Z-6. Is Jesus Michael the Archangel?

Z-6. Is Jesus Michael the Archangel?

WHO Is Michael the Archangel?

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Was Jesus Michael the Archangel Before he became Jesus?

I have heard teaching from different groups of Christians explaining their understanding of Jesus being called the Word.

And ALL Christians AGREE that Jesus is called the SON of God in the Bible!

But yet, NOT all Christians agree on what the Bible ITSELF means by the phrases “the SON of God” and the “Son of MAN”.

So, since this is going to be a rather long study, I will divide it into sections so it can be broken down into smaller portions.

Here is the menu list of the section heading and a short description of what will be explained in each section,

You can click on the link to take your direction to each section or you can scroll down to the section you desire to read and study.

Section #1. The Angel of the LORD!

In section #1, We will cover some of the different church VIEWS concerning the subject of Jesus being a literal angel, and or, the Son of God appearing to people as the Angel of the LORD in the Old Testament.

Section #2. My Transition OUT of Trinitarianism!

In section #2, I will give some background of myself so that you can see how I transitioned OUT of FALSE teaching that CONTRADICTS what the Bible ITSELF actually teaches.

Section 3. Explaining the Scriptures on ANGELS!

In section #3, I explain WHY it must FIRST be proven that the Bible ITSELF teaches that God is highly exalted an ANGEL to be seated at the right hand of Almighty God.

In other words, it is IMPOSSIBLE to prove that Jesus is an ANGEL that God HIGHLY EXALTED to be seated at His right hand when using the WHOLE word of Almighty God

To say this another way, it is NOT a sound Biblical interpretation to TWIST the phase “the sons of God” in the Old Testament to mean the SAME thing as the sons of God in the New Testament. 

That would consequently mean that every human being pre-existed as an ANGEL before we were born.

For you see, the sons of MEN need to be BORN-AGAIN in order to be given the power to BECOME the sons of God by their FAITH in Jesus as the atonement for their sins.

Section #4. Jesus is NOT an ANGEL!

In section #4, I cover the verses of Scripture that PROVE that the Son of Man, Jesus is NOT an ANGEL.

Section #5. Verses Used to TRY to Prove Jesus is Michael the Archangel!

SECTION #1. The Angel of the LORD!

Trinitarian Christians say that the Word was Almighty God the Son, the second person of a Trinity Godhead.

The Oneness Pentecostal Christians say that the Word was Almighty God the Father Himself who later manifested HIMSELF to become the Son of God.

The Jehovah’s Witnesses say that the PRE-HUMAN Son of God was a Divine Spirit being named the Word which Almighty God brought into existence and His first creation. 

And then, God created all other things by means of His Son named the Word, which to them is a Divine eternal Spirit being who is a God under his God and Father.

The Jehovah’s Witnesses also say that Jesus was Michael the Archangel because the name Michael means one who is like God.

Now, from my research, the Seventh Day Adventist MAY have been the first GROUP of Christians to teach that Jesus was Michael the Archangel before Jesus was born of the Virgin Mary to become the only begotten Son of Almighty God.

However, there is some indication that John Calvin considered what other Christians in his day were saying about Jesus being Michael the Archangel.

But I did not find any specific teachings, only a few comments MENTIONING a teaching.

You can do your own research on that subject of exactly when Christians began to teach that Jesus is Michael the Archangel.

In this study, the main focus will be on the teachings of the Jehovah's Witnesses as to WHEN and HOW they began.

So, let us start with what Ellen G. White, who is widely believed by most Christians as the founder of Seventh  Day Adventist Church denomination. 

Here is a quote from an article written by Ellen G, White, the revered prophetess who is believed to be the founder of the SDA church denomination.

The article is called Patriarchs and Prophets Page 761 - Written 1890. The emphasis is mine.

“Again: Christ is called the Word of God. John 1:1-3. 

He is so called because God gave His revelations to man in all ages through Christ. 

It was His Spirit that inspired the prophets. 1 Peter 1:10, 11. 

He was revealed to them as the Angel of Jehovah, the Captain of the Lord's host, Michael the Archangel.”

And, according to Hebrews 2:10, Jesus is the CAPTAIN of our salvation.

Also, Trinitarian Christians say that the Angel of the LORD is the PRE-INCARNATE Jesus, or as the Jehovah’s Witnesses say, the PRE-HUMAN Jesus.

The DIFFERENCE  in the meaning and understanding between the terms “pre-incarnate” and “pre-human” existence of Jesus is as follows.

Pre-incarnate means that Almighty God Himself BECAME the Son of God and REMAINED the FULLY Amighty God in the flesh having TWO natures at the SAME time DURING the days of his flesh.

And BOTH Oneness Pentecostal Christians and Trinitarian Christians use this term saying that Jesus is God incarnate.

The difference between these two groups of Christians is that the Oneness Pentecostal Christians argue that Almighty God the Father became the Son, because to them, the Son of God did NOT LITERALLY pre-exist the Virgin birth.

And Trinitarian Christians argue that the Son of God ALWAYS existed as the second person of the one and only Almighty God.

Thus, they teach that God the Son became flesh and remained fully God being EQUAL in every way with Almighty God the Father.

They ALSO believe in the DUAL NATURE of Jesus DURING the days of his FLESH.

Now, some Chrisians say that Jesus goes BACK to being Michael the Archangel or at least goes back to being called by the NAME Michael, which again means one who is like God. 

And they use Revelation 12:7 as their prooftext, which says, Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon fought, and his angels.

This brings us to section two and a little about how I came to believe in the FULLY HUMAN Son of God.

Section 2. My Transition OUT of Trinitarianism!

Now, I myself was born and raised in the Roman Catholic Church denomination, which teaches the doctrine of the Trinity.

But my beliefs have CHANGED to the Biblical Unitarian VIEW of Jesus NOT LITERALLY pre-existing.

Let me give you a little background of myself and my transition OUT of Trinitarianism.

I became a true born-again Christian at the age of 23 in the Protestant Assemblies of God Church denomination, which also teaches the doctrine of the Trinity.

So, I was taught that Jesus APPEARED to people in the Old Testament as the Angel of the LORD.

And what THEY mean by that is that Jesus PRE-EXISTED as God the Son who came down from heaven as the ANGEL of the LORD in Old Testament times before the Virgin birth.

Thus, Trinitarian Christians use all of the verses in the Old Testament that have the phrase “the Angel of the LORD” in them to try to prove that the Son of God PRE-EXISTED for all eternity past in order to try to prove that Jesus is God the Son, the second person of a so-called Godhead Trinity, God made up of three separate persons.

And I was WARNED by my pastor to NOT listen to the teachings of groups of Christians like the Jehovah’s Witnesses, the Mormons, and the Unitarian Universalism that Trinitarian Christians call “CULTS”.

Basically, Trinitarian churches in general call any and every other church denomination that DENIES the doctrine of the Trinity a cult, simply because they teach against the doctrine of the Trinity as being false teaching. 

And to try and support the doctrine of the Trinity, the Trinitarian Christians tend to point out the very OBVIOUS false teachings of the cults. 

For example, they sarcastically imply how ridiculous it is to believe that Jesus is Michael the Archangel. 

Then they show a video of a Jehovah’s Witness teaching that Jesus was Michael the Archangel before he came to the earth to be born of the Virgin Mary and named Jesus, the Son of Almighty God.

But to be completely honest with you, it was NOT so OBVIOUS, to me at first, that Jesus is NOT Michael the archangel at that TIME in my life.

Let me explain what I mean. You see, in my mind as a “babe in Christ”, a brand new Christian, I was being taught that Jesus pre-existed as the “ANGEL of the LORD” in the Old Testament.

So, I thought to myself, what is the big deal if the name of the Angel of the LORD is Michael?

I mean, how does the Angel of the LORD having the name Michael be a FALSE teaching if the so-called always existing God the Son manifested himself as the Angel of the LORD as a THEOPHANY?

Did the Angel of the LORD have a NAME?

Please read Judges 13:17,18.

“And Manoah said unto the angel of the LORD, What is your NAME, that WHEN your sayings come to pass we may honor you? 

Judges 13:18. And the angel of the LORD said unto him, Why do you ask thus after my NAME, seeing it is SECRET?”

Or seeing that it is WONDERFUL. Now, Jesus said the Scriptures TESTIFY of him.

So, to me, the Angel of the LORD verses are PROPHECIES, figures and SHADOWS pointing to the future Son of God who would be GIVEN the  “WONDERFUL” NAME the Mighty God WHEN the GOVERNMENTS are laid upon his shoulders, according to Isaiah 9:6,7.

Again, at THAT time in my life as a brand new Christian, I did not see any DIFFERENCE in my mind as to why it is false teaching to say that Jesus is MICHAEL the Archangel, but it is NOT false teaching to say that Jesus is the Angel of the LORD.

Thus, to me, that WARNING video was not enough evidence to prove that the NAME of the Angel of the LORD was NOT Michael. 

So, I ignored the warning by my Trinitarian church denomination and did my own research on this subject.

And while reading some Watch Tower publications, I found the arguments made by the Jehovah’s Witnesses FOR Jesus being Michael the Archangel to be quite convincing.

At least at FIRST, they were very convincing. But while I was reading the Watch Tower publications, I noticed that they quoted verses of Scripture OUT of their CONTEXT.

Thus, I learned from the Holy Spirit to PAY ATTENTION to what I read.

Jesus did not ONLY warn us to take heed WHAT we hear, but he ALSO warned us to take heed HOW we hear.

In other words, if HOW you hear is having the mindset that you ALREADY know the TRUTH, the WHOLE truth and NOTHING but the TRUE God INTENDED understanding of the WHOLE word of Almighty God, then you have already been DECEIVED.

Thus, I learned very early on as a new Christian to QUESTION everything my elders were teaching me by SEARCHING the Scriptures for myself to see it agreed or disagreed with what the Bible ITSELF teaches.

This brings us to section three, getting into the Scriptures.

Section 3. Examining the Scriptures on ANGELS!

Now the purpose of this section three is to examine the SCRIPTURAL evidence to see what the word of TRUTH has to say on this subject of Michael the Archangel, and Jesus the Son of God, to see if they are one and the same person or being as some Christians do in fact teach. 

Before we read any Scriptures from the Bible I want my readers and seekers of the truth to know and understand that in order for Jesus to be Michael the archangel, then Jesus must without a doubt have been created in the eternity past. 

Otherwise, if the Bible ITSELF does NOT teach that the Son of God LITERALLY existed in the ETERNITY past before God created the universe, then it is NOT POSSIBLE for Jesus to be EITHER the Angel of the LORD or Michael the Archangel.

