Chizuk Emunah (Pt 2) Under the Microscope: Chapter 84

1 Corinthians 6:3, Paul says, "Know ye that we shall judge angels?" Great must have been the Apostle's presumption if he believed that corporeal man should be the judge of incorporeal beings! The greatest prophets of Israel admitted that the angels were beyond the comprehension of our finite sense. How could the invisible be summoned before the tribunal of the visible?

What presumption the apostle must have to think that in the days of resurrection, that we will be great enough to judge angels! It's true that the greatest of prophets thought that angels were beyond us, but none of these prophets has experienced the glory of resurrection.

In the Talmud Bavli, Sanhedrin 93a, Rav Jonathan states "The righteous are greater than the ministering angels, for it is said, He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the son of God"

So even Rabbinic tradition agrees with Paul's statement that there are people who will judge angels, because they rank above them.