Jesus, YHVH the Son, is the Arch [highest] - Angel [messenger] of the LORD [Father]

[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]"... Then who is this leader of ours who is called Michael? According to Luther and others, the name "Michael" in this case does not refer to the angel Michael in the Book of Daniel, unless it be that angel of whom, Daniel tells us, Nebuchadnezzar exclaimed, His form is like that "of the Son of God" (Daniel 3:25). The word Michael, in other words, might well not be a personal, creaturely name at all, like Gabriel or Peter or Paul, but should rather be translated literally: Michael - "Who is like God." Quis sicut Deus. And who is like God? Which one is it of all the angels who Himself so partakes of the divine majesty that He alone can be said to be, truly, the Son of God? Of whom does the writer to the Hebrews (1:3) say: "... Who being the brightness of God's glory and the express image of God's person ... upholding all things by the word of His power"? This is He, the same epistle says, "who by Himself purged our sins." Of whom does the writer to the Colossians (1:15) say: "Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature"? Who? The Lord Jesus Christ, in whom, the same writer says (1:14) "We have the redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins." He is the Micha-el, the Quis sicut Deus, whose angels we are.[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]
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[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]The war we wage under His banner and within His kingdom of heaven is a war against the kingdom of the earth, against the principalities and powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, "against the great dragon ... that old serpent called the Devil and Satan." ... that his battle ... involves the Lord of Life against the Dragon of death." [Page 2] - http://www.crossings.org/archive/bob/sermons/TheAngelsofMichael.pdf[/FONT]
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“MORE THAN ONE ARCHANGEL? - alias WHO IS “THE ANGEL OF THE LORD”?

It’s time to revise many apocryphal “Christmas cards” (sic)! According to Holy Scripture, there are not several archangels all of whom are creatures - but only one Archangel alias Leader of the created angels. And that Archangel is the uncreated God the Son Himself.

‘The Angel of the Lord’ is the pre-incarnate Second Person of the Trinity. This is the Christ-exalting doctrine of the infallible Word of God. See Genesis 18:2 to 19:27 & 32:24-30; Exodus 3:2-14; 13:21f; 19:3 to 20:19; Joshua 5:13-15f; Isaiah 63:8-13f; Daniel 3:25; 7:13f; 12:1f; Zachariah. 3:1; Malachi 3:1 & 4:2 cf. Acts 7:30-33 & First Corinthians 10:1-4 & Galatians 3:19.

It seems the Ante-Nicene Fathers agree. Thus the Latin Church’s Irenaeus observes in Against Heresies IV:10:1 regarding Moses that “the Son of God is implanted everywhere throughout his writings - at one time, indeed, speaking with Abraham when about to eat with him; at another time...bringing down judgment upon the Sodomites [Genesis 18:2-33 & 19:1-27]; and again when He becomes visible and directs Jacob on his journey [Genesis 31:11 & 32:24-30], and speaks with Moses from the bush [Exodus 3:2-4].” Also Tertullian in his Against Marcion (III:9:1) says that “Christ...did Himself...in...the flesh appear to Abraham [Genesis 18:2 to 19:27].”

Also the Greek Father Eusebius in his Church History I:2:1-13 remarked: “In Christ, there is a twofold nature.... Who, beside the Father, could clearly understand the Light Who was before the world - the intellectual and essential Wisdom Who existed before the ages; the living Word Who was in the beginning with the Father; and Who was God?....

“The Lord God...appeared as a common man to Abraham while he was sitting at the oak of Mamre [Genesis 18:1f]. And he, immediately falling down, although he saw a man with his eyes, nevertheless worshipped Him as God and sacrificed to Him as Lord and confessed that he was not ignorant of His identity when he uttered the words: ‘Lord, the Judge of all the earth, will You not execute righteous judgment?’ [Genesis 18:25]....

“Moses most clearly proclaims him...Lord...when he says: ‘The Lord rained upon Sodom and Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the Lord’ [Genesis 19:24]. The divine Scripture also calls Him ‘God’ - when He appeared again to Jacob in the form of a man.... Therefore also Jacob called the name of that place ‘Vision of God’ - saying: ‘For I have seen God face to face’ [Genesis 32:28-30]....

“You will perceive also...that this was None Other than He Who talked with Moses...and said to him: ‘I am the God of your fathers!’ [Exodus 3:2-6].... Also Joshua the successor of Moses calls Him, as Leader of the heavenly angels and...rule over all, ‘Captain of the host of the Lord’ - although he did not see Him otherwise than again in the form and appearance of a man [Joshua 5:13-15].” Also see, to the same effect, the A.D. 165 Justin Martyr’s Dialogue with Trypho (62).

