JESUS CHRIST: GOD-MAN - Vital Christianity

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Christ and Michael are the same person. For example, the prophets Isaiah and Micah both wrote,
". . . they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks. . . ." (Isa
2:4 and Mic. 4:3). Does that mean, therefore, that Isaiah and Micah are the same person?
Jehovah's Witnesses also cross reference 1 Thessalonians 4:16 with John 5:25-29. Those
who hear the voice of the archangel in 1 Thessalonians include the "dead in Christ,” who already
possess eternal life. The "dead" that John refers to do not possess eternal life but receive it when
they hear (and believe) Christ's voice. In 1 Thessalonians all who hear the voice will meet the
Lord in the air and be with Him forever. According to John, however, some of those dead who
hear Christ's voice will not go to be with Him but will suffer damnation. Thus the two passages
do not speak of the same thing and thus cannot be used to give evidence that Michael, the
archangel, is the same person as Jesus Christ.
There is no legitimate reason to identify Michael, the archangel, as the "captain of the
host of the Lord" of Joshua (5:13-15). This person was none other than God Himself.
Throughout Scripture angelic beings consistently refused worship which was due to God alone
(Rev 22:8-9). Not only was Joshua's worship not rejected, but he was instructed to render
worship as to God (v. 15). While it is true that Michael does command angels in Revelation 12:7,
this does not necessarily mean that he is their supreme commander. Since both a captain and a
general may command groups of men in a military force it is presumptuous to make a captain a
general.