I know a lot of Baptist but I have never,never heard any thing so out of line You will have one person who will say YES but remember he is not a christian he belong to the cult of JW. And I like to make a bet Calvin or Wesley open their mouth about ,Please show us that a great majority of protestant reformers believe this or to make it easy for you name 3 and show the prove
Protestant Reformer JOHN CALVIN said regarding “Michael” in its occurrence at Daniel 12:1:
“I embrace the opinion of those who refer this to the person of Christ, because it suits the subject best to represent him as standing forward for the defense of his elect people.” J. Calvin, COMMENTARIES ON THE BOOK OF THE PROPHET DANIEL, trans. T. Myers (Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, 1979), vol. 2 p. 369.
WILLIAM L. ALEXANDER, DOCTOR OF DIVINITY , stated:
" There seems good reason for regarding Michael as the Messiah. Such was the opinion of the best among the ancient Jews… With this all the Bible representations of Michael agree. He appears as the Great Prince who standeth for Israel (Dan. xii. I), and he is called “the Prince of Israel” (Dan. x. 21)" --William L. Alexander, ed., A CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL LITERATURE ,originally edited by John Kitto, 3d ed. (Edinburgh: A & C Black, 1886). vol. 3, p. 158
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A Bible Dictionary published by Logos International, an evangelical Protestant outfit, says:**
" Michael … in Dan. 10:13,21; 12:1, is described as having a special charge of the Jewish nation, and in Rev. 12:7-9 as the leader of the angelic army. So exalted are the position and offices ascribed to Michael, that many think the Messiah is meant." – INTERNATIONAL BIBLE DICTIONARY – ILLUSTRATED (Plainfield, NJ, Logos Internatioanl, 1977), p.35
**Regarding the occurrence of “Michael” in Revelation 12:7-10, Methodist commentator ADAM CLARKE remarked: **
" By the personage, in the Apocalypse, many understand the Lord Jesus." (his multi-volume commentary – not just the 1-volume abridged ed. by Ralph Earle----published by Abingdon Press, vol. 6, page 952).
LANGE’S COMMENTARY calls the figure here (Rev 12:7-10) " the warlike form of Christ." J.P. Lange’s COMMENTARY ON THE HOLY SCRIPTURES , s.v. Rev. 12:7
**AN EXPOSITION OF THE BIBLE, produced by 27 different scholars, says of Michael: **
" It is even itself probable that the Leader of the hosts of light (in Rev. 12:7-9) will be no other than the Captain of our salvation, the Lord Jesus Christ Himself… Above all, the prophecies of Daniel, in which the name Michael first occurs, may be said to decide the point." – publ. in Hartford, CT, 1910, by the Scranton Co., vol. 6, p.882
**Brown’s dictionary of the Bible on the words MICHAEL and ANGEL **says, that both these words do sometimes refer to Christ; and also affirms that Christ is the Archangel. Wood’s Spiritual Dictionary teaches nearly, if not exactly, the same thing on this subject that Brown’s does.
The former was a
Calvinist, the latter a
Methodist. Buck, in his Theological Dictionary, under the article ANGEL, asserts that Christ is in scripture frequently called an Angel.
Butterworth, Cruden, and Taylor in their concordances, assert that Michael and Angel are both names of Christ. Doctor Coke, a Methodist bishop, in his notes on the Bible, acknowledges that Christ is sometimes called an angel. See his notes of that passage where the Angel of the Lord spake to the people at Bochim. Winchester has taught the same doctrine in the 152 pages of the first volume of his lectures on the prophecies. Whitefield, in his sermon on the bush that burnt and was not consumed, says that the Angel that appeared to Moses in the bush was Christ. Guyse in his paraphrase on the New-Testament, on Rev 12:7, acknowledges that many good expositors think that Christ is signified by Michael; and also gives it as his opinion.
Doctor Watts in his glories of Christ, pages 200, 201, 202, 218, 223 and 224, teaches the same doctrine. Thomas Scott, in his notes on the Bible, says the Angel that appeared to Hagar when she fled from her mistress, one of the three Angels that appeared to Abraham in the plains of Mamre, the Angel that appeared to Moses in the bush, and the Angel that spoke to the Jews at Bochim, was Jesus Christ; and also asserts that Michael the Archangel is Jesus Christ. See Scott’s Bible on Gen. 14:9,10; chapter 18 throughout; Exodus 3:2-7, Judges 2:1-5; Dan. 10:13,21; 12:1; Rev 12:7
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John A. Lees, The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, 1930, Vol. 3, page 2048 states: **
The earlier Protestant scholars usually identified Michael with the preincarnate Christ, finding support for their view, not only in the juxtaposition of the “child” and the archangel in Rev 12, but also in the attributes ascribed to him in Dnl (for a full discussion see Hengstenberg, Offenbarung, I, 611-22, and an interesting survey in English by Dr. Douglas in Fairbairn’s BD).
I could mention others writers who have advocated this doctrine, but these are sufficient to prove that it has long been believed among the most eminent trinitarians. These can checked out in any theological library available in your area, so anyone can check for themselves.