Even after the A.D. 325 Council of Nicaea, at least for a while Augustine too seems to have held this view. Also the A.D. 450 Church Father Theodoret of Cyrrhus agreed with it. Theodoret' s words (in Exodum 3) are: “The whole passage shows that it was God Who appeared to him [Moses]. [Page 1-2]

But he called Him an ‘angel’ [alias a ‘messenger’] in order to let us know that it was not God the Father Whom he saw - for whose ‘angel’could the Father be? - but the Only-begotten Son, the Angel of great Counsel” alias Christ as the ‘Angel’ or Messenger of the Covenant in Malachi 3:2.

It was only with and after ‘Pope’(?) Gregory the Great (who died in 604), that later Scholastics such as Thomas Aquinas systematized an alternative view. Thus it became the view of the mediaeval Deformed Church that ‘The Angel of the Lord’ was merely a created archangel called Michael - and not the divine Michael-Christ as the one and only Archangel and uncreated Leader of all created angels (as in Daniel 12:1, First Thessalonians 4:16, Jude 9 and Revelation 12:7f).

So the dominant Pre-Mediaeval view was that the Second Person of the Triune God Himself is “The Angel of the Lord” mentioned in infallible Holy Scripture. This mainline traditional view of the Early Church was rediscovered by the Protestant Reformation and stressed also by Calvin (and later by Matthew Henry, Haevernick, Keil, Delitzsch, and Hengstenberg, etc.).

Rightly did Cincinnati’s Lane Theological Seminary’s Church History Professor Rev. Dr. A.C. McGiffert then comment in the Eerdmans edition of the Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers on Eusebius’s Church History (at its I:2:8): “Eusebius accepts the common view of the early Church that the theophanies of the Old Testament were Christophanies; that is, appearances of the Second Person of the Trinity. [The A.D. 400f] Augustine seems to have been the first of the Fathers to take a different view, maintaining that such Christophanies were not consistent with the identity of essence between Father and Son - and that the Scriptures themselves teach that it was not the Logos but an angel that appeared to the Old Testament worthies on various occasions (compare De Trinitate III:2). Augustine’s opinion was widely adopted [in the subsequent Romish phase of the Deformed Church], but in modern times [since the Protestant Reformation of the Deformed Church] the earlier view which Eusebius represents, has been the prevailing one. See Hodge’s Systematic Theology I:490 and Lange’s article Theophany in Herzog.”

Even the angelodoulic Roman Catholic website http://ic.net/~erasmus/RAZ16.HTMT/ (Angels and Demons) says that the ancient view that God the Son is ‘The Angel of the Lord’ - while “not common in Catholic circles” - certainly “is not heretical.” The Catholic Bible Encyclopedia too states: “It will be seen that this ‘Angel of the Lord’ often speaks and acts as Yahweh Himself.”

Also Pre-Christian Judaism agrees. This is reflected in its Targum on Genesis 32:25; its
Midrash on Exodus 18:5; its Book of Jubilees 1:27 & 2:1; and its Apocalypse of Moses 1f.

Great then is the culpability of the Judaistic leaders who rejected the Angel of the Lord and God’s Angel of the Covenant - when He became flesh and dwelt among them! Great too is the culpability of modern Churchfolk who would attribute to mere created angels and alleged archangels

- that which our Sole Archangel, Michael the Son of God, claims solely for Himself! Mi ka ’El means: ‘Who is like God?’ Who indeed ? - save he Who is God. Post tenebras - fiat Lux!”

