The Glory of Christ as God-Man - Written before 1748 from an edition printed 1795Īnd may not Christ himself be this Michael the Arch-angel, the Prince of Israel? It has been observed by some writers, that the scripture never speaks of arch-angels in the plural number perhaps there is but one arch-angel and that is Christ. When examining the story of Daniel in the Lion's Den, Watts suggests it as a possibility that the Archangel Michael is Christ on page 223 The linked source below was printed in 1795, but Watts died in 1748, so he clearly penned it earlier than 1748. The oldest source I can find on this subject is 'The Glory of Christ as God-Man' by Isaac Watts. There is much disinformation claiming that the concept is an old Arian doctrine, however, there is no evidence for that in the history books, and I can find no evidence that it predates the 18th century, though you found John Calvin discussing it in the 16th century. Neither White nor Russell were the first to say this. 'The prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me one and twenty days,' Gabriel declares 'but, lo, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me and I remained there with the kings of Persia.' Prophets and Kings - Written 1917įor three weeks Gabriel wrestled with the powers of darkness, seeking to counteract the influences at work on the mind of Cyrus and before the contest closed, Christ Himself came to Gabriel's aid. When he came with a message to Daniel, he said, 'There is none that holdeth with me in these things, but Michael your Prince.' The words of the angel, 'I am Gabriel, that stand in the presence of God,' show that he holds a position of high honor in the heavenly courts.

He was revealed to them as the Angel of Jehovah, the Captain of the Lord's host, Michael the Archangel. It was His Spirit that inspired the prophets.

He is so called because God gave His revelations to man in all ages through Christ. Patriarchs and Prophets - Written 1890Īgain: Christ is called the Word of God. She plainly states in several of her writings that Michael is Jesus. White, their prophetess, whom they hold in high regard. The Seventh Day Adventists surely inherrited this bit of theology from Ellen G. Russell doesn't plainly say 'Michael is Jesus' but I think his use of brackets implies it well enough that it was a position he held or was considering. The same events are referred to in Daniel’s prophecy: “And at that time shall Michael stand up. He equates Michael with Christ in one of Daniel's prophecies: The Jehovah's Witnesses surely inherrited it from Charles Taze Russell, the founder of the movement that led to the formulation of the Jehovah's Witnesses. There is much negative information on the internet on this subject making it very difficult to earnestly study it and where the belief that the Archangel Michael is Jesus Christ originated. Calvin does go on to defend associating Michael with Christ. But as this is not generally admitted, I leave itĪnd there's a bit more in chapter 12, but so far I haven't found who he is referencing by 'some'. Some think the word Michael represents Christ, and I do not object to I just found a reference by John Calvin in his Commentaries on Daniel vol. Mormons are yet another fork in the road. The Protestants led many forks in the road. Way back, promoters of Arianism were a fork in the road that dead ended fairly quick. * fork: picture the christian religion as a road. Do any orthodox forks* of Christianity explicitly reject the idea? (I'm surprised not to see it mentioned in the Catholic Encyclopedia.).Do any orthodox forks* of Christianity accept the idea?.If it started with the adventists, how did it spread to Jehovah's Witnesses?.Who (or what group) came up with the idea?.They are far too recent to be 'early Protestants'. Lees (1939) who in turn cites Ernst Wilhelm Hengstenberg (1849) who doesn't appear to have a source beyond himself. How old is this idea? Wikipedia says 'early Protestants', but cites John A.Sub-questions to help guide what I'd consider a good answer: I'm not interested in biblical support of this theory there are several other questions in that vein with good answers. Wikipedia documents it as common to Seventh Day Adventists and Jehovah's Witnesses. I recently came across the idea of identifying the angel Michael as Jesus.

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