Exodus 19:1-6 (ASV)
1 In the third month after the children of Israel were gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the same day came they into the wilderness of Sinai.
2 And when they were departed from Rephidim, and were come to the wilderness of Sinai, they encamped in the wilderness; and there Israel encamped before the mount.
3 And Moses went up unto God, and Jehovah called unto him out of the mountain, saying, Thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel:
4 Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles' wings, and brought you unto myself.
5 Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be mine own possession from among all peoples: for all the earth is mine:
6 and ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.
Verse 4 really caught my attention as Jehovah bore the Israelites on eagles wings to deliver them from oppression of the Egyptians. This is a type of the deliverance for the 144,000 (symbolic number of all Jehovah's people who are sealed at the end) will be translated up to meet the Lord Jesus Christ in the air. There will be hard times in these last days, however there will be a divine intervention for the Christian Congregation (144,000) in the wilderness.
Jesus Christ true followers will be in the wilderness and not in the mainstream churches during the final hours of this system of things. Jehovah's remnant Christian Congregation will be in the wilderness as were the Israelites after the Exodus from Egypt. When all of Jehovah's people leave the churches of Babylon, they will have to endure hardship but only for a time, as our redemption will come at Jesus Christ second advent.
The remnant Christian Congregation will go from the wilderness to the Heavenly Canaan after our Saviour's return. We will dwell in a city not built with man's hand as our Lord Jesus has prepared a place for us.
1 Corinthians 2:9 (KJV)
9 But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.
Hebrews 11:8-16 (KJV)
8 By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.
9 By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:
10 For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.
11 Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised.
12 Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, so many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the sea shore innumerable.
13 These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
14 For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country.
15 And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned.
16 But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.
The deliverance of the Saints!
Daniel 12:1 (KJV)
12 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, 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.
Jesus Christ (Michael) will stand up for the children of Jehovah and redeem them from the earth.
Revelation 14:14-20K (KJV)
14 And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud one sat like unto the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle.
15 And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: for the time is come for thee to reap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe.
16 And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth; and the earth was reaped.
17 And another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle.
18 And another angel came out from the altar, which had power over fire; and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe.
19 And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God.
20 And the winepress was trodden without the city, and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs.
A beautiful description above of Jehovah's people being redeemed from the earth by the Great Prince Michael aka Jesus Christ. Notice that this redemption of first those in the grave and then the 144,000 remnant takes place right before the final wrath of Jehovah is poured out on the earth and on the unbelieving disobedient.
The triumph of the 144,000
Revelation 14:1-5 (KJV)
14 And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father's name written in their foreheads.
2 And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps:
3 And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth.
4 These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb.
5 And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before the throne of God.
So we see that Jehovah's remnant Congregation (144,000) will be redeemed from the earth and be translated (borne up on eagles wings) to be with the Lord Jesus Christ forever. Although the remnant Christian Congregation of the last days will go through tribulation as never was seen before, they will be delivered miraculously by the hand of Lord God Almighty (Jehovah) through the appearing in the clouds of His Son Jesus Christ. Once the dead in Christ are taken up and then the 144,000, Jehovah's great winepress will be trodden on the earth.
Revelation 16:12-21 (KJV)
12 And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared.
13 And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet.
14 For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.
15 Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.
16 And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon.
17 And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air; and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, It is done.
18 And there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings; and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake, and so great.
19 And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath.
20 And every island fled away, and the mountains were not found.
21 And there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven, every stone about the weight of a talent: and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail; for the plague thereof was exceeding great.
It appears that our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ comes to redeem his people (the dead in Christ and the 144,000) after the sixth plague (verse 15) and before the seventh plague (Jehovah's final wrath). It appears that as the kings of the earth set out to destroy Jehovah's people in the battle of the great day (spiritual Armageddon), that the Messiah Jehoshua (Jesus) will come as a thief and call forth the dead in graves and then those who are alive in his name. After this the seventh angel pours out his vial which commences the final wrath of God Almighty Jehovah.
The below verses in Exodus 19 also caught my attention.
Exodus 19:5-6 (ASV)
5 Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be mine own possession from among all peoples: for all the earth is mine:
6 and ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.
Jehovah clearly says here that in order for the Israelites to be His that they need to obey His voice and keep His covenant. The Israelites in obeying Jehovah will be his possession set apart from all the other nations, tribes and tongues in the earth. In verse 6 an awesome promise to the Israelites in that they will be a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.
So how does this apply to the Christian today?
Malachi 3:6 (ASV)
6 For I, Jehovah, change not; therefore ye, O sons of Jacob, are not consumed.
Jehovah our God doesn't change! If the promise was made to Israel, that if they kept the covenant and obeyed Him they would be a kingdom of priests and a holy nation, then that promise is still available for the Israel of God which is the Christian Congregation. Let's look at scripture!
1 Peter 2:5-9 (KJV)
5 Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.
6 Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded.
7 Unto you therefore which believe he is precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner,
8 And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed.
9 But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light;
10 Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.
