Bridge of Reason

  The Watch Tower Society teaches that before his incarnation, and after his resurrection to glory, Jesus is Michael the archangel. ‘ Michael, referred to by some religions as “Saint Michael,” is evidently a name given to Jesus before and after his life on eart h . Michael disputed with Satan after the death of Moses and helped an angel deliver God’s message to the prophet Daniel. (Daniel 10:13, 21; Jude 9) Michael lives up to the meaning of his name,—“Who Is Like God?”—by defending God’s rulership and fighting God’s enemies.—Daniel 12:1; Revelation 12:7.’ - jw.org website However, this was not always the teaching. Indeed they have believed and taught the complete opposite: ‘ ...it is said (of Jesus), ‘Let all the angels of God worship him;’ (that must include Michael, the chief angel, hence Michael is not the Son of God) and the reason is, because he has ‘by inheritance obtained a more excellent Name than they.’’ - The Watchtower, Nov.1879, p.4 Watch Tower v Bible Teaching 1...

  Watchtower Wednesday last week drew some really good answers and I will gratefully incorporate them into my answer to this question today. The Watch Tower Society answer is an emphatic 'Yes!' of course, using Daniel 10:13, 2 1 ; Daniel 12:1; Jude 9; and 1 Thessalonians 4:16 as evidence. After all, isn't it Michael who fights for the people of God (Daniel 12:1)? isn't Jesus described by Paul as 'coming with the voice of an archangel' (1 Thess.4:16)? Archangels It is always good to ask where in the Bible do we find the ‘reasoning’ presented to us by a Jehovah’s Witness. Nowhere does the Bible tell us the archangel Michael is Jesus...nowhere. Nowhere do the Bible writers present the convoluted and flawed reasoning of the Watch Tower on this and many other issues. Let’s be confident in what the Bible says, and what it doesn’t say. Michael is one of four archangels , angels of high rank. In Daniel 10:13 he is described as ‘one of the chief princes.’ ...