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She said very little about Michael. Our belief about Michael comes from the bible itself, not her.
Michael is a title for the pre-incarnate Christ. He is not a created angel, He is THE Archangel, the leader of all the angels, the name means "who is like God."---That is not a name given to any angel.
1Th 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:
Jesus has the voice of the archangel. There is only one archangel,
Rev 12:7 And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels,
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,
The angels are called His angels---they are Christ's for He created them. They are called His army in Rev. 19. Jesus marches at the head of His army, just as Rev 12 says Michael and His angels. There are not 2 sets of angels, one for Christ and one set for Michael. It is one set of angels, His army of angels and Michael is the title He uses as the head of those angels.
Dan 3:25 He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.
Dan 3:28 Then Nebuchadnezzar spake, and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who hath sent his angel, and delivered his servants that trusted in him, and have changed the king's word, and yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God.
Jos 5:13 And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold, there stood a man over against him with his sword drawn in his hand: and Joshua went unto him, and said unto him, Art thou for us, or for our adversaries?
Jos 5:14 And he said, Nay; but as captain of the host of the LORD am I now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and did worship, and said unto him, What saith my lord unto his servant?
Jos 5:15 And the captain of the LORD'S host said unto Joshua, Loose thy shoe from off thy foot; for the place whereon thou standest is holy. And Joshua did so.
No angel ever accepts worship from man--ever. No angel makes a place Holy, only the presence of God can do that. Captain of the hoist of the Lord---Archangel, same thing.
Exo 3:2 And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.
Exo 3:3 And Moses said, I will now turn aside, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt.
Exo 3:4 And when the LORD saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here am I.
Exo 3:5 And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.
Again, the angel of the Lord, and God are used together---the ground is Hioly because God is there---Michael is not a crated angel, He is Jesus, the Lord of Lords, King of Kings, the Archangel, Captain of the Host and leads His angels---He created them.
Dan 12:1 And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy 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 thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book
No angel stands up for His people---Jesus is our mediator.
Dan 9:25 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 troublous times.
Dan 10:21 But I will shew thee that which is noted in the scripture of truth: and there is none that holdeth with me in these things, but Michael your prince.
Messiah the Prince, He is Michael, our Prince.
It matters not the Jw's, the Buddhists, the Hindus, atheists, Tutankhamun or anyone else believes the same thing.
The bible says He is.
Again, no angel will allow worship, Michael and the angel of the Lord have both accepted worship and they do indeed, merge into the Almighty is some passages. Jesus said no one has seen the Father, however, Jesus was the Creator of all and it is He that was the one that spoke to Moses and others for Jesus said none has ever heard the Father either.
Joh_5:37 And the Father himself, which hath sent me, hath borne witness of me. Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his shape.
Joh 6:46 Not that any man hath seen the Father, save he which is of God, he hath seen the Father.
Sparbud,
You lay a great deal of stress on the passage in Daniel which says that Michael is a Prince. A Prince is not the same as the Messiah, although the coming Messiah is called the Prince of Peace.
One problem with the use that you make of the rank or title of "prince" is that the Hebrew translated as "prince" is variously translated as chief, ruler or captain, for instance. In Hebrew, "Captain of the Guard" and "Prince of the Guard" are the same. In English, "prince" sounds a lot more distinguished than "captain" or "chief" but this isn't true in the original Hebrew.
<< Strong's Concordance
sar: chieftain, chief, ruler, official, captain, prince
Original Word: שַׂר
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: sar
Phonetic Spelling: (sar)
Definition: chieftain, chief, ruler, official, captain, prince >>
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Strong's Hebrew: 8269. שָׂר (sar) -- chieftain, chief, ruler, official, captain, prince
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