judging angels?

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In Corinthians 6:3 it reads

Don't your realize we will judge angels?

Can anyone explain this? I don't understand how Christians would be in this position.
In Corinthians 6:3 it reads

Don't your realize we will judge angels?

Can anyone explain this? I don't understand how Christians would be in this position.
HI perhaps we will be there similar to the great white throne when the fallen angles are cast into hell. They may very well have to appear before the LORD too. Isaiah 14 begins with a judgment against the king of Babylon but then switches gears to speak of the fall of Lucifer and his judgment. To me seems like Nebuchadnezzar will be in heaven so this one thrown into the judgment is Lucifer.
ke up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say:
“How the oppressor has ceased,
The golden[fn] city ceased!
5 The LORD has broken the staff of the wicked,
The scepter of the rulers;
6 He who struck the people in wrath with a continual stroke,
He who ruled the nations in anger,
Is persecuted and no one hinders.
7 The whole earth is at rest and quiet;
They break forth into singing.
8 Indeed the cypress trees rejoice over you,
And the cedars of Lebanon,
Saying, ‘Since you were cut down,
No woodsman has come up against us.’
9 “Hell from beneath is excited about you,
To meet you at your coming;
It stirs up the dead for you,
All the chief ones of the earth;
It has raised up from their thrones
All the kings of the nations.
10 They all shall speak and say to you:
‘Have you also become as weak as we?
Have you become like us?
11 Your pomp is brought down to Sheol,
And the sound of your stringed instruments;
The maggot is spread under you,
And worms cover you.’
12 “How you are fallen from heaven,
O Lucifer,[fn] son of the morning!
How you are cut down to the ground,
You who weakened the nations!
13 For you have said in your heart:
‘I will ascend into heaven,
I will exalt my throne above the stars of God;
I will also sit on the mount of the congregation
On the farthest sides of the north;
14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds,
I will be like the Most High.’
15 Yet you shall be brought down to Sheol,
To the lowest depths of the Pit.
16 “Those who see you will gaze at you,
And consider you, saying:
Is this the man who made the earth tremble,
Who shook kingdoms,
17 Who made the world as a wilderness
And destroyed its cities,
Who did not open the house of his prisoners?’

WE are not to sit as the judge but more are concurring that the judgement of the LORD is righteous and true as in REv
1 After these things I heard[fn] a loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying, “Alleluia! Salvation and glory and honor and power belong to the Lord[fn] our God! 2 For true and righteous are His judgments, because He has judged the great harlot who corrupted the earth with her fornication; and He has avenged on her the blood of His servants shed by her.” 3 Again they said, “Alleluia! Her smoke rises up forever and ever!” 4 And the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God who sat on the throne, saying, “Amen! Alleluia!” 5 Then a voice came from the throne, saying, “Praise our God, all you His servants and those who fear Him, both[fn] small and great!”
6 And I heard, as it were, the voice of a great multitude, as the sound of many waters and as the sound of mighty thunderings, saying, “Alleluia! For the[fn] Lord God Omnipotent reigns! 7 Let us be glad and rejoice and give Him glory, for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His wife has made herself ready.” 8 And to her it was granted to be arrayed in fine linen, clean and bright, for the fine linen.
 
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In Corinthians 6:3 it reads

Don't your realize we will judge angels?

Can anyone explain this? I don't understand how Christians would be in this position.

Matthew 22:30 says that we are to become as the angels. But man judging angels is a strange idea that's for sure. I know God will judge us.

One thing is for sure, that we are not to judge unless you want that same judgment: Matthew 7:1-2
 
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All "judgment" with regard to righteousness and subsequent consequences is done by God, according to scripture.

That leaves us with a need to determine what "judge" means in Paul's context.

I believe he's referring us back to OT scripture in which "judge" means "lead" as in the entire book of Judges.
 
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When Christ comes to gather His people and the earth is left desolat and broken up as Satan is bound here for a thousand years, bound by the chains of his deceptions, with no one left to deceive. We will be in Heaven, being shown the books in which are written the reasons why the unrighteousness are still in their graves. We will see and understand the perfect Justice of God and in that way we will "judge even angels" as we can clearly see the unrepentant deeds written against them. At the end of the 1000 years, the saints and Christ will descend in the New Jerusalem, the unrighteous dead will be raised for final judgement and punishment. When the last of evil is consumed (Satan being the root) in the lake of fire, God will make the earth as it was in the beginning and the saints in the City will make their habitation in it and the universe will be again perfect and without blemish.
 
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Also, @ArmyMatt how will mankind govern angels?
Some questions just draw out folks from all over, and some of them are quick to offer their own teachings. I think often they don't check to see where they are.
 
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In Corinthians 6:3 it reads

Don't your realize we will judge angels?

Can anyone explain this? I don't understand how Christians would be in this position.
By angels here he refers to the evil angels i.e. the demons (St John Chrysostom, St Cyril of Alexandria). Given how much the Saints suffered in their hands, it will be fitting for them to judge them.
 
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In Corinthians 6:3 it reads

Don't your realize we will judge angels?

Can anyone explain this? I don't understand how Christians would be in this position.

Believers will be children of the Most High God.

You know how the Boss's son has more influence than an executive that has been with the company for 50 years? It's like that.

Besides, these ANGELS are the ones who cause the failure of our race. I know most people don't believe Gen 6 is literal, but if you take it for what it is (including the rest of Enoch, for example) then it should be understandable why we would be judging angels.
 
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Some questions just draw out folks from all over, and some of them are quick to offer their own teachings. I think often they don't check to see where they are.
Was there not a question afoot about the Biblical statement of judging angels? What I posted was what I believe and was sharing it for the OP's consideration, nothing more nothing less... take it or leave it.
 
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Was there not a question afoot about the Biblical statement of judging angels? What I posted was what I believe and was sharing it for the OP's consideration, nothing more nothing less... take it or leave it.

But, usually, the whole point of asking the question IN the ORTHODOX forum, is to hear what the ORTHODOX church's teachings have been on the issue for at least 1500 + years. Not the teachings of one of the 3356424678642357853234577 Protestant denominations, that's been around for 150 + years
 
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Was there not a question afoot about the Biblical statement of judging angels? What I posted was what I believe and was sharing it for the OP's consideration, nothing more nothing less... take it or leave it.
But, usually, the whole point of asking the question IN the ORTHODOX forum, is to hear what the ORTHODOX church's teachings have been on the issue for at least 1500 + years. Not the teachings of one of the 3356424678642357853234577 Protestant denominations, that's been around for 150 + years
Forum rules always apply.

In a congregational forum, it's actually against the rules to teach contrary to the faith group's beliefs. So as a general rule, if it's not the poster's faith group and they don't know what that faith group teaches, they risk breaking rules by posting.

Rob pretty much said it ... if the question was asked OF Eastern Orthodox, or Lutherans, or Baptists, or whoever ... that's probably the perspective the OP is looking for. Otherwise they would have asked in General Thelology.

But folks often tend to answer, whether they are part of the congregational group or not.

I didn't quote you in my post btw.
 
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