We as the Christian Congregation (Spiritual Israel) now are given the gift of being a royal preisthood and a holy nation. This helps prove that there is no separate dispensation between Israel of the flesh and the Christian Congregation. We as the Christian Congregation are described as a holy nation which was once for Israel of the flesh. This shows us that the Christian Congregation is Israel. See, the Christian Congregation didn't replace Israel (Jew's of the flesh) as some will accuse of us as being replacement theologians but rather Israel now opened up to include Gentiles and the requirement to be part of this now inclusive Spiritual Israel, is to accept Jehovah's Son Jesus Christ as our personal Saviour. Also l, we must keep the new covenant Jehovah gave us through His only-born Son Jesus. What is this new covenant?
Hebrews 8:10 (KJV)
10 For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:
Hebrews 10:16-18 (KJV)
16 This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them;
17 And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more.
18 Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin.
No more do we have an earthly ark with the testimony of the law inside of it, however now Jehovah in this new covenant is writing His eternal law in our minds and hearts. This doesn't do away with the law but rather makes them more personal to us. The moral law of the 10 Commandments is still every bit as active and lively as they were in the old covenant it's just that now they go from tablets of stone to the tablets of our heart and mind. Guess what? The Sabbath command is part of this law and is now to be in our heart and mind rather than a list of do's and don't's. If the Sabbath command is indeed in our heart, then we will keep it holy on the sanctified Seventh-day. I believe Jesus, when saying the Sabbath was made for man and not man for the Sabbath was trying to bring sabbath keeping back to the Isaiah 58:13-14 principle.
Isaiah 58:13-14 (ASV)
13 If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, and the holy of Jehovah honorable; and shalt honor it, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words:
14 then shalt thou delight thyself in Jehovah; and I will make thee to ride upon the high places of the earth; and I will feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of Jehovah hath spoken it.
If a Christian has the law in his heart, then he will keep Jehovah's seventh day Sabbath holy according to Isaiah 58:13-14. If a Christian keeps the Sabbath as a bunch of rules and regulations he will see it as a burden.
So the new covenant doesn't do away with the law but rather establishes it more fully.
Romans 3:31 (KJV)
31 Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.
Paul makes himself very clear here that faith doesn't make void the law. Look at the words Paul uses in order to make sure no one would accuse him of advocating that the law (10 Commandments) be done away with.
The word establish in the greek is "histemi" which means to stand, abide, appoint, bring, continue, establish, hold up, lay, present, set up, stanch, stand (by, forth, still, up).
We see here that rather than teaching that the law is done away with Paul says the exact opposite in that he holds up (histemi) the law. Why is that many Christians ignore the last sentence of Paul in Romans 3:31? Some I believe are sincere and have been ingrained by dangerous theology that teaches the breaking of Jehovah's law. Others I believe are willfully disobedient, because they are drawn by their own selfish desires for sin, which the bible says is the transgression of the law.
Acts 5:32 (KJV)
32 And we are his witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey him.
Contrary to what many Churches in Babylon teach, obedience is important. In fact, we are told in Acts 5:32 above that the Holy Spirit is given by Jehovah to those that obey him. Those that think they can walk in sin and disobedience to Jehovah and still be filled with the Holy Spirit decieve themselves. The churches of Babylon have to explain this scripture away with philosophy. Remember Jehovah changes not and if he required obedience of the physical house of Israel in the old covenant, He also requires it of Spiritual Israel in the new covenant.
Jeremiah 31:33 (ASV)
33 But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith Jehovah: I will put my law in their inward parts, and in their heart will I write it; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people:
Jeremiah prophesied about the new covenant. Notice that the law will be put in the inward parts of the house of Israel in the days of the new covenant. Obviously Jehovah is making reference to the Christian Congregation which is now the house of Israel. This putting of the law in the inward parts of his people actually magnifies the law not does away with it.
In order to be part of the Israel of God one has to keep Jehovah's new covenant. The great blessing is that when we breach the covenant by our sin, we have a high preist who in all points was tempted like us and his name is Jehoshua which means "the salvation of Jehovah". In the old covenant physical Israel had to make offerings to the Levtical Preists for their sins. These offerings were the meat, drink and burnt offerings mentioned in Colossians and this sacrificial system was nailed at the stake. In the new covenant, we have a mediator who is the Son of God Jesus Christ and He is just and willing to plead our case with the Father Jehovah, so that our iniquities and sins will be remembered no more.
Hebrews 10:1-18 (KJV)
10 For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect.
2 For then would they not have ceased to be offered? because that the worshippers once purged should have had no more conscience of sins.
3 But in those sacrifices there is a remembrance again made of sins every year.
4 For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins.
5 Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me:
6 In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure.
7 Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God.
8 Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and offering for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein; which are offered by the law;
9 Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second.
10 By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
11 And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins:
12 But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God;
13 From henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his footstool.
14 For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.
15 Whereof the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us: for after that he had said before,
16 This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them;
17 And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more.
18 Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin.
It was Jesus death at the stake that was the once and for all sacrifice for sins. By this offering of His body, our Saviour perfects us "the sanctified" forever. There is a sanctification process for the true believer. The blood of our Saviour Jesus Christ, removes sin which the animal sacrifices couldn't do. In the believers sanctification process, we walk in obedience to Jehovah's law and when we find ourselves in breach of the law via sin, we go to our High Priest Jesus Christ and ask for forgiveness. Since Christ already offered up his body as the last sacrifice, we have no need to bring physical offerings to a human preist.