-- Rev. Dr. Francis Nigel Lee
Professor-Emeritus of Systematic Theology and Church History, Queensland Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Brisbane, Australia.” [Pages 1-2] - http://www.dr-fnlee.org/docs4/mtoa/mtoa.pdf
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[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]"... [Page 311] 7-9 The scene changes abruptly: St. John now sees war in heaven, Michael and His angels waging war with the Dragon. ...[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]
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[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]... There should be little question that this Captain of the angelic host is a symbol for the Seed of the Woman, the Son of God - represented now not as a Child, but as Michael, the great Warrior-Protector who leads the armies of heaven in battle against the demons. St. John's symbolism is not casual; it is intentional, and very precise. He carefully chose to reveal Christ in terms of the specific Biblical connotations associated with Michael.[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]
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[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]The name Michael (meaning Who is like God?) occurs elsewhere in the Scriptures only in Daniel and Jude. Michael is portrayed in Daniel as "the great Prince" who stands as the special Protector of the people of God. War breaks out in heaven between the good and evil angels, and even Gabriel is unable to overcome the demons until Michael comes to do battle with the enemy (Dan. 10:12-13, 20-21). In view of what is revealed about Michael in the latter part of Daniel 10, it is likely that the otherwise unexplained vision in the first part of the chapter refers to Him as well: Daniel saw a man[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]The closing passage of Daniel's prophecy refers to Michael as the Guardian over God's people, who will arise to fight on [Page 311-312] their behalf during a time of great tribulation, saving all whose names are written in the Book of Life (Dan. 12:1). 27 Michael's name does not appear again in the Bible until an offhanded mention by Jude, who tells us that He "disputed with the devil and argued about the Body of Moses" (Jude 9). 28 Jude also calls Him The Archangel. a term which - contrary to some speculations that have developed about the various ranks of angels - does not necessarily mean "member of a superior class of angels," but rather simply "the Chief of the angels," an expression equivalent to "Captain of the LORD's hosts" (Josh. 5:13-15). This would also tend to identify Michael with the Angel of the LORD (cf. Ex. 23:20-23), a figure who is, in most cases, a pre-incarnate appearance of Christ. 29 The only other Biblical occurrence of the word Archangel is in 1 Thessalonians 4:16, where Christ descends in the Second Coming "with a shout, with the voice of the Archangel," or, better, "with a shout, with Archangelic Voice." The clear implication is that Christ Himself shouts with the Archangelic Voice. 30 (The fact that there are superior ranks of angels [cf. Rom. 8:38; Eph. 1:21; Col. 1:16] means tht a more general use of the term archangel is theologically valid. But the Bible itself does not seem to use it in this way.) Barrington observes that the term Archangel "may even be compared with 'Lord of hosts,' and it may perhaps have meant that manifestation of God in which He appears as leader of the armies of Israel or of the heavens." 31 Accordingly, in the Book of Revelation we find Him leading the armies of heaven in victorious conflict with Satan, actions clearly predicated of Christ throughout the New Testament (cf. Matt. 12:22-29; Luke 11:14-22; Col. 2:15; Heb. 2:14-15; 1 John 3:8; Rev. 19;11-16).[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]
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[FONT=Times New Roman, serif][Page 312 Notes Begin] 27. Calvin recognized that this description of Michael must be a reference to Jesus Christ; see his Commentaries on the Book of the Prophet Daniel (Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, 1979), Vol. 2, pp 369ff. …[/FONT]
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[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]29. See the discussion of this point in Herman Bavnick, The Doctrine of God, translated by William Hendriksen (Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1951), pp 256ff.[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]
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[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]31. Barrington, p. 222. [Page 312 Notes End] [Page 313] the view that Michael is a symbolic representation of Christ, a name that emphasizes His divine nature and power; and that the "angels" who accompany Him are His apostles, "together with all the angelic forces in sympathy and cooperation with the," 32 This view both explains, and is reinforced by, the passage as a whole. ..." [Page 311-313] - https://archive.org/stream/DaysOfVe...of_Vengeance_David_Chilton#page/n336/mode/1up[/FONT]
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[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]"... [Page 40] Here we observe a remarkable advance in Messianic prophecy. it is the distinct conception of a SON OF MAN receiving from the eternal God the dominion of heaven and earth. We conceive this Son of man as identical with the Messianic prince of chap. IX, 25, 26; presented also again in chaps. X, 21 and XII, 1, under the symbolical name of Michael. ..." [Page 40] - https://archive.org/stream/propheciesofdani00terr#page/40/mode/1up[/FONT]

[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]"... [Page 42] As "Michael, the great prince," is not identical with the people of God (X, 21; XII, 1), but rather their representative and defender, so here it seems most satisfactory to understand the Son of man (verse 13) as the personal representative and prince of "the people of the saints" (verse 27). Our exposition of the anointed prince, in chap. IX, 25, 26, confirms this view, and the New Testament conception is that the saints of Christ shall reign with him in glory (Rom. VIII, 17; 2 Tim. II, 12; Col. III, 4; 1 Peter IV, 13; 1 John III, 2; Matt. XIX, 28; Luke XXII, 30; Rev. II, 26, 27; III, 21; XX, 4; XXII, 5). ..." [Page 42] - https://archive.org/stream/propheciesofdani00terr#page/42/mode/1up[/FONT]

[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]"... [Page 125] Michael the great prince - The same mentioned in chap. X, 13-21. Comp. what is said of the "prince of the host of Jehovah" in Josh. V, 13-15, and the angel of Exod. XXIII, 20-23. He is the guardian of God's Israel, who stands and presides over the sons of thy people. This we regard here, as in Rev. XII, 7, as an apocalyptic name and symbol of the Messiah. The name itself signifies "who is like God," and suggests the embodiment of God's power as seen in the uttermost redemption of his people. ..." [Page 125] - https://archive.org/stream/propheciesofdani00terr#page/125/mode/1up[/FONT]​

