Some have attempted to assign reasons why fallen men were made the special objects of the Divine favor—rather than fallen angels. Among others, the following have been suggested with the view of throwing light upon this mysterious subject. It has been contended, in the first place, that man was seduced into a state of rebellion, while Satan sinned of his own will, unprompted by any other party. In the next place, that in the fall of angels the entire body of the heavenly hosts were not involved; but, when man revolted, the whole human race must have perished—had not a remedy been provided. Again, it has been argued that the nature of angels, so much more exalted than ours, rendered their guilt proportionally greater; and that, to rebel in the face of such signal favors, placed them at once and forever beyond the bounds of recovery. 

These, and other considerations of a similar character, have been adduced; but it is evidently not for us to pry into the mysteries of the Divine administration, or endeavor to account for those ways which are unsearchable. That the Supreme Being should pass by apostate angels, once the glory of His creative power and skill—and cast the skirts of his pardoning mercy over creatures so insignificant as well as vile; that he should prefer dust and ashes to principalities and powers, and choose vessels of honor from those who were objects of loathing and disgrace: this is an act for which no reason can be given—but the good pleasure of Him who works all things according to the counsel of His own will.

Christ in the Covenant - John Ross MacDuff