1 Timothy 2:5-6 (KJV)
5 For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;
6 Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.
Only Jesus can mediate for us to God. This eliminates any need for a human preisthood to accept offerings for forgiveness of sins or even to forgive the sins of men.
Old Covenant= Obedience to the law (Decalogue) on tablets of stone required.
When the law is broken, meat, drink and burnt offerings brought before levitical preisthood for forgiveness of sins. The Levitical preist mediated for them to Jehovah.
New Covenant= Obedience to the law (Decalogue) written on our mind and hearts.
When the law is broken, Jesus already offered up his body as the last sacrifice needed forever and all we have to do is go to him as our High Priest for forgiveness of sins. Jesus mediates for us to His Father Jehovah.
As Spiritual Israel, in order for us to be Jehovah's possession we need to obey the new covenant so that we can be a royal preisthood and a holy nation as was promised to physical Israel. Jehovah changes not and his promise still applies to Israel which is the Christian Congregation made up of Jews and Gentiles. The responsibility to obey Him also applies to the Israel of today. If we want the promises of physical Israel being that we are Spiritual Israel, which is the only Israel of God, then we also must accept the responsibility to obey and keep Jehovah's new covenant as physical Israel was required to keep the old covenant.
Those who walk in obedience to Jehovah's new covenant in these very last day, will be beared up on eagles wings and translated into immortality to be with Jesus Christ forever. These are the 144,000 who keep the commandments of Jehovah and the faith of Jesus and have his testimony which is the spirit of prophecy. This 144,000 remnant will not defile themselves with women (false Babylonian churches and her wine-false doctrines). No sunday observance, no trinity, no spiritualism.
Revelation 14:1-5 (KJV)
14 And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father's name written in their foreheads.
2 And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps:
3 And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth.
4 These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb.
5 And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before the throne of God.
Reigning in the millennium in heaven with Christ as preists!
Revelation 20:6 (KJV)
6 Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.
According to the law and the testimony!
Acts 7:35-38 (KJV)
35 This Moses whom they refused, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge? the same did God send to be a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the angel which appeared to him in the bush.
36 He brought them out, after that he had shewed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty years.
37 This is that Moses, which said unto the children of Israel, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear.
38 This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel which spake to him in the mount Sina, and with our fathers: who received the lively oracles to give unto us:
So, if you go by what many pulpit preachers in Christendom say, the 10 Commandments are no longer applicable in the New Covenant. However, look at verse 38 above and notice that Stephen calls the 10 Commandments "the lively oracles" meaning they are still active. The greek rendering of "lively" is zao which means to live, life, lively, quick. Stephen confirms that the 10 commandments are still alive and active.
Acts 7:52-53 (KJV)
52 Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers:
53 Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it.
Jehovah wrote the 10 Commandments with his very own fingers (Exodus 31:18) and angels ordained it. According to verse 38 it was an Angel that delivered the lively oracles (Decalogue) on behalf of Jehovah. This Angel was likely the preexistent Messiah Jehoshua (Jesus).
Hebrews 5:12 (KJV)
12 For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat.
This passage is very revealing about whether the 10 commandments still apply in the New Covenant. Remember, the oracles of God (Jehovah) as we have seen in Acts 7 are the 10 Commandments. Look at what the above passage says, the first principles a Christian is supposed to learn, are the oracles (10 Commandments) of Jehovah. As a matter of fact these 10 commandments are considered rudimentary and the milk of the word of God. The author (possibly Paul) even admonishes these Christians (likely Jewish) that because they need to learn the first principles of the 10 Commandments (oracles) they are without experience of the word of righteousness. They are not even to be teachers of the word as the author says they are a babe in the faith.
If a Pastor doesn't believe that the 10 commandments are still lively and active, he is not to teach the word of God until he learns the first principles of those 10 lively oracles. This is why in Isaiah 8:20 it says:
"To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them."
Do we believe the word of God or not? The scripture clearly says if those who teach or speak the word of God, don't do it according to the law and the testimony (10 Commandments) there is no light in them. These are the words of scripture not mine. My fellow commandment keepers, we are not to listen to the pulpit preachers of Christendom who say Jehovah's Royal Law, no longer applies in the New Covenant dispensation. Why is this? Because according to Isaiah 8:20 there is no light in them and according to Hebrews 5:12 they are a babe in the word of Jehovah and need to re learn the first principles of the 10 Commandments (oracles).
The above may be harsh but satan is sneaky and through his wiles, he will use preachers to deceive Christians into thinking it's okay to break Jehovah's law. Don't let any theologian or pulpit preacher steal your reward by convincing you that the 10 commandments are still not alive. Jesus takes His Father's law very seriously:
Matthew 5:19 (KJV)
19 Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
The above warning from Jesus has been disregarded by much of Christendom and theologians, pastor's and teacher's throughout the professing Christian churches are storing up for themselves a day of reckoning before the throne of Jesus and Jehovah. They are teaching Jehovah's precious children to break the supposedly "least" of His commandments (the Seventh-day Sabbath). They have also taught men to break another commandment as well but that's another story for another day.