Now, I do indeed believe that the Bible ITSELF teaches us that the Son of God had a BEGINNING.

And I do indeed teach my readers that the Son of God was CREATED by his God and Father.

But I do NOT believe the Bible ITSELF teaches that the Son of God had his beginning in the ETERNITY past, as the Jehovah’s Witnesses have been wrongly taught by their GOVERNING BODY.

But rather, I believe that God FULFILLED His spoken word of PROPHECY to be created in the WOMB of the Virgin Mary.

Please read the study D-30. Jesus is the FULFILLMENT of the SCRIPTURES!

But for now, TRY to see that in reality, the Jehovah’s Witnesses hold to PARTS of the Trinitarian teaching that the Son of God PRE-EXISTED.

In other words, you simply REDEFINE the BASIC doctrine of the Trinity by saying the Son of God was created by God as a Spirit being, named the Word in the eternity past.

So, you STILL believe in a DIVINE eternal Son of God who BECAME flesh in the womb of the Virgin Mary.

You simply change HOW you explain it, by saying the Word BECAME flesh instead of God the Son became flesh

For you see, the Jehovah’s Witnesses teach that Michael the Archangel was the very FIRST being that God created and they use Colossians 1:15 as their proof text. 

And then they teach that it was Michael the Archangel who became flesh in the Virgin Mary to be born with a human nature.

And they make this argument solely to refute the doctrine of the Trinity which wrongly teaches that a pre-existing God the Son became flesh.

Yet, the Jehovah’s Witnesses teach that God created all other things by means of His Son who was a God.

So in my mind, the teachings of the Jehovah’s Witnesses use the BASE teachings of Trinitarian Christians that the Son of God LITERALLY existed in the ETERNITY PAST before the foundation of the world.

The only differences are, the Son had a BEGINNING in the eternity past, and the Son of God is NOT equal in every way with his God and Father.

Keep in mind, at that time in my life, I did not know that the Jehovah’s Witnesses teach that the Holy Spirit is NOT a person.

So, in my mind I thought that the Jehovah’s Witnesses are correct, because the Bible ITSELF does indeed teach us that the Father is GREATER than the Son.

And the Bible also teaches that the Son had a BEGINNING.

Therefore, the doctrine of the Trinity is in ERROR by saying that the Son has no BEGINNING and the Son is EQUAL in every way with the Father.

Thus, I concluded at that TIME in my life that Jehovah’s Witnesses believed that God was a Trinity God, but not all three persons were CO-ETERNAL and CO-EQUAL.

In other words,  in my mind, they simply REDEFINED the doctrine of the Trinity.

For you see, the only difference that I saw at that TIME in my life was that God created the Son as a God under Himself, and then God created everything else by means of God the Son named the Word.

To say this another way, I understood from their articles that Jesus CREATED all other things.

And, to me, that would make Jesus God, because in my mind, ONLY God can create the entire universe.

 So then I further concluded that the Jehovah;s Witness were ACTUALLY against what some Christians call the DEITY of Jesus.

In other words, they are against the so-called TWO NATURES of Jesus at the SAME time DURING the days of his FLESH. 

They are against and refute the Trinitarian TEACHING that when the Word was made FLESH in the womb of the Virgin Mary, the CHILD born, remained the fully Almighty God having two natures at the same time one divine and one human.

And I myself was ALREADY seeing from the Bible ITSELF that the Son of God had a BEGINNING and the Son of MAN, Jesus, was NOT EQUAL with the Father.

Thus, I was already seeing that the so-called TWO natures at the SAME time DURING the days of his FLESH, is NOT taught in the Scripture, and should be REJECTED as  FALSE doctrine.

So then, even BEFORE I read any of what the Jehovah’s Witnesses teach, the Holy Spirit was ALREADY leading me out of Trinitarianism.

But THANKFULLY, the Holy Spirit kept me from being DECEIVED by the many FALSE teachings of the Jehovah’s Witnesses, the Mormons, the Seventh Day Adventists and many other false teachings, such as the Roman Catholic Church teaches.

After saying all of that to give you some more background of what I USED to believe, it must be proven by the Bible ITSELF that Jesus was an angelic being in eternity past.

 And it must also be proven with Scripture that Jesus is an angelic being now, and that God SET and seated, an ANGEL at the right hand of the Father.

For you see, before it can be proven by the Bible ITSELF that Jesus pre-existed as Michael the Archangel in eternity past, it must FIRST be proven that God seated an  ANGELIC BEING at his right hand.

So then, let us first examine what the Bible ITSELF teaches us concerning Jesus as NOT being an angel.

Section #4. Jesus is NOT an ANGEL!

      Here in section #4, I will explain the verses of Scripture that PROVE that it is NOT POSSIBLE for Jesus to be an ANGEL, neither Michael NOR the Angel of the LORD.

Please read Hebrews 1:4-9.

      “Being made so much BETTER than the angels, as He has by INHERITANCE OBTAINED a more excellent NAME than they. (Now, to all of my Jehovah’s Witnesses who have been taught that God creates ALL OTHER things, which included the angels by means of the Spirit being named the Word, does in make any sense to you that the Son OBTAINED a more excellent NAME than the angels by INHERITANCE in the eternity past BEFORE God created the angel by means of His Son?

If Jesus was Michael the CHIEF angel, then He would have already had a more excellent name than the REST of the angels.

The TRUTH of the matter is that according to 1 Peter 3:22 and many other verses of Scripture, it was AFTER the cross and resurrection that the angels were MADE SUBJECT unto the Son of Almighty God.

Keep reading the CONTEXT to see that the angels ALREADY existed BEFORE the Son OBTAINED a more excellent NAME than the angels.

And to all of my Trinitarian readers, does it make any sense to you that BEFORE the Son INHERITED this NAME, the angels were GREATER than the Son of Almighty God who you say is CO-EQUAL with the Father?

Please read the prophecy in Psalm 8:1-6 and the FULFILLMENT in Hebrews 2:5-9, and Acts 13:33-38.

Again, 1 Peter 3:22 and many other passages of Scripture, CLEARLY teaches us that the angels or the authorities and powers were MADE SUBJECT unto Jesus when he ascended into heaven to be seated at the right hand of God)

Hebrews 1:5. For unto which of the angels said he at any time, You are my Son, THIS DAY have I BEGOTTEN you? (Thus, John 3:16 should be translated and understood that God RECEIVED His only BEGOTTEN Son up into GLORY to be SEATED at His right hand side.

For you see, it was the Son of MAN, Jesus, who BECAME the only BEGOTTEN Son at the RESURRECTION of the HUMAN Son of God to ENTER INTO GLORY, according to Luke 20:36) And again, I WILL be to him a Father, and He SHALL BE to Me a Son? (This verse alone proves that Jesus did NOT pre-exist as God’s ETERNAL SON in any form. 

Whether it be that the Son pre-existed in the form of an angelic being who are called the sons of God, or whether it be a divine eternal spirit being named the Word. 

In other words, the angels are called the “sons” of God in Genesis 6:2-4, Job 1:6, Job 2:1, and Job 38:7, which was BEFORE God created Adam and Eve. 

Therefore, it is INCORRECT to take the phrase “this  day I have BEGOTTEN you” OUT of its CONTEXT to argue that the Son of God was BEGOTTEN in the eternity past BEFORE the angels were ever created.

And, therefore, wrongly conclude that since Michael the Archangel is an angel, also called a son of God, and Jesus is the Son of God, then Michael and Jesus are one and the self-same BEING. 

That is NOT sound Biblical reasoning! First of all, that would also make us to be angels as well.

Plus, in Acts 13:33, Paul is quoting PROPHECY from the Old Testament in Psalm 8:5 of God’s yet future Son who was not in existence at the time this prophecy was made. 

And most certainly, Michael the Archangel existed before any of mankind was ever created, according to Job 38:7

Also, Psalm 8:1-6 teaches us the very REASON for WHY God created man and the Son of MAN!

It was BECAUSE of His ENEMIES! Therefore, it is impossible for the phrase “FIRSTBORN of every CREATURE” to mean that the Son of God was BORN or BEGOTTEN, or CREATED in the ETERNITY past)

Hebrews 1:6. And again, (Speaking of the SECOND coming of Jesus back to the earth in the world yet to come) when He (Almighty God the Father) brings in the first begotten (Or the FIRSTBORN of EVERY creature, speaking of God’s new creation of righteous humans, and Jesus being the BEGINNING of God’s NEW CREATION.

Jesus is the first FAITHFUL and TRUE WITNESS, the FIRSTBORN from the DEAD, the FIRSTBORN among many BRETHREN, the FIRSTBORN of every CREATURE made in the IMAGE of the invisible God, to become the HEAD of the BODY of the church of the FIRSTBORN, according to Revelation 3:14, Revelation 1:5, Colossians 1:18-20, Romans 8:29, Colossians 1:15, and Hebrews 12:22-29) into the world, He says, And let ALL the angels of God worship him. (Speaking of the NOW GLORIFIED Jesus, the FIRSTBORN from the DEAD, the FIRSTBORN among many BRETHREN, the FIRSTBORN of every CREATURE made PERFECT in the IMAGE of God, according to Hebrews 2:10,)

Hebrews 1:7. And of the angels He says, Who makes His angels spirits, and His ministers a flame of fire. (So then, all these verses are comparing the DIFFERENCE between the angels and God’s first begotten Son)

Hebrews 1:8. BUT unto the Son (Referring to God’s HUMAN Son) He says, Your throne, O God, is forever and ever: (Or more correctly translated, your THRONE O God is for an AGE to an AGE, or for 1000 years during the world to come.

For you see, Micah 4:6-8 and 1 Corinthians 15:2-28 clearly teach us that the Son will rule for the first dominion ONLY.

Then the Son will step down from ruling and commit the Kingdom into the Father’s hands, so that God will be ALL and will rule henceforth and be in ALL) a scepter of righteousness is the scepter of your kingdom. (God is in the process of DETHRONING Satan as the God of this present world and PROMOTING Jesus and ALL of the SAINTS to REPLACE Satan and the fallen angels to rule over the earth during the world to come for the purpose of JUDGING Satan and the fallen angels, according to Acts 17:29-31, Psalm 75:1-10, Psalm 113:7,8, Psalm 82:1-8, Psalm 149:1-9, Acts 2:36, and many other passages of Scripture such as John 17:20-26)

Hebrews 1:9. You (Speaking of the HUMAN Son of God, you) have loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; THEREFORE (Or FOR this very REASON that you love RIGHTEOUSNESS hated iniquity) God, even your God, has ANOINTED You with the oil of GLADNESS above your fellows.”

