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agains him a rai ling accusation, but said, ' The Lord (Chris t
-- who is Michael
1
s superior) rebuke thee.
1 "
Notice this scripture! Evil men have
no
respect for
those in authority, but Michael, who is an archangel, showed
respect to the office of authority of Satan the Devil. By
th~s
scripture we can see very clearly that Michael does not have
greater rank than Satan.
But Christ does have greater rank. If Michael did
have greater rank, he would have given the Devil a command
-- he could have done the rebuking himself, instead of saying,
"The ""'ord rebuke thee ."
Turn
to Matthew
4:10.
Here we find Chris t said
to
Satan:
11
Get thee hence, Satan .
11
Christ gave Satan a
sharp command. Christ was of greater rank and authority.
Chris~
was
in
authority over Satan because He created him.
Christ
is
the One
thro~b
whom
the Father created all things
(Col.
1 :15-16;
John
1:3)~
Lucifer, who became Satan, was but
a created being (Ezek .
2~:14-15).
Christ has been in authority over Satan since he was
created as Lucifer. But Michael was not in authority over him
and could not give hlm a command: he could on l y pass on a
rebuke --a command-- from the Lord, Christ (Jude
9).
It is absolutely proven that Michael could not have
been Christ! Michael
is,
in.stead,
an
angelic be
ng
who 1s put
in authority over other lesser angelic beings in God's govern–
ment. He was one of the l eaders among God's faithful angels.
Bu he dared not usurp authority and command Satan, who is an
unfaithful, fallen cherub.
LETTER ANSWERING
DEPARTME
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