[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]"... [Page 363] 1. The description accords noticeably with that of the Christophany of I, 12-18[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]
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[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]5. Finally, the purpose of this interlude (X, 1-XI, 13) makes it particularly appropriate that the Christ's appearance should be under the symbolism of an angelophany; for he appears not as God, or as judge, but as the rainbow-crowned angel of the covenant, who commits the word of God to his servant and apostle. ..." [Page 363-364][/FONT]

[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]"... [Page 374] (1) a manifestation of Christ as the great covenant angel; ..." [Page 374][/FONT]

[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]"... [Page 386] 7. War in heaven - On the same element in which the woman and the dragon have thus far appeared. Michael and his angels - These are obviously the heavenly antagonists of the dragon and his angels. As the one class represents the powers of darkness, the others must represent the forces of light. It would have been incongruous to introduce Christ, or the Lamb, by name, as the great opponent of the dragon, and equally so to have portrayed the seed of the woman as going to war with the dragon as soon as they were born. But while incongruous is the apocalyptic imagery and scheme, it is still true in fact that Christ and his holy angels are the real antagonists of Satan ... We accordingly understand Michael and his angels to be here a symbolic designation of Christ and his apostles, together with all the angelic forces in sympathy and cooperation with them. The name Michael is taken from Dan. X, 13, 21' XII, 1, where he is spoken of as "the great prince who standeth over the children of thy (Daniel's) people." We compare also with this "the prince of the host of Jehovah" (Josh. v, 14), who assisted the children of Israel in the overthrow of Jericho. As we have shown in the note at the close of chap. X, it accords with the apocalyptic scheme of this book to introduce Jesus Christ under various names and symbols. Having appeared in X, 1, as the strong covenant angel of light, he now appears as Michael the archangel, the great leader of the hosts of heaven against the prince of hell. ..." [Page 386][/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]
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[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]"... [Page 433] 14. These shall war against the Lamb - Even as the dragon and his angels warred against Michael and his angels in XII, 7. For having lost in that war the dragon was wroth and went away to war with the rest of the woman's seed (XII, 7), and this war against the Lamb and those who are with him, called and chosen and faithful, is one phase of that war on the seed of the woman. but in their war on the Lamb and his followers the Lamb shall overcome them as triumphantly as Michael prevailed in the war of XII, 7-9, for he is Lord of lords and King of kings, as will be more fully brought out in chaps. XIX and XX, after the destruction of the harlot has been fully shown. ..." [Page 433][/FONT]
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[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]"Sermon 11. The Burning Bush ...[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]
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[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]...The angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the bush: some think this angel was Gabriel, but most agree, and I believe with the greatest probability, that it was Jesus Christ, the angel of the everlasting covenant; and an expositor tells you, that the eternal Logos, longing to become man, often visited this earth in that form, as an evidence of his coming by and by, and dying a cursed death for man. ..." [Page 181]
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[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]"... But whether ministers or people burn, the great God, the angel of the everlasting covenant, spoke to Moses out of the bush ..." [Page 187][/FONT]

[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]"... the same angel of the covenant who spake to Moses out of the bush, he shall ere long descend, surrounded with millions of the heavenly hosts ...[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]
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[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]... O go and tell your companions that the madman said, that the wicked men are as firebrands of hell: God pluck you as brands out of that burning. Blessed be God, that there is yet a day of grace: Oh! that this might prove the accepted time; Oh! that this might prove the day of salvation; Oh! angel of the everlasting covenant, come down; thou blessed, dear comforter, have mercy, mercy, mercy upon the unconverted ..." [Page 192][/FONT]​

[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]"... is God's opportunity: for behold, just as the knife, in all probability, was near to his throat, ver. 11, "the angel of the Lord (or rather the Lord of Angels, Jesus Christ, the Angel of the everlasting covenant) called unto him (probably in a very audible manner) from heaven, and said, "Abraham, Abraham. ..." [Page 133] [/FONT]

[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]"... In the conflict, he approves himself to be God's beloved Son; and the Father gives demonstrable evidence, that with, and in him, he is indeed well pleased. Let us with serious attention consider when, where, and how, our great Michael fought with and overcame the dragon. The Evangelist Matthew is very particular in relating the preparations for the beginning, process, and issue of this glorious and important combat. ..." [Page 208][/FONT]

