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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Tuesday, April 21, 1885

FromAdvent Review and Sabbath Herald, Vol. 62, No. 16

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THE ARCHANGEL.

By N. J. Bowers

BY N. J. BOWERS.

Who is the archangel? Ans.: Michael. Proof: Jude 9.

Who is Michael? Ans.: The Lord Jesus Christ. Proof:—

1. Michael is a prince. Dan. 10:13, 21. So is Christ. Dan. 9:25; Acts 3:15; 5:31.

2. Michael is a great prince. Dan. 12:1. So is Christ. Rev. 1:5; Acts 5:31. He is “the prince of the kings of the earth,” and an “exalted” prince.

3. Michael is over angels, is their commander. Rev. 12:7. So is Christ. Matt. 13:41. He sends forth his angels. So he commands them. 1 Pet. 3:22. Angels are subject unto him.

4. Michael means one who is like God. Christ is like God. Phil. 2:6; Col. 1:15.

5. Michael was an angel, a chief angel—Archangel. So was Christ. Ex. 23:20, 21. The angel that went before Israel had God’s name in him, and the power to pardon transgressions. Ib. Christ has his Father’s name (Isa. 9:6; Heb. 1:8), and the power to forgive sins. Mark 2:10. The apostle says (1 Cor. 10:9) that some in the wilderness tempted Christ and were destroyed. Was not this the angel with God’s name whom the people were warned not to provoke, because he would not pardon their transgressions? Ex. 23:21.

6. When Christ comes again, it is with the voice of the Archangel. 1 Thess. 4:16. The voice of Christ awakes the dead. John 5:28, 29. Therefore the Archangel and the Lord Jesus Christ are the same.