Expert: Dr. Billy Kryger - 8/23/2007

Question
   Col. 1:20 mentions all things. Does this include the demons if they were to repent. The Bible also says ".....that ye shall judge the angels" Which angels? And what different possible judgements? Thank you.

Answer
    Thank you for your questions.
    When it is said that “it pleased the Father by Christ to reconcile all things to himself,” it relates only to those things which are in heaven and earth - for those only are specified. Nothing is said of the inhabitants of hell, whether fallen angels, or the spirits of wicked men who are there.
    As to the other verse you mentioned, 1 Cor. 6:3, the Apostle Paul does not say here, as he said before, the saints shall judge the angels, but "we" shall judge them. By angels, all confess that demons are intended; but certainly all saints, according to the latitude with which that word is understood, i.e. all who profess Christianity, shall not judge angels. Nor is this judging of angels to be understood of the last day; but the Apostle speaks of the ministers of the Gospel, himself and others, who, by the preaching of the Gospel, through the power of Christ, should spoil the devils of their oracles and their idols, should deprive them of their worship, should drive them out of their seats, and strip them of their dominion. Thus would God subdue the whole world under the Christian power, so that Christian magistrates should judge men, and Christian ministers judge devils.