[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]"... Our Lord, therefore lets him know that he should not throw aside this important weapon upon this account, but puts by this home thrust with another Scripture: "It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God." Still our Lord quotes something out of the book of Deuteronomy, and hath his eye upon Israel in his wilderness state. ... [Page 211-212][/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]
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[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]... and, therefore, as I would not command the stones to be made bread, needlessly and distrustfully set up to provide for myself; neither will I now presume unnecessarily upon God's power, by casting myself down, though placed by thee in such a dangerous situation."[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]
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[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Thus our great Michael comes off conqueror in the second assault. And doth not the serpent feel his head bruised enough yet? ..." [Page 211-212][/FONT]

[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]"... A neglect of this important point hath been, and it is to be feared even now is, the bane of the Christian church: for if young men's minds are, from year to year, wholly engaged in studying the heathen mythology, instead of being shewn the beauties of the New Testament; if thy are taught to delight more in reading Caesar's Commentaries, or the exploits of an Alexander, than to admire the miracles of Jesus of Nazareth; if they are directed to employ themselves more in giving an account of Homer's battles, than of the important war between Michael and the dragon; if it is esteemed a greater excellency to be engaged in studying folds of a Roman garment, than to enquire into the various turnings and windings of their own corrupt hearts; ..." [Page 402][/FONT]
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[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]"LETTER CLI.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Savannah, Jan. 22, 1740. ...[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]... Methinks I hear you say, "O thou of little faith! Wherefore dost thou doubt? As thy day is, so shall thy strength be." Michael and the dragon, I hear, are carrying on war most bravely in England. I really believe we shall not die, till we see the kingdom of God come with power. ..." [Page 141] [/FONT]

[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]"LETTER CLXXXI.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]To W.S. Esq.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Reedy Island, May 19, 1740 ...[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]... One of the inclosed papers will shew you the event of what you inserted (unknown to me) in the News. However, be not disheartened; God shall make even this to work together for your good. The war between Michael and the dragon has much increased. ..." [Page 169][/FONT]

[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]"... LETTER CCXXXVII.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Saint George's (Pennsylvania) Nov. 24, 1740. ... [Page 225-226][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman, serif]... My love to all that love the Lord Jesus. The war goes on bravely between Michael and the Dragon. Our dear Lord (O condescending love!) is wondrous kind to your poor, weak, unworthy brother and servant in Christ, G.W." [Page 225-226][/FONT]

[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]"... LETTER CCLIX.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]To Mrs. B-----, in Charles-Town.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]On board the Minerva, Feb. 17, 1741.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]I am much obliged to you many ways. The Lord reward you a thousand-fold. Your prayers are heard. God is carrying us upon the wings of the wind. The angel of the covenant accompanies us in the way. ..." [Page 243][/FONT]

[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]"... LETTER CCCXXXIII.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]To L----- M-----, an Orphan.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]On board the Mary and Ann, July,27, 1741. ...[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]... Satan will, no doubt, be very busy; and therefore you ought to be busy also. You fight under a good captain, even Jesus Christ, who will tread all enemies under your feet. ..." [Page 302][/FONT]

[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]"LETTER CCCXXII.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]To Mr. A-----, in London,[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Edinburgh, June 4, 1742.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]FROM a heart overflowing with a sense of God's love, I write you these few lines. Yesterday our Saviour brought us hither. On board, I spent most part of my time in secret prayer. Satan shot many of his fiery darts against me. Our great Michael gave me a shield of faith, by which I was enabled to repel them all. ..." [Page 399][/FONT]

[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]"... LETTER CCCCXCVII.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]To Lady Jabe H----- C-----.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]London, Dec. 23, 1742. ... He helps me also to praise him. When I discover a new corruption, I am as thankful as a sentinel keeping watch in a garrison, would be at spying a straggling enemy come near him. I stand [Page 479-480] not fighting with it myself in my own strength, but run immediately and tell the captain of my salvation. By the sword of his Spirit, he soon destroys it, and makes me exceeding happy. This is what I call a simple looking to Christ. ..." [Page 479-480][/FONT]​

[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]"... LETTER CCCCXCVIII.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]To the Reverend Mr. H-----.[/FONT]

[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]London, Dec. 23, 1742. ... [Page 3-4][/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]... I hope ere long we shall hear of persons going from post to post, and crying, "Babylon is fallen, Babylon is fallen." I trust you, my dear Sir, will be made a happy instrument in the Mediator's kingdom, of pulling down satan's strongholds. Pray write me word, how the war is going on between Michael and the dragon. ..." [Page 3-4][/FONT]

