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Some time ago William Dankenbring wrote that the Angel Michael was the being who became Jesus Christ. Let us examone
what the Bible says.
Jude tell us that Michael was (is) an Archangel: Jude 1:9 Yet Michael the archangel, when
contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said,
The Lord rebuke thee.
God told us that all things were created after their kind. Gen 1:21 And
God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind,
and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good. 22: And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful,
and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth. 23: And the evening and the morning
were the fifth day. 24: And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping
thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so. 25: And God made the beast of the earth after his kind,
and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
That means that there is a barrier a line between species or kinds.
The term all things refers to
just that "all things". Therefore the angels were also created after their kind.
Man was created
as the God kind; after the image and likeness of God. Gen 1:26: And God said, Let us make man in our image,
after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle,
and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. 27: So God created man in his
own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
We should then see than man was
created after the God kind, so that men could be the true children of God, while angels were created after their own kind,
which is different than the God kind.
The only "begotten" Son of God could not have been of the angel
kind. He MUST by the very nature of being a Son of God have been of the God kind. For sons and children are of the same
"kind" as their parents!
Paul informs the Hebrews that the Son of God (Christ) was made so much better
than angels. Hebrews 1:1-5 God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the
prophets, 2: Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom
also he made the worlds; 3: Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding
all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on
high; 4: Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than
they. 5: For unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee?
And again, I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son?
Now if the Son of God be so much
better than the angels: How could He be an angel himself? GOD Himself commanded all the angels to worship the Son of
God. Heb1:6: And again, when he bringeth in the firstbegotten into the world, he saith, And let all the angels of
God worship him.
What angel is worthy to be worshipped? Only Almighty God is worthy of such honour.
This Christ, did not take the nature of angels, but rather the nature of men (the GOD kind). Heb 2:16: For
verily he took not on him the nature of angels; but he took on him the seed of Abraham.
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It is written of Jesus Christ, that He was the creator of all things; John 1:3 All things were made by him; and
without him was not any thing made that was made. Since Jesus Christ made "all things" He made the angels
also. If He was only an angel He would then have been His own creator! No, the Scriptures clearly say that He
was (is) GOD. Joh 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
Yes; THE WORD WAS AND IS; GOD!!! He created all things and lived alongside the one who bacame the Father, Joh 17:5
And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.
Jesus Christ, having created all things, including angels; having lived with the one who became the Father from
before the world was; gave up His Glory to become a man and suffer The things of men: so that He could become an offering
for sin and our eternal High Priest. Heb 2:10 For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom
are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings.
Heb 2:16-18 16: For verily he took not on him the nature of angels; but he took on him the seed of Abraham. 17:
Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest
in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people.
18: For in that he himself
hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succour them that are tempted.
Consider; could the death of one being,
atone for the sins of ALL MEN? Would not that death atone for the sins of only one man? It is only the Creater
who is worth more than all the creation. It is only the atoning sacrifiece of God our Maker, that can atone for
all His creation. The death of any other will not suffice.
We are told that man shall judge (rule) over angels.
1 Cor 6:2 Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how much more things that pertain to this life? If Michael the
Archangel be the Messiah, Jesus Christ; and if we shall rule angels: How is it that we shall rule OVER our High Priest and
Living Sacrifice, our Creator our GOD?
No, some angel did not become flesh and die for our sins. Our High
Priest, our Atoning sacrifice; was the true Lamb of God: the very Creator Himself. Who gave up His Glory, to be
made flesh and to give up His very life for His beloved creation.
NO Jesus Christ was NOT some angel.
He was the very Creator God. He was a God of the God kind. He was NOT an angel, He created the angels.
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