(September 16, 2023 at 12:07 pm)Data Wrote:(September 16, 2023 at 12:02 pm)LinuxGal Wrote: According to Sacred Scripture, Michael the archangel is definitely NOT the Lord:
Jude 1:9 Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee.
(Did you think an atheist forum was going to be like fishing with dynamite?)
How do you conclude Michael isn't Jesus with Jude 1:9? The Lord rebuke you. I'm curious how you reason there.
Michael did not consider himself of sufficient rank to judge or even accuse one of his own order. In this way he was like Eönwë the banner-bearer and herald of Manwë after the first defeat of Melkor. It was not given to a Maiar to judge one of the Valar. Yet if Michael was the eternally begotten Son of God, as you claim, then he would clearly be in a higher pay grade than Satan.