1 Peter 4:11 (KJV)
11 If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
Peter confirms that if ANY man speak, let him do so speaking the 10 Commandments (oracles) of Jehovah. These commandments are the very utterances of Jehovah God as given at Sinai and written with His own fingers. Remember from Hebrews 5:12, that the 10 commandments are the first principles of the Christian faith and these should be taught by faithful ministers of God's word.
Oracles comes from the greek word "logion" meaning an utterance of God.
Exodus 31:18 (ASV)
18 And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, the two tables of the testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God.
Psalm 19:7
7 The law of Jehovah is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of Jehovah is sure, making wise the simple.
Not only is Jehovah's law perfect but it is able to convert the soul. Satan has lied to many people in Christendom,.telling them that the law of Jehovah is a bondage. Satan has done this through the theologians and pulpit preachers in Christendom. Do you believe the word of God or the philosophies of men?
Colossians 2:8 (KJV)
8 Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.
Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour spoke His Father's words when he was here on earth. Jesus was the Faithful and True Witness and He could never teach the breakingof His Father's commandments (Decalogue).
2 Timothy 3:14-17 (KJV)
14 But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them;
15 And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
17 That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.
Look at the above passage and you will see confirmation that the 10 commandments which are part of the sacred writings mentioned in verse 15 are able make us wise unto salvation. This destroys any teaching from any church or Pastor that preaches that the10 commandments are no longer applicable to the Christian in the New covenant or that they are a bondage. This passage also confirms Psalm 19:7. It is the sacred writings, which include the 10 commandments, through faith in Christ Jesus that make us wise unto salvation. By obeying the first commandment and having no other gods before us and only Jehovah, we will then accept His Son Jesus Christ as our personal Saviour thereby gaining eternal life (John 17:3)
Verse 16 says that every scripture inspired by God (Jehovah) is profitable for teaching, reproof, for correction and for instruction in righteousness.
Ask yourself this, were the 10 Commandments inspired by Jehovah or not?
Jesus the literal Son of Jehovah as Michael The Archangel and the Angel of Jehovah!
Genesis 19:23-25 (ASV)
23 The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot came unto Zoar.
24 Then Jehovah rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from Jehovah out of heaven;
25 and he overthrew those cities, and all the Plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.
The above passage is revealing in the sense of the Father and Son working together to execute judgment on Sodom and Gomorrha. Notice that there are two Jehovah's here. One in heaven (The Father) and one on earth or at least within the firmament (The Son). As we know the Father stays in his heavenly abode and sends His Son Jesus to represent Him. Since Jesus has his Father's name in him, he can be rightly called Jehovah however he is not Jehovah God himself but rather the "salvation of Jehovah" hence our Saviour's Hebrew name Jehoshua which bears the prefix of His Father's name.
Jesus said no one has heard nor seen the Father, so likely many visual and audible manifestations of Jehovah in the old testament were actually His Son as the Angel of Jehovah.
John 1:18 KJV
"No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him."
John 6:43-46 (KJV)
43 Jesus therefore answered and said unto them, Murmur not among yourselves.
44 No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day.
45 It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me.
46 Not that any man hath seen the Father, save he which is of God, he hath seen the Father.
John 5:37 KJV
"And the Father himself, which hath sent me, hath
borne witness of me. Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his shape."
Colossians 1:13-15 (ASV)
13 Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:
14 In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:
15 Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:
Jacob wrestles God, could this have been the preexistent Messiah in light of the above scriptures where Jesus said no man has seen Jehovah's shape? I think so, as Jesus being the Chief Angel of Jehovah could have very well been his Father's earthly representative in wrestling Jacob. If Jacob had seen Jehovah's face during this wrestle-off and we understand from scripture that no one has seen the Father, it logically concludes that Jacob wrestled Jehovah's Son who is the express image of himself.
Angel simply means messenger, however it doesn't mean that Jesus was just an Angel, but that being a messenger of His Father was and is a function of our Saviour. Of course, many who have been ingrained in the white washed churches of Christendom scoff at the notion of Jesus as the Angel of Jehovah but what does scripture say?
Angel in Greek is aggelos which means "a messenger".
Was not our Messiah a messenger of His Father Jehovah?
John 12:49-50 (KJV)
49 For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.
50 And I know that his commandment is life everlasting: whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the Father said unto me, so I speak.
Jesus appearing as theAngel of Jehovah in the old testament.
Genesis 16:6-13 (ASV)
6 But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in thy hand; do to her that which is good in thine eyes. And Sarai dealt hardly with her, and she fled from her face.
7 And the angel of Jehovah found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.
8 And he said, Hagar, Sarai's handmaid, whence camest thou? and whither goest thou? And she said, I am fleeing from the face of my mistress Sarai.
9 And the angel of Jehovah said unto her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands.
10 And the angel of Jehovah said unto her, I will greatly multiply thy seed, that it shall not be numbered for multitude.
11 And the angel of Jehovah said unto her, Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son; and thou shalt call his name Ishmael, because Jehovah hath heard thy affliction.
12 And he shall be as a wild ass among men; his hand shall be against every man, and every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell over against all his brethren.
13 And she called the name of Jehovah that spake unto her, Thou art a God that seeth: for she said, Have I even here looked after him that seeth me?
Genesis 22:9-16 (ASV)
9 And they came to the place which God had told him of. And Abraham built the altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar, upon the wood.
