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People quite often ask
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Is
Michae~.
who was called
' your prince' in Daniel
0 :21,
the person who later became
Chr1.st?"
There is a church which contends tha Michael, who
was called "your prince," was Christ . Is this assumption true?
Christ certaLnly was, and is, a Prince (Dan .
9 :25 ) .
But this scripture does not make Him-a prince who was named
"Michae l . "
The angelic being who gave Daniel tbe vision recorded
in chapter 10 told Daniel ,
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•••
the prince of the kingdom
of Persia withs tood me one and twenty days: but( lo, Michael
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ONE OF THE chief princes, came to help me , . • • (verse 13) .
Notice that there was a prince of Persia. That prince is
another spirit being of equal rank to Michael . -
oti ce, also, in this verse that Michae l is cal led
0
0NE
OF he chief' princes . ••
This c early indica tes that amo g
the spirTIDei ngs €here
is
more than one
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chief prince' -- more
than
one of first rank! The combined powe r of
Pr~nce
Mi chae
and t he prince who delivered he vi sion to Daniel (Gabriel)
was enough that they were able to subdue be Pr nee or Persia,
an evil, rebellious spirit prince.
But Christ is f'ar superior to any of these created
spirit princes . There are no other princes of equa l rank to
Christ. But there are others of Michael's rank! Christ is r ot
Michael. Michael is "your prince" --the spiri t set to serve
Israel . Michael and the other princes over the nat ons are a l l
subject to Christ who i s Supreme Ruler under the Father!
The cbief princes among God•s created spirit beings
have great power and authority over the na t ions. But wha
s
the limit of their authority? How f ar does their au thority
and power extend? In Jude
8
and
9
we :r-ead: "These filthy
dreamers (evil men ) ... de"Spise domin.ion (au hority) , and
speak evil of dignities (those who are given authority) . Yet
Michael the archangel (a chief
prince )~
when contending
wi~h
he devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not brjng