So if Jesus, the "Firstborn of creation" (Proverbs 8:22) is an angel, and he is also called "The Word", the primary means of which God's word is transmitted to us, then that is probably the first and foremost answer to your question.Ģ For if the message given through angels [the Law spoken by them to
Simply, there is a stark difference between how God (not an angel) and Jesus (an angel) deal with Satan's challenges. This of course is stated on the basis that Jehovah's Witnesses understand that Michael is the same person as " Jesus" (Michael being his pre-earthly angelic name).Ĭontrast this to how God himself deals with Satan's taunts regarding one of his servants in the first chapters of Job - the reaction is far more authoritative and altogether different. bring an abusive condemnation against him, but Judicially argued (disputed) about the body of Moses, he dared not Since "angels" are the subject here, there is for instance Jude 1:9 :ĩ But when the archangel Michael, contending with the devil, Jehovah's Witnesses believe by a number of scriptural proofs that Christ himself is an angel, the highest ranking one, and he is the primary means that through which the speaking between God and man occur. This could probably be a lengthy answer, but it would be better to summarize one core belief, which should easily answer the remainder of your question.
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