Who does the Bible identify as the FELLOWS of Jesus Christ? 

Are the BRETHREN of Jesus the angels? Or are the sons of men that God made a little LOWER that the angels the FELLOWS or the BRETHREN of Jesus?  

Jesus is called the Son of MAN and NOT the Son of angels? 

Are YOU an angel or a human being? The Bible ITSELF teaches us in Romans 8:29 that God is conforming us into the IMAGE of His NOW GLORIFIED HUMAN Son, Jesus, the firstborn from the DEAD, the FIRSTBORN of every CREATION among many BRETHREN.

This is speaking of “the ALL” of WHOSOEVER BELIEVES that Jesus is the Christ, who died for their sins, the SON of the living God. 

Again, the Bible does NOT say that Jesus is the firstborn among many of the ANGELS.

Rather, the Bible ITSELF says in Luke 20;35.36, that the children accounted WORTHY of the RESURRECTION will be LIKE the angels, not become angels.

And most assuredly,  Son of MAN, Jesus, was ACCOUNTED WORTHY to be RESURRECTED and GIVEN eternal life to be having in Himself even as the Father has LIFE in Himself, according to Revelation 5:12, John 5:26,27, BECAUSE he is the Son of MAN, and many other verses of Scripture such as Acts 2:36.

The truth of the matter is that Colossians 1:15 is speaking of Jesus being the IMAGE OF God the firstborn of every creature AFTER the cross and RESURRECTION. 

In other words, Jesus was resurrected from the dead to BECOME the FIRSTBORN of every creature in the IMAGE OF the invisible God who alone is Almighty God the FATHER. 

So then, the firstborn of every creature means God’s NEW CREATION and NOT that Jesus was born or created in the eternity past as the first being that God ever created. 

Please read the following studies. They all teach the same things, but in different WAYS of explaining all the verses proving that Jesus did NOT pre-exist as Michael the Archangel, as God the Son the second person of the Trinity, or as a divine Spirit being named the Word.

There are MANY types and FIGURES in the Old Testament and yet not one single Christians tries to argue the the pre-existing Son of God manifested himself as Joseph, Jacob, Israel, or King David,

So then, WHY try and argue that Jesus pre-existed as the Angel of the LORD or as Michael the Archangel.

Why do they argue that the Angel of the Lord is NOT a FIGURE of God the Son.

It is because they NEED a LITERAL PRE-EXISTING Son of God, otherwise, their whole Trinity doctrine falls apart.

The name Michael means he is LIKE God. And all that means is that Michael the Archangel is a FIGURE of Jesus.

For you see, the name Israel means he shall RULE as God. But that does NOT mean that Jacob, whose name God changed to Israel, will rule as God in the world to come.

It simply means that the MEANINGS of the names Jacob and Israel are PICTURES of the Messiah.

Jacob means supplant which means to REPLACE. God gave a NEW name to Jacob which means he shall rule as God.

These NAMES are hidden PROPHECIES of Jesus being made a God to REPLACE Satan as the God of the earth during the world to come.

 Again, please read the following studies which show WHY Jesus is NOT the Creator.

Z-13. Verse Study on Colossians 1:15! Part 1 of 7.

P-7. Colossians 1:15-17 Does NOT Prove Jesus Created All THINGS!

P-9. God’s NEW Creation Created IN Jesus Christ!

D-9. Colossians 1:15 What Does Made in the IMAGE of God TRULY Mean?

** P-0. Jesus is NOT the CREATOR? **

But for now, let us continue with section 5.

Section #5. Verses Used to TRY to Prove Jesus is Michael the Archangel.

Here is section #5, we will take a CLOSER look at the verses of Scripture about Michael the Archangel that are used to TRY to prove Jesus is one and the self-same BEING as Michael, the CHIEF or HEAD angel.

The word “Archangel” is only found two times in the entire Bible.

It is found once in the book of Jude where this particular Archangel is named Michael.

Please read Jude 1:9.

“Yet Michael the Archangel, when CONTENDING with the DEVIL, he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not (Or dare not) bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke you.”

So here in this verse, we see this Archangel was named Michael. 

The CONTEXT is talking about foolish men speaking evil of dignities that they are ignorant of.

And Jude contrasts those foolish accusations with Michael the chief of angels who did not DARE to bring a railing accusation against Satan.

But rather, Michael said, the Lord rebukes you.

The only other time we see this word “Archangel” is when we read about the second coming of Jesus in 1 Thessalonians 4:16.

And to Trinitarian Christians, Michael did NOT say, But I, the Almighty LORD God rebuke you.

1 Thessalonians 4:16.

“For the Lord, Himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the VOICE of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:”

And here in this verse, we see our Lord Himself, which is speaking of Jesus, who shall descend from heaven WITH a SHOUT, WITH a VOICE of the Archangel, AND WITH the TRUMP of Almighty God.

Now some Christians, such as the Jehovah's Witnesses and the Seventh Day Adventist as well as others, conclude that this means that Jesus will descend from heaven and SHOUT with the VOICE of the Archangel. 

So, therefore, to THEM, Jesus himself must be the Archangel in order to HAVE the voice of the Archangel 

And since the Archangel is named Michael in Jude 1:9, and Jesus supposedly has the VOICE of the Archangel, then they wrongly conclude that Jesus MUST be one and the SAME BEING as Michael the Archangel.

But is this a SOUND BIBLICAL interpretation of these passages of Scripture? 

Does their INTERPRETATION line up with the REST of God’s word?

To me, a more correct translation of 1 Thessalonians 4:16 that AGREES perfectly with the rest of God's word, would be as follows.

A more correct translation of 1 Thessalonians 4:16.

“For the Lord, Himself shall descend from heaven at the CRY of INCITEMENT of the DISCLOSURE of the archangel, EVEN at the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:”

The CRY of URGING  the coming of Jesus will be from the SAINTS crying out and calling upon our Lord to COME saying EVEN so COME lord Jesus.

And our angels, who always behold the FACE of our heavenly Father will DISCLOSE the cries of the saints, being  DESPISED by the world at the time of the sound of the LAST TRUMPET of God.

These meanings of the Greek word “en” better fit what the whole word of Almighty God is teaching us.

Obviously, the Christians who believe in a PRE-TRIBULATION rapture of the church may not like this translation because it proves that the rapture is at the LAST trumpet immediately AFTER the time of the great tribulation.

Also, when Moses told the children of Israel saying, if you obey My VOICE and keep My covenant, then you shall be a peculiar treasure unto Me, not one Christian would use Exodus to TRY to prove that Moses spoke with the LITERAL VOICE of Yahweh Himself.

Now let us examine some of the other passages of Scripture where we find Michael the Archangel to see what they have to tell us. 

Remember that the name Michael means one who is like God. 

And it is this “meaning” of the name of Michael that is planted in the minds of the Jehovah's Witnesses and other Christians which guides or rather MISGUIDES their thinking.

They reason in their minds that since Jesus is the IMAGE of God and the name Michael means one LIKE God, then they must be one and the self-same BEING. 

But again, that is not sound Biblical reasoning.

Now the name Michael itself, when speaking of the Archangel, is only found five times in the entire Bible. 

We have already looked at Jude 1:9 where we saw Michael the Archangel contending with the Devil to learn that his name was Michael, but what else do we see in Jude 1:9?

Let us read Jude 1:9 again.

“Yet Michael the archangel, when CONTENDING with the DEVIL, he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not (Or did not dare) bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke you.”

Here we see that Michael the Archangel did NOT DARE to bring a railing accusation against Satan, the Devil when he was contending with the Devil about the body of Moses, but rather, Michael said, the Lord rebuke you. 

But Jesus, on the other hand, rebuked Satan to his face saying, Get you behind me Satan, according to Luke 4:8. 

And Jesus had no problem calling Satan a LIAR and the father of lies in John 8:44. 

And remember that Jesus was made a little LOWER than the angels during the days of His flesh. 

So, HOW can a MAN that his God MADE a little LOWER than the angels have authority over Satan and REBUKE him to his face, but Michael the archangel dared NOT to take authority over Satan? 

It is because God GAVE man DOMINION over the earth. 

Now, Satan stole that dominion, but Jesus was born of a Virgin and anointed at His baptism to restore that dominion to those of us who BELIEVE in Jesus as our Lord and Savior. 

Keep in mind that God NEVER said to ANY of the ANGELS to come to sit at His right hand. 

And that one single verse of Scripture alone proves beyond any shadow of a doubt that Jesus was NEVER Michael the Archangel. 

And there is ANOTHER verse in that same CONTEXT that ALSO proves that the Son of God was NOT the Angel of the Lord nor any other angel that brought messages from Yahweh men on the earth.

Please read Hebrews 1:1-5.

“God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spoke in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, 

Hebrews 1:2. Has in these last days spoken unto us by His Son, (So then, God did NOT speak to man by His Son in the Old Testament. 

Therefore, the Angel of the LORD and Michael the Archangel were NOT the Son of God.

They were simply angels. God spoke to us by His HUMAN Son, the Son of MAN, Jesus) whom He has appointed HEIR of all things, by whom (Or more correctly translated, whom He has appoint HEIR of ALL, FOR whom) also He made the worlds; (For you see, God made the worlds FOR Jesus and us to INHERIT being JOINT-HEIRS with Him, according to Romans 8:17) 

Hebrews 1:3. Who, being the brightness of His glory, and the express image of His person, (The means that the HUMAN Son of God was GIVEN the Divine NATURE of immortality BECAUSE He was the Son of MAN, according to John 5:26,27. 

Clearly, the CONTEXT is spelling of AFTER the cross and resurrection which is when the Son of MAN ENTERED INTO GLORY, according to Luke 24:26) and upholding ALL things by the word of His power, (Or more CORRECTLY translated and understood, and BEARING the ALL by the word of His power) WHEN He had by Himself PURGED our SINS, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high; 

Hebrews 1:4. Being MADE so much better than the angels, as He has by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they. (Or the now highly exalted Son of MAN has OBTAINED a more excellent name that all the ANGELS) 

Hebrews 1:5. For unto which of the angels said He at ANY TIME, You are my Son, this day have I begotten you? (Or this day I have MADE You so much BETTER than the angels) And again, I WILL be to Him a Father, and He SHALL be to me a Son?”

So then, it was AFTER the cross that the Son of MAN, Jesus was made in the IMAGE of His God to be MADE so much BETTER than the angels. 