10 And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.
11 And the angel of Jehovah called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham. And he said, Here I am.
12 And he said, Lay not thy hand upon the lad, neither do thou anything unto him. For now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son, from me.
13 And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold, behind him a ram caught in the thicket by his horns. And Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt-offering in the stead of his son.
14 And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah-jireh. As it is said to this day, In the mount of Jehovah it shall be provided.
15 And the angel of Jehovah called unto Abraham a second time out of heaven,
16 and said, By myself have I sworn, saith Jehovah, because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son,
Exodus 4:1-22 (ASV)
1 And Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice; for they will say, Jehovah hath not appeared unto thee.
2 And Jehovah said unto him, What is that in thy hand? And he said, A rod.
3 And he said, Cast in on the ground. And he cast it on the ground, and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from before it.
4 And Jehovah said unto Moses, Put forth thy hand, and take it by the tail: (and he put forth his hand, and laid hold of it, and it became a rod in his hand:)
5 That they may believe that Jehovah, the God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath appeared unto thee.
6 And Jehovah said furthermore unto him, Put now thy hand into thy bosom. And he put his hand into his bosom: and when he took it out, behold, his hand was leprous, as white as snow.
7 And he said, Put thy hand into thy bosom again. (And he put his hand into his bosom again; and when he took it out of his bosom, behold, it was turned again as his other flesh.)
8 And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe thee, neither hearken to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the latter sign.
9 And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe even these two signs, neither hearken unto thy voice, that thou shalt take of the water of the river, and pour it upon the dry land: and the water which thou takest out of the river shall become blood upon the dry land.
10 And Moses said unto Jehovah, Oh, Lord, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant; for I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.
11 And Jehovah said unto him, Who hath made man's mouth? Or who maketh a man dumb, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? Is it not I, Jehovah?
12 Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt speak.
13 And he said, Oh, Lord, send, I pray thee, by the hand of him whom thou wilt send.
14 And the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Moses, and he said, Is there not Aaron thy brother the Levite? I know that he can speak well. And also, behold, he cometh forth to meet thee: and when he seeth thee, he will be glad in his heart.
15 And thou shalt speak unto him, and put the words in his mouth: and I will be with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what ye shall do.
16 And he shall be thy spokesman unto the people; and it shall come to pass, that he shall be to thee a mouth, and thou shalt be to him as God.
17 And thou shalt take in thy hand this rod, wherewith thou shalt do the signs.
18 And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father-in-law, and said unto him, Let me go, I pray thee, and return unto my brethren that are in Egypt, and see whether they be yet alive. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace.
19 And Jehovah said unto Moses in Midian, Go, return into Egypt; for all the men are dead that sought thy life.
20 And Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them upon an ass, and he returned to the land of Egypt: and Moses took the rod of God in his hand.
21 And Jehovah said unto Moses, When thou goest back into Egypt, see that thou do before Pharaoh all the wonders which I have put in thy hand: but I will harden his heart and he will not let the people go.
22 And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith Jehovah, Israel is my son, my first-born:
Exodus 3:1-22 (ASV)
1 Now Moses was keeping the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the back of the wilderness, and came to the mountain of God, unto Horeb.
2 And the angel of Jehovah appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.
3 And Moses said, I will turn aside now, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt.
4 And when Jehovah saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here am I.
5 And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.
6 Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon God.
7 And Jehovah said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people that are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows;
8 and I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite.
9 And now, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me: moreover I have seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them.
10 Come now therefore, and I will send thee unto Pharaoh, that thou mayest bring forth my people the children of Israel out of Egypt.
11 And Moses said unto God, Who am I, that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt?
12 And he said, Certainly I will be with thee; and this shall be the token unto thee, that I have sent thee: when thou hast brought forth the people out of Egypt, ye shall serve God upon this mountain.
13 And Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What is his name? What shall I say unto them?
14 And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.
15 And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, Jehovah, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is my name forever, and this is my memorial unto all generations.
16 Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, and say unto them, Jehovah, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, hath appeared unto me, saying, I have surely visited you, and seen that which is done to you in Egypt:
17 and I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt unto the land of the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite, unto a land flowing with milk and honey.
18 And they shall hearken to thy voice: and thou shalt come, thou and the elders of Israel, unto the king of Egypt, and ye shall say unto him, Jehovah, the God of the Hebrews, hath met with us: and now let us go, we pray thee, three days' journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to Jehovah our God.
19 And I know that the king of Egypt will not give you leave to go, no, not by a mighty hand.
20 And I will put forth my hand, and smite Egypt with all my wonders which I will do in the midst thereof: and after that he will let you go.
21 And I will give this people favor in the sight of the Egyptians: and it shall come to pass, that, when ye go, ye shall not go empty.
22 But every woman shall ask of her neighbor, and of her that sojourneth in her house, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment: and ye shall put them upon your sons, and upon your daughters; and ye shall despoil the Egyptians.
Acts 7:30-38 (KJV)
30 And when forty years were expired, there appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sina an angel of the Lord in a flame of fire in a bush.
31 When Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight: and as he drew near to behold it, the voice of the Lord came unto him,
32 Saying, I am the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. Then Moses trembled, and durst not behold.
33 Then said the Lord to him, Put off thy shoes from thy feet: for the place where thou standest is holy ground.
34 I have seen, I have seen the affliction of my people which is in Egypt, and I have heard their groaning, and am come down to deliver them. And now come, I will send thee into Egypt.
