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NASB | Jude 1:9 But Michael the archangel, when he disputed with the devil and argued about the body of Moses, did not dare pronounce against him a railing judgment, but said, "The Lord rebuke you!" |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Jude 1:9 But even the archangel Michael, when he was disputing with the devil (Satan), and arguing about the body of Moses, did not dare bring an abusive condemnation against him, but [simply] said, "The Lord rebuke you!" [Deut 34:5, 6; Zech 3:2] |
Bible Question: MARKARIOS, DID YOU READ MY NEW QUESTION? |
Bible Answer: Revelation 12:7 And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, Now here is an interesting thing. Michael the archangel warring with satan again? Either It is a repeat of what Jude mentioned and has happened already. Or it is another battle. I believe it is another battle. I also believe that the mention of Jude about Michael disputing about he body of Moses is a hint about this battle in Rev 12 If satan disputed about the body of Moses it would most logically be about the fact that God stepped in and did some sort of supernatural burying. When Peter preached on the day of Pentecost he makes mention of an Old testament prophecy about Jesus body not seeing corruption. This is somehow related. Satan has some sort of legal right to rot a dead corpse in the grave. This because of sin. Now since Jesus never sinned the legal claim of satan to see the body of Christ corrupted was not valid. Something about satan wanting the body of Moses is seen in the reference by Jude. Satan was claiming a legal right to the body of Moses. Now we know that Moses was not raised from the dead then, but somehow I think his body was preserved. But that is my guess. Now in Rev 12 there is another battle between these two figures, Michael and satan. You could logically assume that the battle is over a Body. But this time it is over the BODY (CHURCH) of Christ. You see the saints that are alive at the coming of the Lord are changed in a moment and thier bodies are made incorruptible. Without dieing. So satan is disputing this. Satan is trying to claim he has a legal right to put death on these bodies to corrupt them in the graves, But Michael points to the cross of Christ which makes satan's claim invalid. This I get from the context of the rejoicing saints. They overcame him (his legal claims,) by the blood of the Lamb and the word of their testimony (faith in Jesus Christ) See the warfare in the heavenlies (invisible realm) is not that of cosmic swords slashing through the air and lightning bolts hurled at one another. The battle is more like that of a courtroom. Understanding this is critical to ministry. The saint that walks in sin is legally accused by satan before God and it affects the ability of that saint to do what God has called him to do. The saint the yields to the Holy Spirit in repentance of any sin that God puts his finger on is always full of the Holy Ghost and power and need fear nothing that satan can throw at him. This saint walks in power. The power is from God and not of the saint, but the saint keeps himself connected to the vine by faith and faith is active, faith seeks God. May God Bless you in your study of His word. |