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Archangel Michael has figured as the greatest and most revered of angels in Jewish, Christian and Islamic scriptures and tradition. In Muslim lore, he is the angel of nature who provides both food and knowledge to man. In Jewish mystical tradition Archangel Michael is identified with the angel who wrestled with Jacob, destroyed the armies of Sennacherib and saved the three Hebrew boys in the fiery furnace. Archangel Michael was the angel who appeared to [[Joshua]] as he prepared to lead the Israelites in battle at Jericho. | Archangel Michael has figured as the greatest and most revered of angels in Jewish, Christian and Islamic scriptures and tradition. In Muslim lore, he is the angel of nature who provides both food and knowledge to man. In Jewish mystical tradition Archangel Michael is identified with the angel who wrestled with Jacob, destroyed the armies of Sennacherib and saved the three Hebrew boys in the fiery furnace. Archangel Michael was the angel who appeared to [[Joshua]] as he prepared to lead the Israelites in battle at Jericho. | ||
[[John the Beloved|John the apostle]] speaks of Archangel Michael in the [[Book of Revelation]], where he recounts that it was Michael who cast the devil and his angels out of heaven into the earth.<ref>Rev. 12:7–9.</ref> By this we know that the fallen | [[John the Beloved|John the apostle]] speaks of Archangel Michael in the [[Book of Revelation]], where he recounts that it was Michael who cast the devil and his angels out of heaven into the earth.<ref>Rev. 12:7–9.</ref> By this we know that the [[fallen angel]]s have taken embodiment and that the enemies of Christ are in the world of form. It is, therefore, Archangel Michael and the legions of blue lightning who serve with him who defend the children of God from the enemy of the [[Antichrist]]. | ||
[[File:Pietro Perugino - Archangel Michael - WGA17307.jpg|thumb|Archangel Michael, Pietro Perugino (c. 1499)]] | [[File:Pietro Perugino - Archangel Michael - WGA17307.jpg|thumb|Archangel Michael, Pietro Perugino (c. 1499)]] | ||
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Archangel Michael released the following dispensation in 1992: | Archangel Michael released the following dispensation in 1992: | ||
<blockquote>In the name of Almighty God, I, Archangel Michael, assign to each and every one of you a member of my legions, one single mighty angel who shall stay with you as long as you give the call to Archangel Michael and any of our decrees to Archangel Michael for twenty minutes each day. So long as you sustain that which is the absolute minimum requirement of the Great Law, this angel of my bands shall not leave you until the hour of your ascension in the Light.<ref>Archangel Michael, “Meet Us | <blockquote>In the name of Almighty God, I, Archangel Michael, assign to each and every one of you a member of my legions, one single mighty angel who shall stay with you as long as you give the call to Archangel Michael and any of our decrees to Archangel Michael for twenty minutes each day. So long as you sustain that which is the absolute minimum requirement of the Great Law, this angel of my bands shall not leave you until the hour of your ascension in the Light.<ref>Archangel Michael, “Meet Us Halfway,” {{POWref|35|50|, November 8, 1992}}</ref> | ||
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