[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]"... LETTER DXCII.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]To the Reverend Mr. J----- R-----.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Wicoacommoca, May 16, 1747. ... [Page 100-101][/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]... I pity them in their present distressing circumstances, and pray that they and you may have grace given to endure hardness like good soldiers of Jesus Christ. Your dear father I hear is discharged from all campaigns. -- Ere long, the captain of our salvation will command us home also. The Lord grant that we may die like soldiers, fighting against the devil, the world, and the flesh. ..." [Page 100-101][/FONT]


[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]"... LETTER DCLXXXVIII.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]To some devout Soldiers.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Glasgow, Sept. 29, 1748.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]My dear Brethren,[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]It gave me no small satisfaction, when I was lately at Edinburgh, to hear that several of you were enables to behave like good soldiers of Jesus Christ. ...[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]... I hear of others of your profession, that have lately enlisted under the banner of the ever-blessed Redeemer. Happy they! happy you! You have a good captain, a good cause, good armour, and an exceeding great reward. ..." [Page 185][/FONT]

[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]"... LETTER DCCLIII.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]To Lady F----- S-----.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Portsmouth, May 12, 1749. ... [Page 254-255][/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]... Methinks I see angels gazing to see how your Ladyship acts your part. O that the angel of the everlasting covenant may always accompany you, and by the power of his eternal and all-conquering spirit, enable your Ladyship to fight the good fight of faith, and run with patience the glorious race that is set before you! He is never wanting to those that put their trust in him. ..." [Page 254-255][/FONT]

[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]"... LETTER DCCCVII.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]To the Reverend Mr. B-----.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]London, Jan. 12, 1750. ...[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]... But fear not, Mr. B-----, the God whom we serve, the captain under whose banner we are listed, is able to deliver us. He knows who to trai us up gradually for war, and is engaged to bring us off more than conquerors from the field ..." [Page 314][/FONT]

[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]"... LETTER DCCCXIV.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]To Mr. T-----.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Gloucester, Feb. 6. 1750.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Though I left London in a very weak condition, and the weather was but bad in coming down, yet the Angel of the everlasting covenant preserved and strengthened me, and I came to Gloucester last Friday evening. ..." [Page 324][/FONT]


[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]"... LETTER DCCCXLV.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]To the Rev. Mr. B-----.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Kendal, June 21, 1750. ... [Page 359-360][/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]... I do not envy you; but I pray the Redeemer, from my inmost soul, to sanctify your situation, and give you to increase with all the increase of God. I am called forth to battle; remember a poor cowardly soldier, and beg the Captain of our salvation, that I may have the honour to die fighting. ..." [Page 359-360][/FONT]


[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]"... LETTER DCCCCXIX.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]To Mr. L-----.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Portsmouth, June 19, 1752. ...[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]... Let not what has happened, draw off your mind from the Captain of your salvation. He is altogether lovely, and worthy of your highest regard. ..." [Page 434][/FONT]

[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]"... LETTER DCCCCXLIV.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]To Mr. S-----.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]London, Dec. 9, 1752. ...[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]... Here the church is and will be militant; in heaven it shall be altogether triumphant. Let us go on, my dear brother, fighting the good fight of faith. Ere long we shall be called to lay hold on life eternal. Christ is our captain; we are therefore assured of conquest. ..." [Page 458]
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[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]"... LETTER MLXXXIX.[/FONT]
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[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]To the Reverend Mr. H-----n.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]London, July 25, 1755. ...[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]... May Jesus secure the remaining few, and be their refuge from every impending storm! ... Happy they who can say, "He knoweth the way that I take:" when they are tried, they shall come forth like gold. God only knows what a trying season lies before us. It is to be feared, that we are upon the eve of a bloody war. O that the war between Michael and the Dragon may go on! The prospect is promising. Several ministers preach Christ boldly; and as for my own poor feeble labours, the blessed Jesus vouchsafes to crown them with success. ..." [Page 130][/FONT]

[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]"... LETTER MXCVI.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]To Lady P-----.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Weston-Favell, Aug. 30, 1755. ... [/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]... I long, I long to hear that he is returned victorious. he is gone upon a good cause, and under the conduct of the best general, even the Captain of our salvation. ..." [Page 137][/FONT]
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[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]"... In my way northward, I take the first opportunity of thanking you for both, and at the same time heartily thank the Captain of our salvation, for giving you grace to stand to your colours, and persist in your spiritual warfare. ..." [Page 140][/FONT]
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[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]"... That the Captain of our salvation may make them all good soldiers for himself, is the earnest prayer of, my dear Mr. D-----, ..." [Page 193][/FONT]
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[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]"... The Captain of our salvation approves it. ..." [Page 283][/FONT]
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[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]"... Thanks be to God, we do not go a warfare on our own charges; the Captain of our salvation will conquer for and in us. ..." [Page 329][/FONT]
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[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]"... If ever so busy, for the sake of the glorious Captain of our salvation, you shall receive a line by way of answer from, my dear Sir, Yours, &c. &c. &c. G.W." [Page 358][/FONT]

