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Why didn't the Archangel Michael save Jesus when he was crucified?
Jesus' main purpose in coming to earth was to die on the cross in order to redeem mankind from their sins.
He attests to this in a number of places in the Bible, and other writers of scripture also ...
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What is the Biblical basis for the belief that Michael is not Jesus?
The "archangel" Michael is named in only three books in the Bible: in Daniel, Revelation, and Jude. While what Daniel and Revelation say about Michael is compatible with the idea that ...
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Are Catholics not supposed to pray the St. Michael Prayer?
The faithful may recite the Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel freely.
The prohibition from Pope Leo XIII is against the faithful’s use of the rite of exorcism—in other words, the pope is ...
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Did Baptist and Methodists ever believe that Jesus is Michael the Archangel?
Baptists in the main are part of the Reformed Protestant church, subscribing to the Westminster Confession of Faith, and you quote what C.H. Spurgeon said in 1866: “You remember how our Lord, who is ...
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What is the Biblical basis for the belief that Jesus is Michael?
The explanations by Jehovah's Witnesses (such as this one) has been linked in other answers but I wanted to provide below summary of the 3 points that I feel together provide the clearest evidence on ...
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What is the Biblical basis for the belief that Michael is not Jesus?
Reluctance to identify Michael with Jesus may stem from the Biblical distinction between the Son and the angels. For this, see Hebrews 1-2, Colossians 1:15-20, Revelation 22:9, etc. Human beings are "...
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What is the origin of the idea that Michael is Jesus?
The commentators that Calvin refers to include Philip Melanchthon (1497–1560). He writes in his commentary on Daniel 10:
The prince, Michael, whom here and below is called the prince of the people ...
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How can one say the Novena to St. Michael?
Novenas are an ancient part of the the Church’s devotional life. Many trace the structure back to the nine days between Jesus’ ascension and the feast of Pentecost. A novena (meaning “nine days”) is a ...
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Who do mainline Protestants believe an "archangel" (such as Michael) to be?
Mainline Protestants understand that an Archangel is simply a higher-ranking angel, the prefix "arch" meaning "over". For example, an Archbishop is the "principal" bishop in an ecclesiastical ...
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Don't the questions of Hebrews 1:5 and 1:13 demand an answer of 'None'? So how can Jehovah's Witnesses say that Jesus is the archangel Michael?
Question: Based on Hebrews 1:5 and 13 you ask how Jehovah's Witnesses can say that Jesus is the archangel Michael. You also ask, what is the distinction between the Son of God and the angels?
In ...
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What is the Biblical basis for the belief that Michael is not Jesus?
The basis for my answer is founded on what I understand to be a fundamentally accepted belief by all Christians. I am mindful of what curiousdannii said here:
Answers don't have to provide ...
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How can one say the Novena to St. Michael?
From the The Raccolta or Collection of indulgenced prayers and good works:
###290. Novena of St Michael.
[…]
N. B. The Novena may be made at any time of the year, and with any form of prayers ...
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Did Baptist and Methodists ever believe that Jesus is Michael the Archangel?
There is a world of difference between saying that Christ is Michael the Archangel and saying Michael the Archangel is Christ.
Just because some evangelicals of differing hues have believed that ...
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What evidence is there to show that John Wesley and John Calvin did not believe that Jesus is Michael?
Regarding the partial quote "Michael may mean an angel; but I embrace the opinion of those who refer this to the person of Christ because it suits the subject best to represent him as standing forward ...
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What is the Biblical basis for the belief that Michael is not Jesus?
I have never understood the confusion over Daniel chapter 10.
10:5 to 10:30 regards a vision of a man. That man says 'Michael came to help me' in verse 13.
The man and Michael are different persons.
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What does the Bible say about giving worship to a created being?
The source you are quoting is "The Life of Adam and Eve", which is a Jewish Apocryphal writing. This means that it is not accepted as authoritative by either Christians or Jews. There is widespread ...
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What is the Biblical basis for the belief that Michael is not Jesus?
When they use the verse where Christ descends with the voice of the archangel and the trump of God they say; "See he has the voice of the archangel therefore he must be Michael!"
Faulty ...
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What is the Biblical basis for the belief that Michael is not Jesus?
The Hebrew word for angel is "malach," meaning "angel" or "messenger." How the word is used in its context determines whether were dealing with an actual "angel" or a "messenger." And yes, I know an ...
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Has the Lord handed over the souls of the redeemed to St Michael?
Has the Lord handed over the souls of the redeemed to St Michael?
Tibi trádidit Dóminus ánimas redemptórum in supérna felicitáte locamdas.
Here follows the Church’s translation taken from the
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Does anyone know hòw many Christian groups believe the term 'angel of the Lord' means 'The Lord'?
Before this question can be answered, clarification would be needed on how non-orthodox groups understand the term "the Lord". Orthodox Christianity has an ancient history of basing their ...
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Why did Michael the Archangel defeat Satan instead of God himself?
I am not aware of any official Church teaching on the matter but the following is a Catholic opinion.
Some people might mistakenly believe that God and Satan are some type of rivals or even equals, ...
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What is the connection between St. Michael and people who work in grocery stores?
G.K. Chesterton did not have a high opinion of the Grocer as the hero of modern times and would probably been led the protests against shuttering inns in favor of herding us in to grocery stores. He ...
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What is the connection between St. Michael and people who work in grocery stores?
This is most likely an adoption, due to the fact that in Medieval times, soldiers (police if you like) would protect the market places where grocers would sell their goods.
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Jehovah’s Witnesses teach that Michael the arch-angel is Jesus. So did Michael swear the oath to Abraham at Genesis 22:15-17?
Jesus is Michael is his pre human existence in heaven and his post resurrection heavenly existence.
“The Word”is a title belonging to Jesus as well.
Jehovah alone is the Almighty God and Creator.
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Jehovah’s Witnesses teach that Michael the arch-angel is Jesus. So did Michael swear the oath to Abraham at Genesis 22:15-17?
You say: “Jehovah Witnesses teach that Michael the arch-angel is Jesus.” This is true. The booklet What Does the Bible Really Teach? says this in the Appendix on pages 218-219:
“Likewise, the ...
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Has the Lord handed over the souls of the redeemed to St Michael?
No, your translation is correct.
While I know of no tradition about this specifically (nor can find one), there is a possible Biblical basis for the concept (the Bible is technically a part of, and ...
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Who is the speaker and who is "him" in Daniel 11:1 according to the Seventh-day Adventist?
I'll try to answer your question. As a Seventh-day Adventist, I have some inside information. :)
But before we get to the answer, it is important to understand some things about Seventh-day Adventists....
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