35 This Moses whom they refused, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge? the same did God send to be a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the angel which appeared to him in the bush.
36 He brought them out, after that he had shewed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty years.
37 This is that Moses, which said unto the children of Israel, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear.
38 This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel which spake to him in the mount Sina, and with our fathers: who received the lively oracles to give unto us:
Verses 30-36 refer to Exodus 3:1-8 where the Angel of Jehovah appeared unto Moses in a flame of fire.
Revelation 1:14
"His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire;
Revelation 19:12
"His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself.
Verse 38 is in reference to the decalogue, as it was an Angel that Jehovah used as the channel to deliver the commandments to Moses. This Angel very likely was our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ who is the Word of God. Jesus as the Angel of Jehovah, which simply means "messenger of Jehovah" was likely the audible voice that gave Moses the lively oracles. Look at Acts 7:53:
"Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it."
Of course Jesus isn't just an angel but the Chief Angel "Michael" and is Jehovah's literal Son.
Exodus 3:1-8 (ASV)
1 Now Moses was keeping the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the back of the wilderness, and came to the mountain of God, unto Horeb.
2 And the angel of Jehovah appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.
3 And Moses said, I will turn aside now, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt.
4 And when Jehovah saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here am I.
5 And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.
6 Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon God.
7 And Jehovah said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people that are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows;
8 and I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite.
It was the Angel of Jehovah that appeared to Moses in the bush at Sinai. It was also the Angel of Jehovah that gave Moses the lively oracles.
The below passage is very revealing about Jesus as the Angel of Jehovah.
1 Corinthians 10:1-4 (KJV)
10 Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea;
2 And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea;
3 And did all eat the same spiritual meat;
4 And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.
The Rock is a metaphor for the Angel of Jehovah (Jesus Christ) that followed the Israelites in the wilderness. See below for another confirmation that the Angel of Jehovah who led the Israelites through the wilderness was our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. So Jesus does manifested Himself as an Angel. The passage above in 1st Corinthians 10:1-4 confirms that the Angel of Jehovah who led and followed the Israelites from Egypt to the promised land was Jesus Christ. Let's look at the corresponding texts in the Old Testament:
Exodus 23:20-33 (ASV)
20 Behold, I send an angel before thee, to keep thee by the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared.
21 Take ye heed before him, and hearken unto his voice; provoke him not; for he will not pardon your transgression: for my name is in him.
22 But if thou shalt indeed hearken unto his voice, and do all that I speak; then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversary unto thine adversaries.
23 For mine angel shall go before thee, and bring thee in unto the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Canaanite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite: and I will cut them off.
24 Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their works; but thou shalt utterly overthrow them, and break in pieces their pillars.
25 And ye shall serve Jehovah your God, and he will bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee.
26 There shall none cast her young, nor be barren, in thy land: the number of thy days I will fulfil.
27 I will send my terror before thee, and will discomfit all the people to whom thou shalt come, and I will make all thine enemies turn their backs unto thee.
28 And I will send the hornet before thee, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee.
29 I will not drive them out from before thee in one year, lest the land become desolate, and the beasts of the field multiply against thee.
30 By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, until thou be increased, and inherit the land.
31 And I will set thy border from the Red Sea even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness unto the River: for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand: and thou shalt drive them out before thee.
32 Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods.
33 They shall not dwell in thy land, lest they make thee sin against me; for if thou serve their gods, it will surely be a snare unto thee.
Judges 2:1-5 (ASV)
1 And the angel of Jehovah came up from Gilgal to Bochim. And he said, I made you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you unto the land which I sware unto your fathers; and I said, I will never break my covenant with you:
2 and ye shall make no covenant with the inhabitants of this land; ye shall break down their altars. But ye have not hearkened unto my voice: why have ye done this?
3 Wherefore I also said, I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be as thorns in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare unto you.
4 And it came to pass, when the angel of Jehovah spake these words unto all the children of Israel, that the people lifted up their voice, and wept.
5 And they called the name of that place Bochim: and they sacrificed there unto Jehovah.
There it is!!! Proof that our Saviour Jesus appeared as the Angel of Jehovah in the wilderness. 1 Corinthians 10:1-4 corresponds to the above passage in Exodus. Notice how in verse 21, Jehovah says that my name is in him (The Angel). Remember Jesus name Jehoshua means the "salvation of Jehovah" or "Jehovah saves". Also in vese 21, Jehovah's says the Angel will not pardon their transgressions right before saying my name is in him. Apart from the Father only the Son of God has the power to forgive sins. We all know that only Jehovah and Jesus have this power. Jehovah because He is God Almighty and Jesus because He is the Divine Son of God. Look at Mark 2:5-10 and see how Jesus has authority to forgive sins. This authority is given to him by his Father Jehovah. So this Angel in Exodus following the Israelites and leading them had the power to forgive sins. This Angel could only be Jesus as other than Jehovah he is the only one with power to forgive sins. Paul confirms in Corinthians that indeed the Angel leading the Israelites in the wilderness was Christ.
