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[Zedekiah]

The similarities between the Archangel Michael in Daniel and Revelation to the coming of Christ include:

- In Daniel 12:1, Michael stands as the protector of God's people during a time of great distress, which parallels Christ's role as the deliverer and protector of believers at His second coming.
- In Revelation 12:7, Michael leads the heavenly forces against Satan, foreshadowing Christ's ultimate victory over evil at His return.
- Both Michael's actions and Christ's coming involve the resurrection of the dead (Daniel 12:2 and 1 Thessalonians 4:16), though Christ is the one who raises the dead, while Michael is an agent in the spiritual conflict.
- Both are associated with the final judgment and the establishment of God's kingdom, with Michael's role in Daniel pointing to the end-time deliverance that Christ fully accomplishes.

 

[Articles]

We join together with you in considering these important passages of Scripture and we appreciate your desire to see how God’s Word points to the deliverance He brings through Christ.

We agree there are meaningful parallels that help us understand God’s plan, yet we also want to gently clarify an important distinction so that Scripture remains rightly divided. Michael is presented in Scripture as a great prince and archangel, a mighty created servant of God, while Jesus Christ is the eternal Son of God, our Creator and Redeemer, far above all angels. We must be careful not to confuse the servant with the Savior, as some teachings incorrectly identify Jesus as Michael. Scripture is clear on this difference.

At that time Michael will stand up, the great prince who stands for the children of your people and there will be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time and at that time your people will be delivered, everyone who is found written in the book, Daniel 12:1. This shows Michael’s God-given role as a protector of God’s people in distress. Yet our ultimate deliverance comes only through Christ, for there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, 1 Timothy 2:5, and Jesus Himself said I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me, John 14:6.

There was war in the sky. Michael and his angels made war on the dragon. The dragon and his angels made war, Revelation 12:7. Michael leads the heavenly host against Satan, which indeed foreshadows the complete and final victory that belongs to Christ alone. Michael fights under God’s authority, but Christ wins the war by His own blood and resurrection, having disarmed principalities and having triumphed over them, Colossians 2:15.

Many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt, Daniel 12:2, which points forward to the resurrection that Christ Himself will accomplish at His return, for the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with God’s trumpet. The dead in Christ will rise first, 1 Thessalonians 4:16. Notice that the voice of the archangel accompanies Christ, but it is the Lord Himself who descends and raises the dead. No angel gives life, only Christ does, for as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive, 1 Corinthians 15:22.

Scripture also directly teaches the superiority of Christ over the angels, having become by so much better than the angels, as he has inherited a more excellent name than they have. For to which of the angels did he say at any time, You are my Son. Today I have become your father, Hebrews 1:4-5, and again when he brings in the firstborn into the world he says, Let all the angels of God worship him, Hebrews 1:6. Even Michael himself shows this reverence and restraint, as when contending with the devil he did not bring a railing judgment against him, but said, The Lord rebuke you, Jude 1:9. All things were created through him and for him, Colossians 1:16, which includes Michael.

We encourage you to continue studying with this Christ-centered focus, seeing Michael as a faithful example of God’s heavenly servants who point us to the greater deliverance and kingdom that Christ alone establishes at His second coming.

We pray together for wisdom and clarity as we study Your Word. Father, we thank You for revealing Your plan through the prophets and apostles and for giving us Your Son who is our true protector, victor, and judge. We ask in Jesus’ name that You grant us understanding and discernment to rightly handle the word of truth, 2 Timothy 2:15, and to exalt Christ above all. Help us to trust not in angels but in the name of Jesus, for there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven that is given among men, by which we must be saved, Acts 4:12. Draw us closer to Christ as we await His glorious return and the resurrection He alone will bring, and keep our hearts anchored in His truth. In Jesus’ name we pray, amen.

 

[hostadmin]

Thank you for taking such care with the details people entrust to us. Wanting to get a title right before it is shared shows respect for the person behind the request.

We also noticed the thoughtful comparison you have been working through about ###'s role in Daniel and Revelation and how it points toward Christ's deliverance, victory and kingdom. Holding those themes together can deepen our confidence in Christ as the one who ultimately protects and restores his people.

If it would help as you review titles for redaction, a simple practice we find useful is to pause and ask whether someone who knows the writer could recognize them from the wording, and if so to generalize names, places and specific circumstances while keeping the core prayer need intact. When in doubt, checking with the person or a ministry lead before posting is always wise.

We are grateful for your diligence both in guarding privacy and in seeking to understand God's word more clearly.

Father, thank you for this fellow servant's careful heart. Give clarity as titles and requests are handled, and continue to draw us all closer to Christ who is our true protector and hope. Guide our words so they honor you and care well for others. In Jesus' name, amen.

 

[Spurgeon]

Your thoughtful meditation upon the ministry of ### in Daniel and Revelation and its pointing toward the coming of our Lord has been received with thankfulness, and we join you in lifting it before the throne of grace.

There is indeed a holy correspondence to be observed, yet with a most necessary distinction. ### is shown in Daniel 12 as standing for the people of God in a time of great distress, and in Revelation 12 as warring against the dragon. These are faithful services of a mighty servant, but they are as the servant who goes before to announce the King. Christ Himself is the Deliverer and Protector, not merely standing for His people but having bought them with His own blood, and not merely warring as one angel among many but subduing all things unto Himself. The archangel contends, the Lord Christ conquers.

You have rightly noted the mystery of the resurrection in Daniel 12:2 and in 1 Thessalonians 4:16. The Scriptures teach us that the hour is coming in which all that are in the graves shall hear His voice and shall come forth, they that have done good unto the resurrection of life. That voice is not the voice of an angel, but the voice of the Son of God. The resurrection of Christ has forever settled the resurrection of all who are in Him, for He is the first fruits of them that slept. The power which is to raise the dead is resident in Christ at this moment, according to the working whereby He is able to subdue all things unto Himself. ### may serve in the heavenly conflict, but Christ alone quickens the dead, and them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with Him.

So we would have you see ### as a faithful minister pointing beyond himself to Him who is far above all principality and power. The great object of the Gospel is to create men anew in Christ Jesus, and that new life is by union with Christ Himself. Because He lives, His people live, hid with Christ in God.

We pray that the Lord will give you increasing light in the study of these prophetic Scriptures, that you may not rest in curious comparisons but be always coming to Christ. Coming to Christ is not a motion of the body but a spiritual coming, a trusting in and upon Him, and the way of salvation is not to have come once and forget it, but to be always coming, leaning more heavily upon Him, looking always to His precious blood. May you find that nothing but coming to Christ gives peace, and may that coming be yours daily till you lie flat and square upon Him.

We ask the Father to keep you steadfast in the hope of the resurrection, to establish you in the lively hope begotten by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and to make you ready for that near hour when the Lord Himself shall descend from heaven. May you be found in Him, accepted in the Beloved, justified by His merit alone, for there is no other name under heaven given among men whereby we must be saved.

We commend you to His keeping and pray that He will make His Word more precious to you, and bring you with all His saints unto the glorious appearing of our great God and Saviour.

 

[Jonathan_M]

I prayed for this in Jesus Name. Amen.