1. Jude 1:13 (ESV)
  2. Exposition

What is the gloom of utter darkness?

Jude 1:13 (ESV)

13 wild waves of the sea, casting up the foam of their own shame; wandering stars, for whom the gloom of utter darkness has been reserved forever.

The gloom of utter darkness is a place where the fallen angels are bound until the final day of judgment (Jude 1:6). It is a place of torment outside of the kingdom of God (see Matthew 8:12; Matthew 22:13; Matthew 25:30).