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==What does the Bible teach?== | |||
William Branham believed that Michael the archangel was Jesus Christ. | |||
The Bible mentions Michael five times: | |||
#as "one of the chief princes" in Daniel 10:13;<ref>The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton: Standard Bible Society, 2016), Da 10:13</ref> | |||
#as "your [Daniel's] prince in Daniel 10:21;<ref>The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton: Standard Bible Society, 2016), Da 10:21.</ref> | |||
#as "the great prince who has charge of your people" in Daniel 12:1;<ref>The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton: Standard Bible Society, 2016), Da 12:1.</ref> | |||
#as "the archangel" in Jude 9 who when contending with the devil and was disputing about the body of Moses "did not presume to pronounce a blasphemous judgment" against Satan but rather said, “The Lord rebuke you”;<ref>The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton: Standard Bible Society, 2016), Jud 9.</ref> | |||
#and as a participant in heavenly conflict when "Michael and his angels" are fighting against the dragon in Revelation 12:9.<ref>The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton: Standard Bible Society, 2016)</ref><ref>David A. Reed, Answering Jehovah’s Witnesses: Subject by Subject, electronic ed. (Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, 1997).</ref> | |||
Does one of these verses say that Michael the archangel is Jesus Christ? | |||
No. It is necessary to read Scripture '''plus''' a message or Watchtower argument to reach that conclusion. | |||
We would also point out that, as with many things William Branham taught, he was incredibly confused. In fact, in 1963 he stated that Michael was Christ but later stated that Michael was just another angel. | |||
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Do you think that the Jehovah’s Witnesses are a false sect or will you remain silent on the issue? | Do you think that the Jehovah’s Witnesses are a false sect or will you remain silent on the issue? | ||
==Quotes of William Branham== | |||
===William Branham believed that Michael was an angel and not Jesus=== | |||
'''1959''' | |||
:''Now, when they sit by that rock, and all the Angels come down from Heaven, to listen in to this conference. Oh! There was Gabriel, Michael, Woodworm, all the thousands of them, sitting around the rock.<ref>William Branham, 59-1220M - Conference With God, para. 128</ref> | |||
'''1960''' | |||
:''And there, when (no doubt) that Michael might’ve stepped up and Gabriel. And when the message came into heaven, “Your children is lost; they have sinned and gone away,” God didn’t take Gabriel, and say, “Go down and hunt My children,” He came Himself! It was a man-sized job, a God-sized job. | |||
:''He wouldn’t let an Angel make the decision; He wouldn’t let Gabriel make it; He wouldn’t wet—let Michael make it. He come to make it Himself. Hallelujah! And when He was made flesh, and dwelt among us, and died for us, He made the way, Himself.<ref>William Branham, 60-0608 - Having Conferences, para. 24, 33</ref> | |||
"1963" | |||
:''Not that there wasn’t worthy people there, now, like an Angel; like, for instance, we would say, Gabriel, or Michael. But, remember, it had to be a Kinsman. Remember, John said here, “And no m-a-n,” not Angel, not Seraphim. They hadn’t sinned, but They were in a different category. They had never fallen.<ref>William Branham, 63-0317E - The Breach Between The Seven Church Ages And The Seven Seals, para. 163</ref> | |||
:''Then there is a supernatural Angel comes down from the Lord, a Messenger like Gabriel, and—and Michael, Woodworm, and so forth, their names.<ref>William Branham, 64-0830E - Questions And Answers #4, para. 65</ref> | |||
===William Branham believed that Michael was Christ=== | |||
'''1955''' | |||
:''“And at that time, Michael shall stand, the great prince.” Michael was Christ, of course, Who fought the Angelic wars in Heaven, with the devil. Satan and Michael fought together, or fought against each other, rather.<ref>William Branham, 55-0109E - Beginning And Ending Of The Gentile Dispensation, para. 112</ref> | |||
'''1963''' | |||
:''Notice Lucifer, in the last days, is doing as he did at first. What did Lucifer do? The first thing that Lucifer done to separate the fellowship of God and man, he wanted to build him a united kingdom, a greater splendor and seemingly more cultured, a greater kingdom than Michael, Christ had.<ref>William Branham, 63-0728 - Christ Is The Mystery Of God Revealed, para. 543</ref> | |||
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