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Is Jesus Michael The Archangel?
Joh 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
The Bible tells us that God sent His son to the earth. This means he existed prior to becoming a human here on earth. Knowing how seriously God takes names; no doubt Jesus would have had a name in heaven, yet no mention of Jesus occurred prior to his birth on earth. An angel was very explicit to Mary when he said: Lu 1:30 And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with God. Lu 1:31 And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS.
Jehovah’s Witnesses feel that Jesus’ name in heaven is Michael. Michael is closely associated to Jehovah; and actually has the meaning Who is like God. Michael is the name given to the Archangel and it only occurs 1x in direct application to the Archangel and 4x as a heavenly being; with 3 of those times in Daniel as being Jehovah’s prince, and the other as leading the battle against satan in the battle that cast satan and the demons to the earth. The term Archangel only occurs 2x in the Bible and it was translated from the Grk word ajrcavggeloß Archaggelos
and is defined as: archangel, or chief of the angels Michael then was very high in rank over all the angels; the highest angel. The Bible clearly teaches Jesus is only subject to Jehovah and is above all angels: 1co 11:3 But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God. also Php 2:9 Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name
The first prophecy in the Bible occurs at Gen 3:15 which reads: And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel Jehovah was talking to satan, making it known that there would be a seed that would eventually crush him; most of the “Christian” faiths believe this seed to be Jesus. Michael is recorded as clashing with satan more than once and led the attack in which satan was cast to the earth: Re 12:7 And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, Re 12:8 And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven. Re 12:9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him. Notice how the angels were referred to as his angels, all subject to him. Notice Mat 28:18:And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.
At 1 Thessalonians 4:16 the voice of the resurrected Lord Jesus Christ is described as being that of an archangel, suggesting that he is, in fact, himself the archangel. This text depicts him as descending from heaven with “a commanding call.” It is only logical, therefore, that the voice expressing this commanding call be described by a word that would not diminish or detract from the great authority that Christ Jesus now has as King of kings and Lord of lords. (Mt 28:18; Re 17:14) If the designation “archangel” applied, not to Jesus Christ, but to other angels, then the reference to “an archangel’s voice” would not be appropriate. In that case it would be describing a voice of lesser authority than that of the Son of God.
Soon this will be fulfilled: Re 20:1 And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. Re 20:2 And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years. Daniel, after making the first reference to Michael (Da 10:13), recorded a prophecy reaching down to “the time of the end” (Da 11:40) and then stated: “And during that time Michael will stand up, the great prince who is standing in behalf of the sons of [Daniel’s] people.” (Da 12:1) Michael’s ‘standing up’ was to be associated with “a time of distress such as has not been made to occur since there came to be a nation until that time.” (Da 12:1) In Daniel’s prophecy, ‘standing up’ frequently refers to the action of a king, either taking up his royal power or acting effectively in his capacity as king. (Da 11:2-4, 7, 16b, 20, 21) This supports the conclusion that Michael is Jesus Christ, since Jesus is Jehovah’s appointed King, commissioned to destroy all the nations at Har–Magedon. Re 11:15 And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever. Re 16:14 For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth (5738) (5625) unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty. Re 16:15 Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame. Re 16:16 And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon. The horses mentioned in Chap 6 also reveal it is Jesus and satan. Jesus receiving the crown, and satan taking peace away from the earth:Re 6:2 And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer. 6:4 And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, Bible states it will be Jesus leading the way: 2th 1:7 And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, 2th 1:8 In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ
I hope this helps. If you would like to know more about it, I would recommend researching it on JW.org.
