There’s little profit
in speculating about the angelic constitution, but I think we can assume with
some measure of scriptural warrant that our spiritual enemies don’t get tired
out or demoralized the way human beings do. And where we age and die and pass the
torch in hope our successors will carry on what we have begun, the “cosmic powers over this present darkness” are able to gnaw away methodically at the work of God over generations.
More erosion than
explosion, if you like.