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NASB | 1 Thessalonians 4:16 For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Thessalonians 4:16 For the Lord Himself will come down from heaven with a shout of command, with the voice of the archangel and with the [blast of the] trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. |
Bible Question: Is this saying that Archangel Michael and Jesus are the same being? |
Bible Answer: Which biblical verse SAYS the "voice" in 1 Thess 4:16 is Michael's? Neither here nor anywhere else in the Bible is Michael named as the archangel whose voice is heard at the resurrection. NASB 1 Thessalonians 4:16 For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. AMPLIFIED 1 Thessalonians 4:16 For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a loud cry of summons, with the shout of an archangel, and with the blast of the trumpet of God. And those who have departed this life in Christ will rise first. ------------- Jehovah's Witnesses teach that Jesus was Michael the archangel who became a man, The Watchtower, May 15, 1963, p. 307; The New World, 284. ------------- According to Jehovah's Witness' theology, God is a single person, not a Trinity, who does not know all things and is not everywhere. He first created Michael the Archangel through whom He created all "other things," including the universe, the earth, Adam and Eve, etc. ------------- 'By maintaining that our Lord was the “first and direct creation of Jehovah God,” and that prior to His earthly life He was Michael the Archangel, the Witnesses deny the very foundation of the historic Christian faith' (www.equip.org/free/DJ512.htm). |