It was WHEN Jesus was resurrected from the dead that He became the FIRSTBORN of every creature to be made in the IMAGE of God. 

Let us now take a look at Revelation 12:7-9 where we see Michael and HIS angels are once again contending or fighting against the Devil at the beginning of the yet future 3 1/2 years of the great tribulation. 

Only this time we see Michael as being the LEADER over other angels that are called HIS angels.

Revelation 12:7-9.

“And there was WAR in heaven: Michael and HIS angels FOUGHT against the dragon, and the dragon fought and his angels, (So then, Satan, the dragon, has HIS angels that he leads and Michael the archangel has HIS angels that he leads)

Revelation 12:8. And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven.

Revelation 12:9. And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, CALLED the Devil, and Satan, which deceives the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.”

Now we know from other places in the Bible that when Jesus comes again He is coming as a warrior to make war against the enemy of His people, Israel. 

And thus, Jesus will be FIGHTING for His people, Israel. 

And then at that time at the RETURN coming of Jesus, Israel will recognize Jesus as their MESSIAH. 

We also know that Jesus is coming with HIS armies, the army of SAINTS and the army of ANGELS. 

So then, when ONLY focusing on PART of God’s word, even when LEFT in the immediate CONTEXT, one could “INTERPRET” Revelation 12:7-9 to mean that Michael is Jesus.

Thus, it is very easy to see how some Christians can draw that conclusion.

Now, to me, it is equally as easy to see that Jesus is over and above Michael the archangel who is leading the army of angels of Jesus.

And, in truth, the angels actually belong to Almighty God Himself.

Always remember that God is the HEAD of Jesus and Jesus is the HEAD of the body, His church.

And, at his COMING, Jesus will be the Captain of the host of Yahweh who will lead His ARMIES to execute the WRATH of Almighty God.

Thus Jesus will give a command to Michael and the Archangel will command his angels to fight against Satan and his angels. 

Please read Revelation 19:11-16 where we see Jesus coming with HIS armies of angels to make WAR with the devil and his armies.

This passage of Scripture is almost identical with what we just read in Revelation 12:7-9 where Michael and HIS angels are making war with the devil.

Revelation 19:11-16.

“And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse, and He that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness, He does judge and makes WAR.

Revelation 19:12. His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on His head were many crowns; and He had a name written, that no man knew, but He himself.

Revelation 19:13. And He was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and His name is called The Word of God.

Revelation 19:14. And the armies which were in heaven followed Him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.

Revelation 19:15. And out of His mouth goes a sharp sword, that with it He should smite the nations: (Now, to me, I do not see a LITERAL sword being in the MOUTH of Jesus.

But rather, I understand this as Jesus COMMANDING the Chief angel Michael to carry out God’s word that is PROPHESIED in the Scriptures.

Then Michael and his angels under Him smite the nations obeying the command of the Captain of our salvation) and He shall rule them with a rod of iron: and He treads the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.

Revelation 19:16. And He has on His vesture and on his thigh a name is written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.”

And that NEW NAME of Jesus that He OBTAINED by INHERITANCE is more excellent than the ANGELS.

Now, this passage of Scripture is CLEARLY speaking of Jesus who is coming from heaven with the ARMIES of heaven to make WAR. 

But yet, the Jehovah’s Witnesses and some other Christians wrongly CONCLUDE that since Revelation chapter 12 teaches us that Michael the Archangel is IDENTIFIED as making WAR with the Devil and the angels of the Devil, and Jesus is coming to make war, then Jesus must be Michael the archangel. 

In other words, since the angels of heaven or the armies of heaven are identified as being HIS, as in, Michael’s angels, then that MUST mean that the angels of heaven are under Michael the Archangel’s leadership.

Therefore, they WRONGLY conclude that Jesus MUST be Michael the Archangel because here in Revelation chapter 19 Jesus is described coming from heaven with armies FOLLOWING HIM.

But again, is this a SOUND BIBLICAL conclusion that is based on the WHOLE word of Almighty God? 

It may appear to be a sound logical conclusion, but there is more evidence that we must closely examine before we can be absolutely sure this interpretation is BIBLICAL or NOT BIBLICAL. 

Please keep in mind that ANOTHER interpretation can be that Jesus is OVER Michael who is over the other angels, much like Jesus is a King who is over other kings who are over others.

When the President of the United States declares war, he gives the command to his generals. And then the generals lead THEIR army of soldiers. That does not make the generals to be the self-same BEING as the President.

Rather, it is simply a chain of command. When you say, this is my country, that does not mean you are over OUR country.

So then, with their ERRONEOUS line of reasoning ingrained in the minds of the Jehovah's Witnesses that Michael is LEADING HIS angels in WAR against the DEVIL and his angels, the leaders of the Watch Tower Society take the Jehovah’s Witnesses to the book of Daniel.

And from Daniel they show a prophecy of Michael standing up for the people of Israel in the last days. 

Let us now look at Daniel 12:1,2 where we once again see Michael the Archangel, who we also see is called the GREAT PRINCE STANDING UP for HIS people Israel.

Daniel 12:1,2.

“And at that time, shall Michael STAND UP, the GREAT PRINCE which stands for the children of YOUR people: (Notice that God’s prophet did NOT say, which stands up for HIS people) and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time YOUR people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.

Daniel 12:2. And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.”

Also, notice that there is a RESURRECTION at this time that Michael the GREAT PRINCE that STANDS for the people of Israel and how this compares to 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 which teaches us about the second coming of Jesus descending from heaven with a CRY of URGING by the DISCLOSURE of the Archangel Michael to the FACE of God at the time of the sounding of the LAST trump of God.

Again, as I said earlier, the Jehovah's Witnesses and some other Christians INTERPRET this to mean that Jesus MUST be Michael the Archangel before He came in the flesh.

But in TRUTH, this is a PROPHECY of God's yet future PRINCE.

In other words, God uses NAMES of the prophets and NAMES of the angels to HIDE figures and SHADOWS pointing to His future God who will be used by Yahweh to DETHRONE Satan and destroy all evil once and for all time.

Now, Jesus is shown having the VOICE of the Archangel, as in, being MADE Lord OVER all of the angels after the cross and resurrection, according to Acts 2:36.

Thus, our GREAT PRINCE will stand up for HIS people.

So again, I ask you, is the INTERPRETATION of the GOVERNING BODY of the Jehovah’s Witnesses a SOUND BIBLICAL interpretation? 

Can we be absolutely SURE that Jesus is, in fact, Michael the Archangel based on the INTERPRETATION these passages of Scripture based on REASONING ALONE? 

Keep in mind that ANOTHER interpretation can be that Jesus descends from heaven ALONG WITH the Archangel Michael whose voice repeats the shout or command of his commander and chief, Jesus Christ. 

In other words, Jesus descends from heaven with a SHOUT, and then Michael the Archangel who is WITH Jesus then uses his voice to give the orders of Jesus to the other angels. 

And ALSO keep in mind that there are MANY types, figures, and SHADOWS of Jesus in the Old Testament, but NONE of them are actually Jesus Himself. 

So then, Michael, in some instances, is a FIGURE of Jesus who is LIKE unto God. 

Now, the name Israel means one who will rule as God.

And thus, the NAME “Israel” is a TYPE or figure of Jesus, but Jacob, whose new name is Israel, is NOT actually Jesus himself. 

Also, Joseph was a type or figure of Jesus, but we all know that Jesus did NOT pre-exist as Joseph. 

Boaz is seen as a type or figure of Jesus as the “kinsman” redeemer, but we all know that Jesus did NOT pre-exist as Boaz. 

And neither did Jesus pre-exist as Michael the archangel.

Let us continue this study in God’s word to find what the WHOLE word of TRUTH teaches us on this subject of answering the question “Was Jesus Michael the Archangel BEFORE the ANGEL Michael supposedly became Jesus?”

This brings us to section #6.

Section #6. The CHIEF PRINCES! 

In this section #6, I will try to give BOTH sides of this controversy.

What I mean by this is, the WAY I initially present and explain the Scriptures, you MIGHT think that I am convinced that Jesus is Michael the Archangel.

I do this to show you HOW emphasizing DIFFERENT words can INFLUENCE how one understands a passage of Scripture.

And when you read the verse again emphasizing OTHER words, then it becomes clear that EITHER understanding can be the TRUTH.

But we all know that there can only be ONE TRUTH. Thus, we must use the WHOLE word of Almighty God.

With that being said, please take a look at Daniel 10:13 where Michael the Archangel is called ONE of the CHIEF PRINCES. 

And then, we will take a look at Daniel 10:21 where Michael is called YOUR PRINCE as referring to Daniel who is of the house of Israel. 

In other words, Michael is called the CHIEF PRINCE of the house of Israel.

Daniel 10:13.

“But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me one and twenty days: but, lo, Michael, ONE of the CHIEF PRINCES, came to help me; and I remained there with the kings of Persia.”

Now, the leaders of the Watch Tower Society publications that interprets the Scriptures and writes the church doctrine of the Jehovah's Witnesses, teach that Jesus was Michael.

Thus, they teach that Michael the Archangel became flesh in the womb of the Virgin Mary

Then, the HUMAN Son born of a Virgin was given the name Jesus.

And Jehovah’s Witnesses argue that this word “ONE” here in this verse means FIRST, as in, being NUMBER ONE or being the HIGHEST ONE of ALL other princes.

So then, if this is TRUE, then they have a pretty good argument for Jesus being Michael the Archangel. 

But before we take a closer look at the Hebrew word “ECHAD” that is translated as “ONE” here in verse 13 of Daniel chapter 10, let us take a look at the fifth and final verse where Michael the Archangel is mentioned in the Bible. 

Please take a look at Daniel 10:21 where Michael is called YOUR PRINCE as speaking to Daniel, who is of the house of Israel.

Daniel 10:21.

“But I will show you that which is noted in the Scripture of truth: and there is none that holds with me in these things, but Michael YOUR PRINCE.”

Again, it is the WATCHTOWER SOCIETY and NOT the BIBLE ITSELF that teaches the Jehovah's Witnesses that Jesus was Michael the Archangel BEFORE He became Jesus. 

You see my dear Jehovah’s Witnesses reader, the Watchtower Society publication likes to FOCUS on the fact that Michael is called ONE of the CHIEF PRINCES. 

They then go to Revelation 12:7-8 and show the JWs that Michael is the HIGHEST PRINCE that STANDS and FIGHTS with HIS angels for HIS PEOPLE. 

