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Michael the Archangel is Military Commander of Some Angels. In John’s apocalypse, he sees a great war in heaven: Michael and his angels vs. the dragon (Satan) and his angels. The devil and his ...
Michael is “the archangel.” ( Jude 9 ) The title “archangel,” meaning “chief of the angels,” appears in only two Bible verses. In both cases, the word is singular, suggesting that only one angel bears that title.
Michael is presented as the angel protector of Israel and is integral to God's government of history. In Dn 12.1 Michael appears in apocalyptic circumstances as the source of comfort and strength for Israel in extreme distress. In Jude 9, Michael is called "the archangel," i.e., the chief angel, and is pictured disputing with the devil over the ...
In the Epistle of Jude Michael is called "the archangel Michael". Christian sanctuaries to Michael appeared in the 4th century. He was first seen as a healing angel. Later, Christians saw him as a protector ( someone who defends and helps) and the leader of the army of God against the forces of evil. By the 6th century, devotions to Archangel ...
St. Michael the Archangel, also known as Saint Michael the Archangel or simply Archangel Michael, holds a significant place in the Roman Catholic tradition. He is an Archangel, associated with courage, protection, and divine intervention. St. Michael's presence can be traced back to early Jewish writings, particularly in texts from the 3rd and ...
Michael the Archangel (Hebr. MYKAL, “Who is like God ?”), Saint, one of the principal angels; his name was the war-cry of the good angels in the battle fought in heaven against Satan and his followers. Four times his name is recorded in Scripture: (a) Dan ., x, 13 sqq., Gabriel says to Daniel, when he asks God to permit the Jews to return ...
The earlier Protestant scholars usually identified Michael with the preincarnate Christ, finding support for their view, not only in the juxtaposition of the "child" and the archangel in Revelation 12, but also in the attributes ascribed to him in Daniel (for a full discussion see Hengstenberg, Offenbarung, I, 611-22, and an interesting survey ...
