Michael is one of three Archangels. Michael, Gabriel and Lucifer. Lucifer was the "Light Reflector" of God's glorious brilliance to the universe. Gabriel is God's "Special Messenger" for special occasions. Michael is God's "Warrior, Deliverer" of God's people from Lucifer (Satan, the Devil).
God's Prophet, Daniel, mentions only Gabriel and Michael because Lucifer had already been
cast out of heaven into darkness, at the time of this prophecy. He delivered it, from God, to God's people in Daniel 12:14.
"And at that time shall MICHAEL STAND UP ,the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people; and there shall be a time of trouble (tribulation), such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book. And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life (the many) and some to shame and everlasting contempt (the rest). And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever. But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book even to the time of the end; (when) many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased."
V.1 - Michael stands up for God's people when the seven years of Tribulation on earth start. He "delivers every one written in the book". "The Book" is that final version of "the book of the living" Psm.69:28 , from which all who were never saved are "blotted out". But the born again remain in what is becoming the "Lamb's Book of Life". Rev.21:27. All who's names will still be written there are overcomers ... "He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I WILL NOT BLOT OUT HIS NAME out of the Book of Life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels." Rev.3:5. And who is an "overcomer"? "This is the victory that OVERCOMETH the world, even our FAITH. Who is he that OVERCOMETH the world, but he that BELIEVETH THAT JESUS IS THE SON OF GOD." 1Jn.5:4-5.
V. 2 - All of those "Written in the Book", whose dead bodies are in the grave, since Christ's resurrection, shall be resurrected and glorified as their eternal spirits (life) rejoin their bodies on the way up to meet Jesus in the air. "We know, that when He shall appear, we shall be like Him; for we shall see him as He is." 1Jn.3:2. This is the "latter rain fruit" of the First Resurrection in Jm.5:7. But everyone else, "The rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished (Millennium Reign of Christ on earth)." Rev.20:5. The First Resurrection is for the saved and the Judgement Seat of Christ. The Second Resurrection is for the lost and the Great White Throne Judgement Seat of God after the thousand year reign of Christ.
V. 3 - The "wise" are those who were not only saved but faithfully obeyed and served God in their earthly lives and thereby "turned many to righteousness." They "shall shine as the brightness of the heavens ... as the stars for ever and ever." Lucifer's name means "shinning one" but he lost his place as the reflector of God's glorious light and he became darkness, as Satan, in a "formless void" earth. Gen.1:2. But, at the resurrection of true Christians, "they who have turned many to righteousness" will shine God's glory throughout the universe as the bride of Christ, the fourth member of the heavenly family.
V. 4 - After giving this prophecy to and through Daniel, God instructs him to "Shut up the words, and seal the book even to (until) the time of the end ... (when) many shall run to and fro (advanced transport) and knowledge shall be increased.". Here, God gives two signs of the end times, RAPID TRAVEL and INCREASED KNOWLEDGE. Now when do you suppose that prophecy will be fulfilled?
Does the term I.T. (Information Technology) mean anything to you? We are living in a time when the volumes of "knowledge" are "increasing" so rapidly that Hi Tech is doubling every two years. with increasing speed. Any Hi Tech device you buy today is already behind the knowledge curve within its own kind of technology.
Besides the advancement of discovery in all areas, the ability to store all that knowledge... which can be retrieved in a split second with the breath touch of a finger tip. It is even available in a cell phone. I can call around the world ... free ... with VOIP. I can instantly bring up millions of bits of information (knowledge) at the speed of light with a key stroke. When I type in two or three letters of a word, into a search engine, it anticipates what I am asking for before I finish the word and is already showing it to me. There are over a billion searches just on google every single day not counting other search engines.
My question to you is, "Are these I.T. days of rapid travel and increasing knowledge the time of the end, of which Daniel prophesied?"
Thousands of years ago, the entire world had one language and they came together as a United Nations into a single nation. Their united goal was, to build a world capitol city with a "tower to heaven" as a way to Deity. Its name, Babel ... Confusion. That city and tower were the pinnacle of accumulated, world knowledge, at that time, but God came down and destroyed IT all. A surviving root of that effort, at World Government, has sprung up again. Its initial appearance is in the form of the United Nations ... and now as the World Bank which already exists but will soon have Global Authority. See below one of many nations wanting a global currency, global law and global leadership. The Vatican is a recognized nation.
Vatican calls for global authority on economy,
raps “idolatry of the markets"
(Saint Peter's Basilica at the Vatican October 23, 2011/Giampiero Sposito)
The Vatican called on Monday for the establishment of a “global public authority” and a “central world bank” to rule over financial institutions that have become outdated and often ineffective in dealing fairly with crises. The document from the Vatican’s Justice and Peace department should please the “Occupy Wall Street” demonstrators and similar movements around the world who have protested against the economic downturn.
“Towards Reforming the International Financial and Monetary Systems in the Context of a Global Public Authority,” was at times very specific, calling, for example, for taxation measures on financial transactions. “The economic and financial crisis which the world is going through calls everyone, individuals and peoples, to examine in depth the principles and the cultural and moral values at the basis of social coexistence,” it said.
“If no solutions are found to the various forms of injustice, the negative effects that will follow on the social, political and economic level will be destined to create a climate of growing hostility and even violence, and ultimately undermine the very foundations of democratic institutions, even the ones considered most solid,” it said.
We have had a corrupted world forum in the United Nations. The present world crisis is causing many nations, the IMF, the World Central Bank, and now the Vatican to insist upon a world-wide monetary authority to bring order to world currencies and stop the unlimited digital and otherwise printing of money. Control of a nations money supply results in absolute control of that people and that nation ............."And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name." Rev.13:17. The pieces are all coming together.
Pass it on. RB
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