But they MISQUOTE Daniel who actually says YOUR people and NOT HIS people.

They then dogmatically DEMAND that this Hebrew word “ECHAD” that is translated as “ONE” means FIRST, as in, the HIGHEST and CHIEF PRINCE of all the other princes as being the ONLY meaning of the Hebrew word “Echad”.

In other words, the LEADERS of the Watchtower Society publications imply that we all know that Jesus is called the King of kings and the Lord of lords, which all Christians will agree. 

So, therefore, they conclude that since Michael the Archangel is clearly shown to be the PRINCE of princes because he is called ONE of the CHIEF princes, or as they claim the FIRST of the CHIEF princes or the HIGHEST of all princes, then Jesus MUST, therefore, be Michael the Archangel.

Now I want you, my readers and seekers of the TRUTH of the WHOLE word of Almighty God, to understand that everything we have covered thus far is based SOLELY on HOW one INTERPRETS the passages of Scripture that we have read. 

In other words, there has been NOTHING that we have read so far about Michael being Jesus that is CLEAR, PLAIN, and SIMPLE straight out language from the Bible with no interpretation needed that Jesus is Michael or Michael is Jesus.

So then, HOW can we KNOW for sure WHO has the CORRECT interpretation? 

Well, we need to keep digging for more EVIDENCE, until we find something that is CLEAR, PLAIN, and SIMPLE. 

And if nothing CLEAR, PLAIN, and SIMPLE can be found, then it should NOT be taught as doctrine.

And it should especially not be taught as DOGMATIC doctrine.

I will come back to this Hebrew word “ECHAD” in a moment.

But first, I want you to read a couple more verses in Daniel that IDENTIFY the PRINCE of all other princes as being the MESSIAH the PRINCE.

Please read Daniel 8:25 where the antichrist magnifies himself and fights against the PRINCE of princes who we know is a PROPHECY of the Lord Jesus Christ.

For you see, this is a VISION of future events.

Daniel 8:25.

“And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand, and he (The antichrist) shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also STAND up (Or FIGHT) against the PRINCE of princes, but he (The antichrist) shall be broken without hand.”

Then in Daniel 9:25,26, we read about MESSIAH the PRINCE being cut off which we all know and agree that this is speaking of the crucifixion of Jesus our MESSIAH.

Daniel 9:25.26.

“Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the MESSIAH the PRINCE shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troubled times.

Daniel 9:26. And after threescore and two weeks shall MESSIAH be cut off, (Or shall Messiah the PRINCE be crucified) but not for Himself: and the people of the prince (Speaking of Satan, the prince of devils that gives POWER to the son of perdition) that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary, and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.”

So then, if these INTERPRETATIONS of the Watchtower Society that are believed by the Jehovah's Witnesses are seen as being CORRECT, then in the minds of the Jehovah's Witnesses who have NOT been taught the WHOLE Bible, it certainly looks like or appears that Jesus was indeed Michael the archangel BEFORE He became Jesus.

But again, keep in mind that the Watchtower Society publications have produced no CLEAR, PLAIN, and SIMPLE evidence from the Bible except for THEIR OWN one-sided DEFINITION of the Hebrew word “ECHAD” that is translated as ONE.

By “their own one-side” definition, I mean that they INSIST that the ONLY meaning according to the context is FIRST.

And that is because they NEED it to mean first. For you see, if they ADMIT that it could ALSO mean ONE of MORE than just a single prince, then they cannot INFLUENCE the Jehovah’s Witnesses to NOT question what they teach. 

Again, the Watchtower Society leaders and the apologists of the Jehovah’s Witnesses teach that Jesus was Michael the Archangel CLAIM that this Hebrew word “ECHAD” ONLY means FIRST, as in, the HIGHEST CHIEF PRINCE who is above all other princes, which we KNOW to be Jesus.

So then, does this Hebrew word “ECHAD” mean FIRST? 

The HONEST unbiased answer to this question is yes it does. 

BUT the HONEST unbiased TRUTH is that is NOT the ONLY meaning of this Hebrew word “ECHAD”.

You see my dear brothers and sisters in our Lord Jesus Christ, the Hebrew word “ECHAD” ALSO means ONE, as in, ONE in NUMBER, as in, being SINGULAR. 

In other words, the ONE and ONLY CHIEF prince. HOWEVER, this Hebrew word “ECHAD” ALSO means ONE in UNITY, as in, ONE of many other CHIEF princes. 

To say this another way, the TRUE definition must be determined by the CONTEXT in which it is found.

And then, we must COMPARE the meaning we conclude by the context to other Scripture to confirm the TRUE  God intended meaning. Or to show that it is NOT Almighty God’s intended meaning of the word “ECHAD” in the light of the WHOLE word of God.

Also, keep in mind that even if this word “ECHAD” means without a doubt in EVERY case to mean the HIGHEST, then this still does not prove beyond any shadow of a doubt that Jesus pre-existed as Michael before he supposedly became Jesus. 

For you see, even if Michael is proven to be the HIGHEST of all the other CHIEF princes this still does NOT mean that Michael is the PRINCE of all other princes. 

I will explain what I mean by this further on in this study right after we finish seeing the true meaning of “echad” as being one of MANY other chief princes of the angelic beings. 

I personally believe that Michael and Gabriel were EQUAL in power and authority to each other and that Jesus BECAME the PRINCE of princes after the cross. 

Know you not that we shall judge the ANGELS? And we know that we will NOT judge Jesus who is SUPPOSEDLY Michael the Archangel.

1 Corinthians 6:3.  

“Know you not that we shall judge angels? How much more things that pertain to this life?”

So then, let us take a CLOSER look at Daniel 10:13 again and see what we find.

Daniel 10:13.

“But the prince of the kingdom of Persia (Speaking of just one of the fallen angels which is believed to be Satan himself) withstood me ONE (ECHAD) and twenty days:(Which is clearly the NUMBER one meaning a NUMBER of many days, and in this case, it is twenty-one days) but, lo, Michael, ONE (ECHAD the same Hebrew word that means ONE of many others) of the chief princes, came to help me; and I remained there with the kings of Persia.”

So here, in the exact SAME verse that is in question, we see TWO words that are translated as ONE, and BOTH words come from the exact same Hebrew word “ECHAD”. 

Now, we all know that there are MANY DAYS and NOT just ONE HIGHEST day in the NUMBER 21 days. 

And clearly, we can see that this word ONE and twenty days does NOT mean the FIRST day of these many twenty-one days. 

Nor does this word “ECHAD” mean the HIGHEST or CHIEF day of these twenty-one days being above every other day. 

But rather, this word “ECHAD” means ONE single day that is to be added to twenty OTHER single days for the total of 21 days or three FULL weeks which agrees with Daniel 10:2.

So then, CLEARLY, the Hebrew word “ECHAD” does not ALWAYS mean ONE, as in, FIRST or HIGHEST ONE. 

Also, please notice that this phrase CLEARLY and PLAINLY states the word PRINCES in the PLURAL.

Daniel 10:13.

“But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me one and twenty days: but, lo, Michael, ONE OF of the chief PRINCES (Plural of the word PRINCE, which CLEARLY is referring to Michael as being just ONE of the chief PRINCES just like the word of TRUTH CLEARLY and PLAINLY states. 

In other words, the word ONE here means that there is MORE than just ONE chief princes, but that ONLY ONE of the many other chief princes) came to HELP me; and I (Another unnamed CHIEF PRINCE or just a regular angel) remained there with the kings of Persia.”

You see my dear brothers and sisters in our Lord Jesus Christ, the CONTEXT of this passage of Scripture CLEARLY and PLAINLY teaches us that Michael is just ONE of the many OTHER chief princes, PLURAL, who has come to HELP this other CHIEF prince or angel fight against the prince of Persia to get the answer through to Daniel. 

CLEARLY and PLAINLY this word “ECHAD”, in this particular CONTEXT, means ONE, as in, a SINGLE ONE in a NUMBER of the many OTHER chief PRINCES came to HELP fight the prince of Persia. 

Now if God had intended His word to mean that this particular chief prince was the HIGHEST of all the other chief princes that God would have used the Hebrew word translated as “CHIEF” or HIGHEST”, or the most-high of the chief princes.

So, as you can see, KEEPING things in their CONTEXT is very important when INTERPRETING Scripture.

Then we must also COMPARE Scripture with Scripture to see if the INTERPRETATION we conclude is CORRECT, or if there is a better translation.

In other words, we must check and see if what we interpret is in AGREEMENT with the WHOLE word of Almighty God. 

And as always the CLEAR, PLAIN, and SIMPLE language of the Bible should always OVERRIDE these other vague and not so clear speculations. 

Yes, sometimes these speculations may seem very logical when viewed ALONE and APART from the WHOLE word of God.

But no matter how logical they may seem, if any line of reasoning CONTRADICTS the CLEAR, PLAIN, and SIMPLE word of Almighty God, then they must be rejected and being FALSE. 

Can you not see that the Jehovah’s Witnesses are doing the SAME thing that Trinitarian Christians do to try and prove their doctrine of the Trinity and that Jesus is Yahweh Himself? 

Trinitarian Christians find verses where Yahweh and Jesus say the same thing such as I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. 

And then they INTERPRET those verses to mean that Jesus MUST be Almighty God Himself. 

And the Jehovah’s Witnesses are doing the SAME thing by wrongly reasoning that since Michael is called a prince and Jesus is called a prince, then Jesus MUST be Michael the archangel.  

And that is NOT a sound Biblical interpretation of the Scripture.

Can you not see that every false teaching in the body of Christ is CONTROLLED by keeping those who have been DECEIVED by false teaching AWAY from the REST of God’s word. 

This is why the Watchtower Society does not allow THEIR interpretation of Scripture to be QUESTIONED. 

This is why the institution of the Roman Catholic Church teaches that the Popes are INFALLIBLE. 

This is why the Seventh Day Adventists follow their PROPHET above the Bible ITSELF. 

This is why the church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-Day Saints claims to be the ONE true church and exalts the writings of Joseph Smith and the other so-called living prophets ABOVE the Bible ITSELF. 

It is because Satan, the HINDERER of ALL the above-mentioned churches, the god of this world, blinds the TRUE Gospel of Jesus Christ from being seen and understood correctly.

For you see, Satan knows that if his followers ever receive the WHOLE TRUTH and nothing but the TRUTH of the WHOLE word of Almighty God written in the Holy Bible, then he would lose all of his followers in these church denominations teaching doctrines of devils.