[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]"... I hope to arrest some poor run-away bankrupts for the Captain of our salvation. ..." [Page 399][/FONT]
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[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]"... Hence his character is declared by the prophet Isaiah and summed up by himself, when he appeared to Manoah and his wife, in the title "WONDERFUL." ...[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]
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[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]...We cannot fail to realize that the day is approaching, in which he will come in the clouds of Heaven, with power and great glory; with the voice of the Archangel, and with the trump of God will summon the dead from their graves; will sit on the throne ... [Page 22-23][/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]
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[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]... This is the "Wonderful" person whose sacrifice of himself is symbolized, or set forth by figures on the altar of Christians ..." [Page 22-23] - https://archive.org/stream/revsamuelaaronhi00aaro#page/22/mode/1up[/FONT]
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[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]"... An angel, by his official place and work easily distinguished from those having the trumpets, holds in his hand a "golden censer" that with "much incense" he might render acceptable "the prayers of all saints." As the angel who had the "seal of the living God," is distinguished from those that "held the winds," (ch. vii. 1) so is he here, from those that had the trumpets. Here he appears as the Great High Priest over the house of God; and as "the whole multitude of the people were praying without, at the time of incense;" (Luke i. 10) so the service of God is thus emblematically represented as conducted according to divine appointment. This Angel therefore is Christ himself. "No man cometh unto the Father but by him." He is the only Advocate with the Father; and through him "we have access by one Spirit unto the Father." (Eph. ii. 18.) ..." [Page 101] [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]
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[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]"... 5. And the angel took the censer, and filled it with fire of the altar, and cast it into the earth: and there were voices, and thunderings and lightnings and an earthquake.[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]
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[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]V. 5—The Lord Jesus, in carrying out the designs of the divine mind, and executing the commission which he received from the Father as Mediator, appears in various characters. Whilst as a priest he intercedes for his people, and by the incense from the golden censer renders their prayers acceptable before God; as a king he answers their prayers by terrible things in righteousness. (Ps. lxv. 5). This work of vengeance is vividly signified by scattering coals of fire on the earth.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]From the very same altar, whence the glorious Angel of the Covenant had received fire to consume the incense, he next takes coals, the symbol of his wrath, and scatters them into the earth. ..." [Page 102][/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]
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[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]"... Vs. 1-3.-The majestic description of this Angel agrees to no creature. It is proper to God-man only. It is partly the same display of the Mediator's glory which we had in ch. i. 15. Especially is this the case as to his face, his feet and his voice. The "rainbow" is still the sign of the everlasting covenant. "In wrath he remembers mercy." ..." [Page 122][/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]
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[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]"... The angel set his feet upon the world, as his footstool; by which position is emblematically signified his sovereign dominion over sea and earth. And this is agreeable to his own plain teaching in the days of his public ministry:-"All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth." (Matt. xxviii. 18.) He trod upon the billows of the ocean literally in the state of his humiliation, giving thereby evidence of his power over the mystical waters,-"the tumults of the people." During the popular commotions signified by the trumpets, he said to the raging passions of men and their towering ambition, as to the waves of the sea,-" Hitherto shall ye come, and no further; and here shall your proud waves be stayed," "He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still;" and whether the nations of Christendom are at war or in peaceful tranquillity, he reigns over them as their rightful sovereign; ."his right foot on the sea, and his left on the earth." In possession of universal dominion, he speaks with authority, "as when a lion roareth." Although a lamb slain, the victim for our sins; he is also the Lion of the tribe of Judah, ruling over his own people, restraining and conquering his own an their enemies. ..." [Page 123][/FONT]

