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Revision as of 02:27, 22 March 2024
Archangel Michael AKA Saint Michael the Taxiarch
First mentioned in the
Book of Enoch, Michael is portrayed as the lead archangel in the scriptures of Christianity, Judaism, Islam, and Baha'i. In the biblical
Book of Revelations
, Michael battles
Lucifer, essentially to a draw. In the Talmud, Michael plays an essential role in freeing Jerusalem from Nebuchadnezzer II under Babylonian captivity. However, various
apocryphal Gnostic texts speak of Michael's eventual demonic possession, including the
Apochryphon of John
found in the
Nag Hammadi Codex. In it, Michael is placed under the control of Yaldaboath the
Demiurge
and is represented by the lion in the
Ophite Diagrams. Constrastingly,
Seventh Day Adventists believe the Archangel Michael to be Christ himself.