With that being said please turn again to the book of Daniel 10 where we will begin looking at the passage of Scriptures that speak of Michael the Archangel, but we will take a much CLOSER look this time around.

Again, the first rule of interpretation is to read the CONTEXT  surrounding that verse.

And then, we are to compare Scripture with Scripture and let the word of TRUTH interpret itself. 

So then, let us read Daniel chapter 10, verses 13 and 21 when LEFT in their CONTEXT, and see what we find. 

Please read the entire CONTEXT by reading Daniel 10:2-21, where we see Daniel having a vision. 

Also, please notice the pronoun use as you read this following passage of scripture. 

I have highlighted all the pronouns that refer to Daniel in blue-green or teal color.

Please ALSO notice while you are reading the context that someone other than Michael the Archangel has appeared to Daniel in a VISION.

And he is talking to Daniel about a previous vision that Daniel had where Daniel was seeking God for the understanding of this first vision he had received.

Daniel 10:2-21.

“In those days, I Daniel was mourning three full weeks.

Daniel 10:3. I ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine in my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, till three whole weeks were fulfilled.

Daniel 10:4. And in the four and twentieth day of the first month, as I was by the side of the great river, which is Hiddekel;

Daniel 10:5. Then I lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a certain man clothed in linen, whose loins were girded with fine gold of Uphaz:

Daniel 10:6. His body also was like the beryl, and his face as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as lamps of fire, and his arms and his feet like in color to polished brass, and the voice of his words like the voice of a multitude.

Daniel 10:7. And I Daniel alone saw the vision: for the men that were with me saw not the vision, but a great quaking fell upon them so that they fled to hide themselves.

Daniel 10:8. Therefore, I was left alone, and saw this great vision, and there remained no strength in me: for my comeliness was turned in me into corruption, and I retained no strength.

Daniel 10:9. Yet heard I the voice of his words: and when I heard the voice of his words, then was I in a deep sleep on my face and my face toward the ground.

Daniel 10:10. And, behold, a hand touched me, which set me upon my knees and upon the palms of my hands.

Daniel 10:11. And he said unto me, O Daniel, a man greatly beloved, understand the words that I speak unto you, and stand upright: for unto you am I now sent. And when he had spoken this word unto me, I stood trembling.

Daniel 10:12. Then said he unto me, Fear not, Daniel: for from the first day that you did set your heart to understand and to chasten yourself before your God, your words were heard, and I have come for your words.

Daniel 10:13. But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me one and twenty days: but, lo, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me; and I remained there with the kings of Persia.

Daniel 10:14. Now I am come to make you understand what shall befall YOUR people in the latter days: for yet the vision is for many days. (I want you to notice that NOWHERE in the entire context is the people of Israel called Michael’s PEOPLE or HIS people like the Watchtower Society publication teach or imply.

They do that so that they can connect Michael the Archangel with Jesus where we know that Israel is HIS people of the people of Jesus. 

This is called READING INTO the Scripture the DESIRED meaning to support a church doctrine. 

This is why we must COMPARE whatever INTERPRETATION that is concluded with OTHER Scripture to see IF the interpretation agrees with the REST of the Bible)

Daniel 10:15. And when he had spoken such words unto me, I set my face toward the ground, and I became dumb.

Daniel 10:16. And, behold, one like the similitude of the sons of men touched my lips: then I opened my mouth, and spoke, and said unto him that stood before me, O my lord, by the vision my sorrows are turned upon me, and I have retained no strength.

Daniel 10:17. For how can the servant of this my lord talk with this my lord? For as for me, straightway there remained no strength in me, neither is there breath left in me.

Daniel 10:18. Then there came again and touched me one like the appearance of a man, and he strengthened me,

Daniel 10:19. And said, O man greatly beloved, fear not: peace be unto you, be strong, yea, be strong. And when he had spoken unto me, I was strengthened, and said, Let my lord speak; (Angels or angelic beings who are NOT human beings are MESSENGERS of God and the prophets of God like Daniel understood that this angel speaking to him was NOT Almighty God Himself.

But rather, a messenger bringing the WORD of the LORD to him) for you have strengthened me.

Daniel 10:20. Then said he, Know you wherefore I come unto you? And now will I return to fight with the prince of Persia: and when I am gone forth, lo, the prince of Grecia shall come.

Daniel 10:21. But I will show you that which is noted in the Scripture of truth: and there is none that holds WITH me in these things, but Michael your prince.”

In other words, Daniel was in captivity in the Babylonian Empire which was being ruled by the PRINCE of Persia but the prince of PERSIA was NOT the prince who was set in power by Almighty God to rule over God’s people Israel. 

So then the KEY to understanding whether or not, if  Michael the Archangel, who is called YOUR PRINCE, is in fact Jesus, OUR PRINCE the Messiah, we must IDENTIFY WHO the ME is here in verse 21.

For you see, this unknown angel that is speaking FOR Yahweh Himself is who speaks to Daniel and says.

Daniel 10:21b.

“...and there is NONE that holds WITH ME in these things, BUT Michael YOUR prince.”

So then, WHO is this unknown angel that is speaking to Daniel who has Michael the Archangel as the ONLY ONE who is standing by his side WITH him fighting against the principalities and powers and rulers of darkness over the prince of Persia? 

Answer this question, and you answer the question of whether or not Jesus and Michael the Archangel are one and the same being, will also be answered.

Let us go back up to verse 2 and begin reading this passage again, but this time I will highlight and emphasize some different words and phrases.

In the first reading of this passage of Scripture I highlighted all the pronouns that referred to Daniel.

But this time, I will highlight in dark yellow all the pronouns that refer to this one that had the appearance of a MAN that spoke to Daniel about the previous vision that Daniel had.

For you see, Daniel was seeking the meaning of the vision and you will clearly see that this other being that had the appearance of a MAN is DEFINITELY NOT Michael the archangel, because Michael was WITH him.

Daniel 10:2-21.

“In those days, I Daniel was mourning three full weeks.

Daniel 10:3. I ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine in my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, till three whole weeks were fulfilled.

Daniel 10:4. And in the four and twentieth day of the first month, as I was by the side of the great river, which is Hiddekel;

Daniel 10:5. Then I lifted up my eyes, and looked, and behold a certain man clothed in linen, whose loins were girded with fine gold of Uphaz: (The name Uphaz is believed to be a corruption of Ophir who is the son of Joktan which means he shall be made LITTLE.

To me, this is a hidden prophecy of all of the gold of Satan, the god of this present world, which be GIVEN to the GLORIFIED Son of MAN at the beginning of the 1000 year reign of Jesus)

Daniel 10:6. His body also was like the beryl, and his face as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as lamps of fire, and his arms and his feet like in color to polished brass, and the VOICE of his words like the VOICE of a multitude. (Now, the DESCRIPTIONS of this CERTAIN MAN fits PERFECTLY with the DESCRIPTION of the glorified Son of MAN, Jesus, in the book of Revelation.

And Michael is the ONLY one who stands WITH this CERTAIN MAN.

So, to me, I see that God chose for this angel to have the appearance of a CERTAIN MAN, because this is a hidden PROPHECY of Jesus)

Daniel 10:7. And I Daniel alone saw the VISION: for the men that were with me saw not the VISION, but a great quaking fell upon them so that they fled to hide themselves. (So again, in this VISION Daniel saw one who had the appearance of a MAN who fits the description of Jesus who says that there is NONE that is WITH HIM except for Micheal the Archangel)

Daniel 10:8. Therefore I was left alone, and saw this great VISION, and there remained no strength in me: for my comeliness was turned in me into corruption, and I retained no strength.

Daniel 10:9. Yet heard I the VOICE of his words: and when I heard the VOICE of his words, then was I in a deep sleep on my face and my face toward the ground.

Daniel 10:10. And, behold, a hand touched me, which set me upon my knees and upon the palms of my hands. (Speaking of the hand of an angel of the Yahweh)

Daniel 10:11. And he said unto me, O Daniel, a man greatly beloved, understand the words that I speak unto you, and stand upright: for unto you am I now sent. (Possibly a dual meaning of the angel being LITERALLY sent the FIRST day. 

But also a PROPHECY of the Messiah being PROPHESIED to come in the FIRST verse in Genesis teaching the RESTORING of the earth on the FIRST day) And when he had spoken this word unto me, I stood trembling. (Remember that the angels are the MESSENGERS that BRING God's word down from heaven to the prophets and servants of God. 

God does not send Himself, but rather, He sends His messengers)

Daniel 10:12. Then said he unto me, Fear not, Daniel: for from the first day that you did set your heart to understand, and to chasten yourself before your God, your words were heard, and I have come for your words. (Here we see that God sends the answers to our prayers the very FIRST day we seek him and petition our need in prayer with our whole heart in unwavering faith as Daniel did. 

We also see that this ANGEL came FOR the words of Daniel who prayed words to understand the VISION)

Daniel 10:13. BUT the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me one and twenty days: (Here we see that Satan and the fallen angels HINDER our prayers from getting through to us. 

One day in the near future, at the beginning of the 3 1/2 years of great tribulation, Satan the hinderer, or the restrainer will be cast down out of the midst of heaven as the god of this world and our prayers will no longer be hindered

We will receive POWER like never before because our prayers will be answered instantly.

Also, consider the 21 days as THREE FULL WEEKS. The THREE days come to mind.

So, possibly, the three weeks could symbolize the three days of 1000 years from the resurrection of Jesus to the END of Satan at the END of the 1000-year reign of Jesus) but, lo, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me; and I remained there with the kings of Persia.

Daniel 10:14. Now I am come to make you understand what shall befall your people in the latter days: for yet the VISION is for many days.

Daniel 10:15. And when he had spoken such words unto me, I set my face toward the ground, and I became dumb.

Daniel 10:16. And, behold, one like the similitude of the sons of men touched my lips: then I opened my mouth, and spoke, and said unto him that stood before me, O my lord, by the VISION my sorrows are turned upon me, and I have retained no strength.

Daniel 10:17. For how can the servant of this my lord talk with this my lord? For as for me, straightway there remained no strength in me, neither is there breath left in me.

Daniel 10:18. Then there came again and touched me, one like the appearance of a man, and he strengthened me, (Angels can appear in the appearance of a man. 

This is why the Bible teaches us to be kind to all men lest we entertain ANGELS unaware. 

Hebrews 13:2 “Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.”)

Daniel 10:19. And said, O man greatly beloved, fear not: peace be unto you, be strong, yea, be strong. And when he had spoken unto me, I was strengthened, and said, Let my lord speak; for you have strengthened me.

