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The Sword of Gilead & The Book of Angels

we must conclude that he is an angelic messenger
sent by God to let Daniel know his purpose.
Judging by the words used and the
purpose of the visitation, it is clear to me that it is
the Archangel Gabriel, and we can know that for
several other reasons. - The name Gabriel means
Might of God or Power of God, and he is, as his name
and ministry here imply, “God’s messenger sent
forth” and as we will see later, he is the angel
serving the Holy Spirit who reveals the mind of
God the Father.
In his conversation with Daniel, Gabriel
reveals a war in the heavenly realms and the
demonic angel that blocks him in the heavens for
twenty-one days is the prince of the kingdom of
Persia where Daniel is. - This is the demonic
guardian angel of Persia and here he battles God’s
messenger. If God’s angel here were a warring
angel or even the pre-existing Christ, then he
would defeat them. As it is, he does not and so he
calls on the Archangel Michael to do this so that
he can get through to deliver the message to
Daniel.
The name Michael means, “Like (unto)
God” and he is the Captain of the Heavenly Host
and the one that cast Lucifer from heaven to the
earth in the angelic war prior to Adam’s creation. -
He is the guardian angel of Israel and ours too.
Again, to establish Gabriel, we see in verse 20 that
he says that when he leaves Daniel to return to the
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