[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]"... Vs. 4-7. The attitude assumed by the Angel of the covenant is very impressive, instructive and exemplary:-"his hand lifted up to heaven." ..." [Page 124][/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]
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[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]"... This war in heaven, conducted with various success by Bernard, Peter Waldo, John Wickliffe and others on the European continent and in Britain, may be pronounced by Gibbon "premature and ineffectual;" but the Captain of salvation and his heroic followers, will give a different verdict. These noble confessors and martyrs, under the conduct of Michael our prince, began the struggle with the dragon, although the war did not come to its height till the early part of the 16th century. Then it was that "Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon fought and his angels." Both parties became more visible in the symbolic heaven before the eyes of all Christendom. Michael, (who is like God?) is the well known description of Jesus Christ. (Phil. ii. 6; Heb. i. 3.) To Daniel, while contemplating this same contest, he was made known as the "great Prince, that standeth for the children of God's people," and long before Daniel's time, had "contended with the devil." (Jude v. 9.). "Christ and Belial" are therefore the two opposing leaders of the armies. In other words, Christ mystical and the devil incarnate are the belligerents ..." [Page 163] [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]
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[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]"... Confident in the power and faithfulness of Michael their Prince, confident in the righteousness of their cause, fondly hoping that at this time their Master is about [Page 165-166] to restore again the kingdom to Israel, they prematurely exclaims-"Now is come salvation." [Page 165-166][/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]
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[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]"... Such is the condition of the saints, and such the powerful combination against them, as symbolically represented in the 11th, 12th and 13th chapters of the Apocalypse. And in this prolonged and eventful conflict we may with Moses, "turn aside and see this [Page 199-200] great sight, why the bush is not burnt." (Exod. iii. 3.) The Lord was in the bush, and "greater is he that is in them than he that is in the world." (1 John iv. 4.) ..." [Page 199-200] - The Project Gutenberg eBook of Notes On The Apocalypse, by David Steele, Sr.[/FONT]
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[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]"... The Scriptures that seem to sustain the notion of guardian angels over nations are Dan. 10:13-21; Dan. 12:1. But here "Cambyses and Alexander seem to be meant, and Michael is probably the Messiah." [Page 331] - First Lines of Christian Theology: In the Form of a Syllabus, Prepared for ... - John Pye Smith - Google Books[/FONT]
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[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]"IV. Various names are given to angels as expressive either of their nature, or offices.[/FONT]

[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]1. The chief of these is descriptive of their office. Angel means a messenger. It is a word not confined to them, nor to any other kind of messengers of God. (1.) It is used of ordinary messengers among men, 1 Sam. 11:3; Job 1:14; Luke 9:52; (2.) of prophets, Mal. 3:1; (3.) of priests, Mal 2:7; (4.) of ministers of the gospel, Rev. 1:20; (5.) of impersonal agents, as of pestilence, 2 Sam. 24:16,17. Plagues, likewise, are denominated "evil angels," Ps. 78:49. Paul also calls his "thorn in the flesh" "an angel of Satan," 2 Cor. 12:7. (6.) It is also applied to the Second Person of the Trinity, as "the angel of his presence," Isa. 63:9, and "the angel of the covenant," Mal. 3:1. ..." [Page 191] - https://archive.org/stream/abstractofsystem00boyc#page/191/mode/1up[/FONT]

[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]"MALACHI Chap. 3:1. Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me : and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger (angel) of the covenant, whom ye delight in : behold, he shall come, saith the LORD of hosts.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]1. The Lord is to come suddenly to his temple.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]2. He is the angel of the covenant." [Page 294] - https://archive.org/stream/abstractofsystem00boyc#page/294/mode/1up[/FONT]​

[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]"SERMON XI.[/FONT]
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[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]THE PRINCE OF SALVATION.[/FONT]
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[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]1. Christ is the prince of our salvation. He is the great antetype of Moses, Joshua, Samson, and David. Their deeds of pious valor faintly foreshadowed the glorious achievements of the Captain of our salvation.[/FONT]

[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]He is a prince in our nature. The Lord from heaven became the second Adam, the seed of the woman, the offspring of David. Divinity and humanity were mysteriously united in his person. The Word that was in the beginning was made flesh, and tabernacled among us. God is now nearer to his people than ever. The Lamb's bride is bone of his bone and flesh of his flesh. As the children were partakers of flesh and blood, he himself took part of the same. By taking human nature into union with himself, he has imparted to believers a new divine life. [Page 182-183][/FONT]

[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Our Prince has conquered our adversaries. His name is Michael, the power of God. He is the mighty prince that stood up on behalf of his people, and bruised Satan under their feet. He has cast out the strong man, and his goods. He has demolished the kingdom of darkness, spoiled principalities and powers, and made a show of them openly. He has proved to earth and heaven that the devil is the usurper, and has no claim whatever to the title, "God of this world," and "Prince of this world." ..." [Page 182-183] -[/FONT]
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[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]"... [Page 177] But the Michael in our text cannot possibly be understood to be that archangel whom the prophet mentions, but it is, much rather, the uncreated Angel, Jesus Christ, the Son of God. ... But by angels who battle under the uncreated angel, Michael, is meant, without doubt, the Christians who follow Christ as the Captain of their salvation ..." [Page 177] - Festive Sounds: Sermons on the Texts for the Festivals of the Church Year of ... - Carl Ferdinand Wilhelm Walther - Google Books[/FONT]
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