In Judges 2, we see that this Angel of Jehovah who is speaking on Jehovah's behalf is the same Angel that led the Israelites through the wilderness in Exodus 23 and refrenced as being Jesus in 1 Corinthians. Verses 20-24 in Exodus correspond to verses 1-3 in Judges. The Israelites were told to harken unto the voice of Jehovah's Angel which we know to be the preexistent Messiah. The Angel of Jehovah was to lead the Israelites through the wilderness and into the promised land. The exhortation to not bow down to the false gids in Exodus and then the lament of being ensared by these false gods in Judges.
Mark 2:5-10 (KJV)
5 When Jesus saw their faith, he said unto the sick of the palsy, Son, thy sins be forgiven thee.
6 But there was certain of the scribes sitting there, and reasoning in their hearts,
7 Why doth this man thus speak blasphemies? who can forgive sins but God only?
8 And immediately when Jesus perceived in his spirit that they so reasoned within themselves, he said unto them, Why reason ye these things in your hearts?
9 Whether is it easier to say to the sick of the palsy, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and take up thy bed, and walk?
10 But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (he saith to the sick of the palsy,)
So brethren don't get freaked out at the thought of Jesus as the Angel of Jehovah or as Michael The Archangel. Does it mean that Jesus is merely an Angel? Of course not! If we look at meaning of the word angel, archangel and Michael it will clear up what these words really mean. When we call Jesus the Lamb of God, of course we are not saying Jesus is literally a lamb, just as when we say he is the Lion of the tribe of Judah we are not saying Jesus is literally a lion. These are titles given to Jesus to describe his functions as the Son of God.
A Lamb = the ransom sacrifice.
The Lion = The King and executor of Justice.
The Angel = Jehovah's messenger. Michael The Archangel = A chief messenger of Jehovah who is like Jehovah.
Jesus appearing to Gideon as the Angel of Jehovah!
Judges 6:11-23 (ASV)
11 And the angel of Jehovah came, and sat under the oak which was in Ophrah, that pertained unto Joash the Abiezrite: and his son Gideon was beating out wheat in the winepress, to hide it from the Midianites.
12 And the angel of Jehovah appeared unto him, and said unto him, Jehovah is with thee, thou mighty man of valor.
13 And Gideon said unto him, Oh, my lord, if Jehovah is with us, why then is all this befallen us? and where are all his wondrous works which our fathers told us of, saying, Did not Jehovah bring us up from Egypt? but now Jehovah hath cast us off, and delivered us into the hand of Midian.
14 And Jehovah looked upon him, and said, Go in this thy might, and save Israel from the hand of Midian: have not I sent thee?
15 And he said unto him, Oh, Lord, wherewith shall I save Israel? behold, my family is the poorest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father's house.
16 And Jehovah said unto him, Surely I will be with thee, and thou shalt smite the Midianites as one man.
17 And he said unto him, If now I have found favor in thy sight, then show me a sign that it is thou that talkest with me.
18 Depart not hence, I pray thee, until I come unto thee, and bring forth my present, and lay it before thee. And he said, I will tarry until thou come again.
19 And Gideon went in, and made ready a kid, and unleavened cakes of an ephah of meal: the flesh he put in a basket, and he put the broth in a pot, and brought it out unto him under the oak, and presented it.
20 And the angel of God said unto him, Take the flesh and the unleavened cakes, and lay them upon this rock, and pour out the broth. And he did so.
21 Then the angel of Jehovah put forth the end of the staff that was in his hand, and touched the flesh and the unleavened cakes; and there went up fire out of the rock, and consumed the flesh and the unleavened cakes; and the angel of Jehovah departed out of his sight.
22 And Gideon saw that he was the angel of Jehovah; and Gideon said, Alas, O Lord Jehovah! forasmuch as I have seen the angel of Jehovah face to face.
23 And Jehovah said unto him, Peace be unto thee; fear not: thou shalt not die.
Below, Joshua worships the Angel of Jehovah who ia described as the captain of the Host. Remember Michael The Archangel is also the captain of the Host that fights against Satan and his angels in Revelation 12:7. This Angel could only be Jesus as remember, created angels are not allowed to receive worship as noted in Revelation 19:10.
Revelation 19:10 (KJV)
10 And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.
Joshua 5:13-15 (ASV)
13 And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold, there stood a man over against him with his sword drawn in his hand: and Joshua went unto him, and said unto him, Art thou for us, or for our adversaries?
14 And he said, Nay; but as prince of the host of Jehovah am I now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and did worship, and said unto him, What saith my lord unto his servant?
15 And the prince of Jehovah's host said unto Joshua, Put off thy shoe from off thy foot; for the place whereon thou standest is holy. And Joshua did so.
We see clearly that this Angel, who is the Prince of Jehovah's host, received worship meaning He could only be Jesus the Chief Messenger (Archangel) of Jehovah, who is the express image of His literal Father. The Scriptures only mention one Archangel which we are starting to see is none other than our Lord and Saviour Jehoshua Messiah. Jesus is also mentioned as the prince of peace.
Jude 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."
