"Arch" angel means Head or Captain over angels. Michael means something like "He who is like God" and I believe these passages which mention Michael refer to Jesus the Messiah during His earthly ministry . The key to understanding all scripture is our Saviors' victory over death. Look at "the time of trouble", "Jacobs' trouble", "tribulation", "great tribulation", passages like that. All of them are centered "in Christ."
Joshua 5:13-15
13 And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold,
there stood a man over against him with his Sword drawn in his hand: and Joshua went unto him, and said unto him,
Art thou for us, or for our adversaries?
14 And he said, Nay; but as captain
(a Prince) of the host of the Lord am I now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and did worship, and said unto him, What saith my Lord unto his servant?
15 And the captain of the Lord's host said unto Joshua, Loose thy shoe from off thy foot; for the place whereon thou standest is holy. And Joshua did so.
Daniel 12:-13
1 And
at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people:
and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time(because Michael stand up): and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.
2 And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
3 And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.
Matthew 24:15 and
15 When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place,
(whoso readeth, let him understand )
21 For
then shall be great tribulation,
such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
22 And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.
23 Then if any man(Pastors, Bishops, Evangelists, etc.) shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ
(John 5:43-47.Take a look), or there;
BELIEVE IT NOT.
Revelation 12:7 and 10-11
7 And there was war in heaven: Michael and his messengers fought against the dragon
(Revelation 13:11); and the dragon fought and his messengers,
10 And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven,
Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God (Revelation 11:15-18-Take a look) and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.
11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the Word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.
I believe the "abomination that causes desolation" is when anti-Christ opposes and blasphemes God. This is easily what happened to Jesus when the high priests called Him a sinner and condemned Him to death.
It all fits with His defeat of the abomination of false religion and government (in this case Rome.) His church defeats the beast the same way.
Rome is the cradle of Antichrist.
Yes, the birthplace of Antichrist was the own Church, unfortunately.
Yes, the birthplace, or the cradle of Antichrist, was the own Church, unfortunately, see how. 1 John 2:v.18-19 19 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that...
purebibleforum.com
