The Curse of the Fallen
Based on the 70-generation curse outlined in the Book of Enoch (1 Enoch 10:12) starting during the time of Methuselah—the generation preceding the Flood—and interpreting a generation as 40 years, the curse would end roughly 2,800 years after the curse was issued.
- Calculation: 70 generations 40 years = 2,800 years.
- Start Time: The fallen angels were bound in the days of Methuselah/Noah, just before the flood.
- Resulting Era: If the binding occurred around 2,500–2,300 BCE, this 2,800-year timeframe points towards the era of Christ’s first coming (roughly 1st century AD).
Key Details on the Curse:
- The Decree: The fallen angels were to be bound in the valleys of the earth for 70 generations until the day of their final judgment.
- The 77th Generation Connection: Some interpretations link this to Luke’s genealogy, which counts 70 generations from Enoch to Jesus, or 77 from Adam to Jesus, suggesting the 70th generation after the fall ends with the time of Christ.
- Judgment End Time: The Book of Enoch indicates that after this period, the angels and all wicked humanity will be bound in a final judgment.
The Book of 1st Enoch Chapter 10:12.
To Michael likewise the Lord said, Go and announce his crime to Samyaza, and to the others
who are with him, who have been associated with women, that they might be polluted with all their impurity. And when all their sons shall be slain, when they shall see the perdition of their beloved, bind them for seventy generations underneath the earth, even to the day of judgment, and of consummation, until the judgment, the effect of which will last for ever, be completed.
16. Then shall they be taken away into the lowest depths of the fire in torments; and in confinement shall they be shut up for ever.