Daniel 10:20. Then said he, Know you wherefore I come unto you? And now will I return to fight with the prince of Persia: and when I am gone forth, (Or when I have left off from fighting the prince of Persia) lo, the prince of Grecia shall come.

Daniel 10:21. But I will show you that which is noted  (Or I will show you HIM which is RECORDED) in the Scripture of truth: and there is NONE that holds WITH me in these things, BUT Michael your prince.”

Please notice several things about this ONE who was speaking to Daniel about the vision Daniel had previously received.

First of all, he is DEFINITELY NOT Michael the Archangel, because we are CLEARLY and PLAINLY told that Michael was the only one that WILL be in the FUTURE.

In other words, Michael WILL be FIGHTING or WILL hold in these things prophesied in the Scriptures WITH ME the one NOTED in the Scriptures. 

Remember that Jesus said that the Scriptures TESTIFY of him. 

All through this passage of Scripture, it is CLEAR that the one who is SPEAKING to Daniel is NOT Michael the Archangel. So what does that matter?

It matters because this one that spoke to Daniel, who again is NOT Michael the Archangel, is described  as a CERTAIN MAN WITHIN the VISION itself a FUTURE war in heaven several times. 

And within that VISION ITSELF there is one like the Son of MAN or as one like in appearance to a MAN. 

Verses 5 and 6 give us a clear DESCRIPTION of this CERTAIN MAN that the angel was speaking to Daniel about, who was DEFINITELY NOT Michael the Archangel.

Daniel 10:5,6.

“Then I lifted up my eyes, and looked, and behold a certain man clothed in linen, whose loins were girded with fine gold of Uphaz:

Daniel 10:6. His body also was like the beryl, and his face as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as lamps of fire, and his arms and his feet like in color to polished brass, and the VOICE of his words like the VOICE of a multitude.”

Now let us COMPARE Scripture with Scripture and let the word of TRUTH interpret ITSELF in order to learn the IDENTITY of this CERTAIN man, who is girded about the loins with fine GOLD,  who has EYES as lamps of FIRE and feet like POLISHED BRASS, and whose VOICE is the sound of a MULTITUDE. 

Please turn to Revelation 1:9-15 where we see John giving us a DETAILED DESCRIPTION of Jesus which MATCHES almost word for word this description of this certain MAN that was sent by Almighty God to give Daniel understanding of the vision he had previously seen.

Revelation 1:9-15.

“I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.

Revelation 1:10. I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and HEARD behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet, (Which we know is the FIRST voice that John HEARS and is clearly identified from the context as being the voice of Almighty God the Father that sits upon the throne)

Revelation 1:11. Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What you see, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.

Revelation 1:12. And I TURNED to SEE the voice that spoke with me. And being TURNED, I SAW seven golden candlesticks;

Revelation 1:13. And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle.

Revelation 1:14. His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and His eyes were as a flame of fire;

Revelation 1:15. And His feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and HIS VOICE as the sound of many waters.”

Please notice that in BOTH passages of Scripture the similarities of describing the CERTAIN man in Daniel and the Son of man in Revelation.

Both passages have the CERTAIN MAN and the Son of MAN having a VOICE of many waters which identifies the CERTAIN MAN in Daniel 10:5 as not just any son of man but as the Son of MAN, Jesus.

BOTH are CLOTHED in a garment or linen.

BOTH are girt around the paps or loins with a GOLDEN girdle.

BOTH have EYES like a flame or lamp FIRE.

BOTH have FEET like fine polished BRASS.

BOTH have a VOICE of the sound of many waters or VOICE of a MULTITUDE.

And here in Revelation this “certain man” like the Son of MAN standing in the midst of seven golden candlesticks is CLEARLY, and PLAINLY identified as being Jesus Christ, the Son of Almighty God the Father.

So then, to me, the one described in Daniel with these SAME descriptions in Revelation and who DEFINITELY was NOT Michael the Archangel is describing Jesus in the future. 

In other words, the angel that is NOT Michael is explaining the VISION of the certain man speaking in the FIRST person. 

The angel is teaching Daniel that which is NOTED in the Scriptures concerning the VISION of this CERTAIN MAN that would be in the FUTURE. 

To say this another way this angel was revealing the meaning of the VISION to Daniel in the FIRST person that the certain man is the Son of man, Jesus. 

You see God sent one of his ANGELS to Daniel having God’s WORD to give Daniel UNDERSTANDING of the VISION that he was seeking God for understanding. 

Now the WORD, the saying, or the message of Almighty God was sent down from heaven with one of God’s angels to explain the VISION.

The angel did this so that Daniel could both see and hear the ANSWER to his prayer sent from God the very first day that Daniel set himself to fast and pray. 

In much the same way the WORD, or SAYING, or PROPHECY that was with THE God, in the beginning, was SENT sent down from heaven to the Virgin Mary by way of the angel or messenger Gabriel. 

And when Mary believed saying, be it done according to YOUR word then that spoken Word, or spoken SAYING of Almighty God Himself that was spoken by an ANGEL was MADE to BECOME flesh, the Son of MAN, who was given the NAME Jesus.

Only this time, instead of just the angel of God giving a VISION of a word of the prophecy of Almighty God, the spoken Word of PROPHECY of Almighty God that was spoken by the angel Gabriel was conceived in the womb of the Virgin Mary and she BROUGHT FORTH a man-child. 

And then, when Mary's time came to her full time she then brought forth a human son into the world that had never existed before and called his NAME Jesus, which name means the salvation of YHWH or Yahweh.

My point is that just because an ANGEL speaks God’s word that does NOT make that angel to be Almighty God Himself. Let us move on to the next point. 

The Bible ITSELF teaches us in Exodus 3:15 that YAHWEH is God's NAME FOREVER, but it is commonly accepted by some Christians that the name Jehovah could also be transliterated from the Tetragrammaton, the four Hebrew letters YHWH. 

I personally believe that this will be proven wrong by the original text in the very near future.

Therefore, I myself conclude from the WHOLE word of Almighty God that NEITHER the WORD that was WITH God in the beginning nor JESUS, who is now at the right hand of his God and Father, the one true and only Almighty God, is now nor ever was Michael the Archangel as the Watchtower Society of the Jehovah's Witnesses and some others FALSELY teach. 

In other words, Jesus NEVER was Michael the Archangel, Jesus right now in heaven is NOT Michael the Archangel, and there is no SOUND BIBLICAL from the whole word of God that teaches us that Jesus will someday become or RETURN to being Michael the Archangel.

However, there is SOUND Biblical evidence that Jesus never was an ANGEL and that the Son of man will not become or return to being an ANGEL. 

We already covered some of those verses in section #2. I will get to those verses in a moment.

But first, there may be some who might be thinking that the VOICE of MANY WATERS is NOT the SAME as the VOICE of a MULTITUDE and wrongly accuse me of reading into the Scriptures.

But if you again COMPARE Scripture with Scripture and let the word of TRUTH interpret itself you will CLEARLY see that they are ONE and the SAME VOICE. 

Please read Revelation 17:1 where we read about a whore that sits upon MANY WATERS.

Revelation 17:1.

“And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will show unto you the judgment of the great whore that sits upon MANY WATERS:”

Then in Revelation 17:15, the Bible interprets itself and teaches us that the many WATERS where the whore sits are many people or MULTITUDES of many different people from every nation and tongue.

Revelation 17:15.

“And he said unto me, The WATERS which you SAW, where the whore sits, ARE peoples, and MULTITUDES, and nations, and tongues.”

So you see, my dear brothers and sisters in our Lord Jesus Christ, BOTH the VOICE of that CERTAIN MAN in the VISION having the voice of a MULTITUDE, who again was CLEARLY and PLAINLY NOT Michael the Archangel.

Again, the ONE like the Son of Man in revelation is described as having SAME VOICE of MANY WATERS. 

And we KNOW without a doubt that the voice of many waters belongs to Jesus, the Son of MAN, the SON of God Almighty.

And all Jehovah’s Witnesses know full well that the Bible ITSELF does NOT teach us that Jesus is the one true and only Almighty God Himself, who alone is the Father.

So again, neither Jesus nor the Word in John 1:1 is Michael the Archangel, the FIRSTBORN of every creature as the Watchtower Society falsely teaches. 

But rather, Michael is just ONE of many chief princes that is over a single part of the army of angels will fight alongside WITH Jesus the King of kings and Lord of lords. 

And the Son of MAN, Jesus was made to be both Lord and Christ to be OVER all the angels, including being over Michael the Archangel who is just ONE of the many chief princes that are UNDER Jesus. 

And these other chief princes are also over other parts of the army of angels in heaven. Messiah the PRINCE, Jesus is NOW crowned the King of kings and the Lord of lords but he still has THE King, Almighty God the Father Himself who is over HIM. 

You see, it will be at that particular time in the FUTURE in Daniel VISION that the Archangel Michael will be the only one of all the other chief princes that will come to HELP this CERTAIN one who had the appearance of a man so that the VISION can be FULFILLED. 

The angel coming to HELP the other angel fight the prince of Persia is a TYPE or FIGURE of the Son of Man.

Let us continue taking a look at Daniel chapter 10 for further evidence that neither Jesus nor the Word is or ever was Michael the Archangel, the FIRSTBORN of every creature in eternity past who then created everything else as the Watchtower falsely teaches. 

Please know and understand that I am not anti-Jehovah's Witnesses.

But rather, I am against ALL FALSE teaching of every church denomination that is DECEIVING my dear brothers and sisters in our Lord Jesus Christ.

Now again, the Watchtower Society leaders teach that Michael is ONE of the CHIEF PRINCES of the angels, WRONGLY teach that this means that Michael is the CHIEF PRINCE meaning that he is the PRINCE of ALL other princes. 

And, therefore, they wrongly conclude that Michael must be Jesus who we know is the captain of the host of the Lord’s army.

But I want you, my readers and seekers of the TRUTH, to THINK for YOURSELF and to pay close attention and notice that Michael was WITH this certain man and NOT the other way around where this certain man was WITH Michael the archangel. 

This TRUTH clearly shows us that this one that had the appearance of a MAN was GREATER in authority than Michael the archangel. CLEARLY, Michael was WITH this one like a man and NOT the other way around. 

Go back and read this study again if you need to slow down and think things through for yourself.

My main point is that to INTERPRET that Jesus descends from heaven WITH the voice of the Archangel to mean that Jesus himself is the archangel himself is READING INTO that verse the desired meaning.

And that INTERPRETATION by the governing body of the Jehovah’s Witnesses does NOT harmonize with the rest of God's CLEAR, PLAIN and SIMPLE word. 

