Bible Question: Miss JW, As you are well educated in the beliefs of the JW I was wondering if you would please answer this question for me. From what I understand JWs believethat Jesus is Micheal the archangel and it is also the JWs belief that the New World Translation is the inspired word of God. With this said my question is this. In Jude 1:9 NWT But when Micheal the archangel had a difference with the Devil and was disputing about Moses' body, he did not dare to bring a judgement against him in abusive terms but said May Jehovah rebuke you. As it is clear to see Micheal will not om his own rebukethe Devil. However in Matthew 8:28-32 When he got to the other side into the country ofthe Gadarenes there met him two demon-possed men coming out from among the memorial tombs unusually fierce so that nobody had the courage to pass by on that road. And look! they screamed saying "What have we to do with you, Son of God? Did you come here to torment us before the appointed time? But a long way off form them a herd of many swine was at pasture. So the demons began to entreat him saying " If you expel us send us forth into the herd of swine. Accordingly he said to them GO! They came out and went off into the swine; and look! the entire herd rushed over the precipice into the sea and died in the waters. NWT Her Jesus rebukesthe demons on His own authority andthe demon recognize Him as The Son of God not a son. Please explain this very startling difference if they are one in the same tgc |
Bible Answer: On earth you may recall that God's son neither said nor did anything except what his Father instructed. Would you imagine the same to be true when he conducts himself in the heavenly realm? When and whether Michael or Jesus refuses to or chooses to rebuke the devil or one of his demons, I do not question, but trust his decision will please his God, Jehovah. The evidence for Michael being Jesus is strong, and your attempt to connect these two events fails to prove much. |