Imblessed said:
I was in the Unorthodox room when I read from a 7th day adventist that both Matthew Henry and John Gill said that Jesus in Michael.
Does anyone know anything about this?
Hello,
I did I search through Gill's commentary on the Bible and it it does seem as though Gill believed this. Commenting on Jude 1:9, Gill says,
Jud 1:9 - Yet Michael the archangel,.... By whom is meant, not a created angel, but an eternal one, the Lord Jesus Christ; as appears from his name Michael , which signifies, "who is as God": and who is as God, or like unto him, but the Son of God, who is equal with God? and from his character as the archangel, or Prince of angels, for Christ is the head of all principality and power; and from what is elsewhere said of Michael, as that he is the great Prince, and on the side of the people of God, and to have angels under him, and at his command, Dan_10:21. So Philo the Jew (o) calls the most ancient Word, firstborn of God, the archangel; Uriel is called the archangel in this passage from the Apocrypha:
"And unto these things Uriel the archangel gave them answer, and said, Even when the number of seeds is filled in you: for he hath weighed the world in the balance.'' (2 Esdras 4:36) [emph.mine]
I could not find as clear a statement from Henry, though it does appear he believed the same. But while commenting on Revelation 12, says,
The parties - Michael and his angels on one side, and the dragon and his angels on the other: Christ, the great Angel of the covenant, and his faithful followers; and Satan and all his instruments. This latter party would be much superior in number and outward strength to the other; but the strength of the church lies in having the Lord Jesus for the captain of their salvation.
Hope this helps