If this INTERPRETATION were true and correct, then it would be logical to say that Jesus himself is a literal TRUMPET of Almighty God because Jesus will descend WITH the TRUMP of God as well. 

The TRUTH of the matter is that just as Michael was WITH this certain man fighting ALONGSIDE and HELPING in this FIGHT against the prince of darkness of Persia in the heavens is simply a TYPE, shadow, or figure of the Son of man coming in clouds of great glory to make war with the enemy of Almighty God in the future. 

All of the SOUND Biblical evidence points to the SPOKEN word of PROPHECY of Almighty God being FULFILLED to become FLESH, a FULLY JUMAN Son of God.

Again, the Scriptures TESTIFY of Jesus, and we do indeed see this passage of Scripture as being a FIGURE foreshadowing Jesus. 

Quite simply, the word or MESSAGE of God was sent by Almighty God by way of an ANGEL of God who appeared in the form of a man to Daniel, and Daniel referred to this one in the appearance of a man as his lord. 

But CLEARLY and most definitely Daniel was NOT calling Michael the Archangel his lord. 

But rather, Daniel was calling the one WITH Michael his lord, or Lord.

Definitely, this one that APPEARED with the APPEARANCE of a MAN, was GREATER than Michael the Archangel and the description of this one like a man that appeared to Daniel match the description of Jesus found in the book of Revelation as one having EYES of a flame of FIRE. 

In other words, the TYPE or figure of this certain man that will be in the future will be greater than Michael the Archangel. 

Now, the angel actually fighting with Michael in Daniel's day may have been equal to Michael who is just one of the CHIEF princes. 

In other words, this other angel who appeared as a man, may or may not have been a chief prince himself. 

I personally believe that this other angel was also a chief prince but even if this other angel is proven to be a chief prince that still does not prove that this other angel was Jesus himself pre-existing as an angel. 

Satan is called a chief prince in Ezekiel 38:2,3 and 39:1 as the chief prince ruling over Gog and Magog. 

My point is that this angel was a TYPE or FIGURE foreshadowing the yet coming Messiah the PRINCE.

Please read Revelation 19:11,12 again and notice one of the descriptions of Jesus as having EYES as a FLAME of FIRE.

Revelation 19:11,12.

“And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse, and He that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness, he does judge and makes war.

Revelation 19:12. His EYES were as a FLAME of FIRE, (Which matches exactly with both Revelation 1:14 and Daniel 10:6), and on His head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but He Himself.”

Now keep in mind that Michael came to HELP and fight alongside WITH this one having EYES as a flame or lamp of FIRE. 

So, therefore, it is IMPOSSIBLE for Michael to be Jesus whose EYES are as a flame of FIRE. 

Also, I want you, the reader, to keep in mind that the WORD of God had NOT YET been fulfilled to become FLESH. 

And the human Son of God born of a virgin had NOT YET been GIVEN the NAME Jesus when this angel appeared to Daniel in the form of a man to speak the word of Almighty God and EXPLAIN the one NOTED in the Scriptures which also EXPLAINED the VISION that Daniel prayed to understand.

Therefore, to DOGMATICALLY say and teach that this one like a man who EYES were as a flame of FIRE that appeared to Daniel to be a PRE-EXISTING Jesus is not totally accurate. 

For you see, again the WORD had NOT YET BECAME flesh to dwell among mankind in HUMAN form as the Son of MAN. 

Almighty God had not yet created His HUMAN Son FIRST in the womb of a woman as PROPHESIED in Isaiah 9:6,7. 

And the name of Jesus was NOT YET GIVEN to this child BORN the Virgin Mary who would be called the Mighty God WHEN the GOVERNMENT is laid upon his shoulders in the world yet to come.  

Quite simply Jesus was NOT YET BORN or brought into existence until his virgin birth. You see, this man-child that was brought forth into the world who had never existed before was brought into existence as a HUMAN being by being BORN of a woman the human Son of man GIVEN the NAME Jesus, which means the salvation of Yahweh.

 In other words, this CERTAIN one like a man is nameless at that point in time when he appeared to Daniel, but we can certainly see that he is a TYPE of SHADOW or a FIGURE of the MESSIAH who is PROPHESIED to come. 

To say this another way, at the TIME of Daniel the MESSIAH Jesus, as the SON of Almighty God was only in the PLAN of Almighty God that would one day in the future be brought forth into existence. 

Only the PROPHECIES of the COMING MESSIAH existed prior to Jesus ACTUALLY being brought forth into existence in the womb of the Virgin Mary by the spoken word of Almighty God. 

Yes, the WORD of Almighty God was WITH Almighty God from the beginning. 

And YES, Jesus, in the MIND and PLAN of Almighty God, was WITH God in the beginning as one coming TOWARD God to BECOME a God seated at His right hand.

However, the Son was NOT brought into existence in the eternity past as the Watchtower Society and other church denominations teach.

But rather, Jesus pre-existed ONLY in the form of God’s PLAN in His mind and then as His SPOKEN WORD of PROPHECY awaiting fulfillment.

Again, there are MANY types and shadows that give us a PICTURE of the coming MESSIAH.

But these TYPES and shadows are NOT ACTUALLY a so-called PRE-EXISTING Jesus. 

You see my dear brothers and sisters in our Lord Jesus Christ, we clearly see and understand that King David in many places spoke things as if Jesus himself were speaking those things of himself.

But we know that King David himself was NOT ACTUALLY a pre-existing Jesus. 

So WHY then do some Christians DOGMATICALLY teach that some of these other types, shadows, and figures are the PRE-EXISTING SON of Almighty God.

You see, the CLEAR, PLAIN, and SIMPLE word of TRUTH simply states that in the beginning was the Word or more correctly translated as the word, the logos. 

And  the word or logos was TOWARD the Almighty God. 

And  the word or logos was God or the word was “THEOS”, which is translated as God with a capital “G” by the TRANSLATORS.

But, in TRUTH, I myself have to ask the question, are these TRANSLATORS a little bit BIASED in translation “THEOS” in John 1:1 with a capital “G”?

Again, the only SURE way to know is to COMPARE Scripture with Scripture and let the word of TRUTH interpret ITSELF.

In other words, let the CLEAR, PLAIN, and SIMPLE word of God speak for ITSELF.

Now every honest Bible scholar will tell you that there is no article “THE” before this second Greek word “THEOS”, but there is, in fact, the article “THE” before the first Greek word “THEOS”.

In other words, John 1:1 should be translated as follows.

“In ‘a’ the beginning was the word, and the word was with THE God, and the word was “a” god.”

One translation of this last phrase reads, “and what god was the word was”. 

In other words, what Almighty God thought or imagined to be brought into existence His spoken word of prophecy BECAME or came into BEING. 

And AFTER the cross the Son of MAN Jesus was highly exalted by his God and Father to BECOME a god under Yahweh to rule for Yahweh the Father during the 1000 year reign of Jesus.

You see, since Almighty God is SPIRIT and is INVISIBLE, the only way that man can see or understand God is for Almighty God to REVEAL or MANIFEST or CLEARLY SHOW us who he is by SENDING us MESSAGES or SPEAKING to us by way of his LOGOS. 

And this is what Almighty God did in the Old Testament by sending His Holy Spirit to speak to His prophets and at times God even sent His angels to speak to mankind. 

But in these last days, Almighty God sent forth His spoken Word that BECAME a body of FLESH, a literal HUMAN being, that the Holy Spirit of Almighty God would descend from heaven to DWELL in this Son of MAN that was given the name Jesus. 

We see this ANOINTING of the Holy Spirit coming to DWELL in Jesus happening when Jesus was baptized at the age of thirty by John the Baptist.

You see, if Almighty God never BROUGHT FORTH His LOGOS, His Word, His saying as one of our fellow humans to SHOW us the Father, then we could never truly know Him. 

And in these last days, Almighty God brought forth His word in a different way which was to actually become a human being, a body of flesh that the Holy Spirit came DWELL in. 

But more than this Almighty God chose to ALSO dwell in WHOSOEVER believes upon His Son Jesus as their MESSIAH who died for our sins and was raised the third day from the dead. Jesus made it possible for this same Holy Spirit of Almighty God that dwelled in Jesus to also dwell in us. 

Please read the study N-4. Jesus the Christ!

Also read the study G-3. The Power and the Authority of the Believer!

May God bless you richly as you continue to seek the TRUTH of the WHOLE word of Almighty God.

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You can also find ALL of the studies on the subject of the errors of interpretation made by the GOVERNING BODY of the Jehovah’s Witnesses under the **Z-0. WHY the Jehovah’s Witnesses Are NOT Biblical! ** 

Thanks for reading, and may God bless you richly as you continue to seek the TRUTH of the WHOLE word of Almighty God. 

And to me, the truth concerning who Jesus TRULY is, according to the Bible ITSELF, is the Biblical Unitarian view of Jesus. 

Once Christians, Jews, Muslims, and even atheists understand the REASON that Yahweh CREATED the Son of MAN, Jesus, was to have DOMINION over the work of Yahweh’s hands. 

And after you understand that the REASON that Yahweh did that is to STILL His ENEMIES, Satan and the fallen angels. 

Then you can understand that God made His human Son to become “a” Lord, “a” King, and “a” God, under and subject to his God and Father in order to JUDGE Satan and the fallen angels. 

For a deeper understanding of this WAR that Lucifer and one third of the angels waged against the throne of Almighty God, please read the studies under the subject category called ** Q-0 Why Are We Here?  Is God at WAR? **.

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Thanks again for reading, and may God bless you richly as you continue to seek the TRUTH of the WHOLE word of Almighty God. 

And to me, the truth concerning who Jesus TRULY is, according to the Bible ITSELF, is the Biblical Unitarian view of Jesus. 

And again, for ALL of the studies on the Biblical Unitarian view of Jesus, please click on the subject heading ** D-0 The BIBLICAL UNITARIAN VIEW of Jesus! **

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This way you can just send ONE link to those who you want to share the TRUE sound Biblical FOUNDATIONAL teachings of the church that Jesus and his Apostles taught in the first century church.

Your brother in our Lord Jesus Christ,

Brother Mark.

My heartfelt prayer is that all Christians RETURN to the TRUE FOUNDATION of the church that is taught by the very Apostles of Jesus in the first century. 

So let us all come into the UNITY of the faith and return to what Jesus and his Apostles taught us in SIMPLICITY in the New Testament. 

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Always be faithful to share, to preach, and to teach the whole gospel of Jesus Christ!