JESUS CHRIST: GOD-MAN - Vital Christianity

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Old Testament: God heard—Angel seen—Spirit works
New Testament: God heard—Christ seen—Spirit works
The reasonable deduction in the above argument is that the Angel of Jehovah may well
be Jesus Christ.
● John 1:18 teaches that no man has seen God (His essence) at any time, therefore the
Angel of Jehovah is not God the Father or the triune Godhead, but probably the "messenger"
(Word) of God manifest as the preincarnate Christ.
● The Angel of Jehovah was in bodily form when seen, whereas the Spirit is not
characterized by physical attributes, therefore the Angel of Jehovah is not the Holy Spirit.
The above arguments give strong indication that the Angel of Jehovah was the
Preincarnate Christ.
The Preincarnate Christ's Relationship to the "before time" Covenant
The term, "before time" is a simple paraphrase of the fact that God made some kind of a
covenant with Jesus Christ before His incarnation.
● "In hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before times eternal."
(Titus 1:2)
● "And all that dwell on the earth shall worship Him, every one whose name has been
written from the foundation of the world in the Book of Life of the Lamb that has been slain."
A better translation of this verse reads: "of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the
world."
● "Who was foreknown from the foundation of the world . . ." (1 Pe 1:20).
Are Jesus Christ and Michael the Archangel the Same?
By comparing Scripture with Scripture, it is evident that Jesus Christ and Michael the
archangel are not one and the same as the Jehovah's Witnesses and Seventh-day Adventists
claim.
The fact that Michael in Hebrew means "one who is like God" does not in any way mean
that this identifies him with Jesus. One of Jesus' names—Immanuel—means not merely "one
who is like God," but "God with us." The name "Michael," therefore, rather than giving
evidence that he should be identified with Jesus does the very opposite. For Jesus is not merely
"like" God; He is "God" ("Immanuel")!