual order of the
world, it is natural that the final judgment should entail the visible
manifestation of normally unseen spiritual forces on the world stage.
In the Book of Revelation, which is the one true apocalyptic book
incorporated into the New Testament, angels carry out God’s directions
to wreak havoc on the earth:Then I heard a loud voice from the temple telling the seven
angels, “Go and pour out on the earth the seven bowls of the
wrath of God.” So the first angel went and poured his bowl on
the earth, and foul and evil sores came upon the men who
bore the mark of the beast and worshiped its image. (Rev.
16:1–2)
Needless to say, the impact of the contents of the other six bowls
are no less unpleasant than the first. When individuals finally come
before the Throne of Judgment in the Book of Revelations’ account,
the damned are tossed into the lake of fire:
[I]f any one’s name was not found written in the book of life,
he was thrown into the lake of fire (Rev. 20:15).
And while Scripture does not say who does the throwing, it clear
that God’s angels perform the task of executioners.
Judgment Day is also a day of reckoning for the fallen angels, who
are similarly judged and punished:
For God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them
down to Hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness to
be reserved unto judgment. (2 Pet. 2:4)