Luke 4:6-8 (KJV)
6 And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it.
7 If thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be thine.
8 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee behind me, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
Matthew 4:8-10King James Version (KJV)
8 Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;
9 And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.
10 Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
Did Jesus ever bring a reviling accusation against Satan? No He didn't! Jesus simply rebuked Satan. Remember, our Saviour often spoke of Himself in third person which happens in the below passage of Jude. Matthew and Luke chronicle the times Jesus was tempted by Lucifer in the wilderness. It's important to note that Jesus didn't bring a reviling accusation against Satan but just rebuked him which is what Michael The Archangel does in Jude 9.
In Revelation 12:7-9, Michael The Archangel is described as the Captain of the Hosts of angels in Heaven, they are called His angels. He battles Satan and his angels. Jesus is also described as the leader of faithful angels in Revelation 19:14-16, 2 Thessalonians 1:7.
Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ aside from Jehovah is the only one with the power to cast satan out of heaven.
Revelation 12:7-9 (KJV)
7 And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels,
8 And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven.
9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
Revelation 19:14-16 (KJV)
14 And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.
15 And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.
16 And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, King Of Kings, And Lord Of Lords.
2 Thessalonians 1:7-9 (KJV)
7 And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels,
8 In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:
9 Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;
Also, Matthew 13:41, 16:27, 24:31; 1 Peter 3:22 speaks of Jesus and His angels. Both Jesus and Michael are both described as leaders of an army of faithful angels. Since nowhere in Jehovah's word does it say there are two armies of angels, we can safely conclude that Jesus and Michael are one and the same.
Does not our Messiah descend from Heaven with the voice of the archangel?
1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 (ASV)
13 But we would not have you ignorant, brethren, concerning them that fall asleep; that ye sorrow not, even as the rest, who have no hope.
14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also that are fallen asleep in Jesus will God bring with him.
15 For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we that are alive, that are left unto the coming of the Lord, shall in no wise precede them that are fallen asleep.
16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven, with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first;
17 then we that are alive, that are left, shall together with them be caught up in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
18 Wherefore comfort one another with these words.
See the description here in Daniel 10, of what is believed to be the angel Gabriel needing the help of Michael The Archangel the Chief Prince to hold back the Kings of Persia (verse 13). Isn't that what we do as believers in Messiah? We call on the name of Jehoshua for help in our time of need. We don't win every battle but we are strengthened win or lose, due to the Messiah coming to our aid. Remember, that Jehoshua doesn't always defeat our enemies for us (in the flesh he doesn't, but he always give us victory spiritually). In verse 21, Gabriel states that only Michael The Prince can uphold him against the Kings of Persia and Greece. Notice that Gabriel tells Daniel "your Prince". No angel is ever called our Prince. The fact that Michael is called Daniel's Prince and that Jesus is also called our Prince, logically concludes that Michael and Jesus are one and the same.
Daniel 10:12-21 (ASV)
12 Then said he unto me, Fear not, Daniel; for from the first day that thou didst set thy heart to understand, and to humble thyself before thy God, thy words were heard: and I am come for thy words' sake.
13 But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me one and twenty days; but, lo, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me: and I remained there with the kings of Persia.
14 Now I am come to make thee understand what shall befall thy people in the latter days; for the vision is yet for many days:
15 and when he had spoken unto me according to these words, I set my face toward the ground, and was dumb.
16 And, behold, one in the likeness of the sons of men touched my lips: then I opened my mouth, and spake and said unto him that stood before me, O my lord, by reason of the vision my sorrows are turned upon me, and I retain no strength.
17 For how can the servant of this my lord talk with this my lord? for as for me, straightway there remained no strength in me, neither was there breath left in me.
18 Then there touched me again one like the appearance of a man, and he strengthened me.
19 And he said, O man greatly beloved, fear not: peace be unto thee, be strong, yea, be strong. And when he spake unto me, I was strengthened, and said, Let my lord speak; for thou hast strengthened me.
20 Then said he, Knowest thou wherefore I am come unto thee? and now will I return to fight with the prince of Persia: and when I go forth, lo, the prince of Greece shall come.
21 But I will tell thee that which is inscribed in the writing of truth: and there is none that holdeth with me against these, but Michael your prince.
Daniel 8:11 (KJV)
11 Yea, he magnified himself even to the Prince of the host, and by him the daily sacrifice was taken away, and the place of the sanctuary was cast down.
This is clearly a reference to the Little Horn (Papal Rome) exalting himself above Jehoshua who is described as being the Prince of the Host, which is a position of being the Commander of the armies of Heaven. Michael The Archangel is also described as the Commander of the Heavenly armies in Revelation 12:7.
Who is Michael The Archangel?
Just when the Antichrist thinks he has the world in his grip, Michael the Great Prince (Jesus Christ) shall stand up to deliver his people (the congregation of believers in Jehovah and Jesus Christ).
Daniel 12:1 (KJV)
12 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, 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.
Michael in Hebrew is Miyka'el which means "who is like God?"
Archangel in Greek is archaggelos which means "a chief angel".
Angel in Greek is aggelos which means "a messenger".
Was not our Messiah a Chief Messenger of His Father Jehovah?
John 12:49-50 (KJV)
49 For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.
50 And I know that his commandment is life everlasting: whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the Father said unto me, so I speak.
Is not our Messiah like God being the very image of His Father Jehovah?
Colossians 1:13-15 (ASV)
13 Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:
14 In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:
15 Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:
