Are Archangels a real thing?

The word “archangel” occurs in only two verses of the Bible. First Thessalonians 4:16 exclaims, "For the Lord Himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first." Jude verse 9 declares, "But even the archangel Michael, when he was disputing with the devil about the body of Moses, did not dare to bring a slanderous accusation against him, but said, 'The Lord rebuke you!'" The word “archangel” comes from a Greek word meaning "chief angel." It refers to an angel who seems to be the leader of other angels.

Jude verse 9 uses the definite article "the archangel Michael," which could possibly indicate that Michael is the only archangel. However, Daniel 10:13 describes Michael as "one of the chief princes." This possibly indicates that there is more than one archangel, because it places Michael on the same level as the other "chief princes." So, while it is possible that there are multiple archangels, it is best not to presume upon the Word of God by declaring other angels as archangels. Daniel 10:21 describes Michael the archangel as "your prince," and Daniel 12:1 identifies Michael as "the great prince who protects." Even if there are multiple archangels, it seems that Michael is the chief among them.

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From the Bible.

God’s Word refers to Michael “the archangel.” (Jude 9) This term means “chief angel.” Notice that Michael is called the archangel.

This suggests that there is only one such angel. In fact, the term “archangel” occurs in the Bible only in the singular, never in the plural.

Jesus is linked with the office of archangel. Regarding the resurrected Lord Jesus Christ, 1 Thessalonians 4:16 states: “The Lord himself will descend from heaven with a commanding call, with an archangel’s voice.”

Thus the voice of Jesus is described as being that of an archangel. This scripture therefore suggests that Jesus himself is the archangel Michael.

Yes.

The concept of Archangels predates Christianity and Judaism, but they were often alluded to as "Lords" or "Gods" before Akhenaten proclaimed his belief in One God - Aton. Thus "El" at the end of every archangel or angel found in all literature.

A quick rundown...on the Archangels or 'Lords' of the Elements...

The Archangel of light and of fire, is called ‘Michael’—Ma-Ha-El, ‘the Great God’. In Sanskrit Maha means ‘great’ and El stands for God (as well as in ancient Egyptian and Hebrew). Appropriately we find the suffix El in all the Archangelic names.

Then there is the Archangel Gabriel, or in the ancient Egyptian pronunciation, Kha-Vir-El. Ga or Kha denotes desire, sentiment, and expressed love. Bir or Vir indicates element. Gabriel is the ruler of water and the liquids, which constitutes three quarters of the planet. Gabriel is the steward of the whole of the physical kingdom. The above two Archangels cooperate within the human body in the creation of red blood.

Next is ‘Rafael’—Ra-fa-El, in ancient Egyptian Ra stands for the sun, and fa, for vibration: Sun-vibration-God. Raphael’s vibrations express a violet colour, in all its shades. This colour stems from the mixture of red (Michael) and blue (Gabriel), which tallies with the role of Raphael as fellow worker with the other two. The planet in its entirety is within Raphael’s domain, who controls the electromagnetic forces—etheric vitality, as we call it. The Hindus call this force ‘prana’, while others give it different names.

Another Archangel coordinates of the work of all the Archangels within the gross material body, name ‘Uriel’—U-Ra-El, as known to our Egyptian forefathers. U stands for space and Ra for the sun: Space-Sun-God. The colour which represents It is silvery white. Uriel holds the Law of Order and Harmony.

No one Archangel can operate by Itself, i.e. one requires the other, and we see this in the physical universe(s). Uriel never takes a human form (thus be wary of any popular literature that claims it does and has this or that characteristic).

Hope this help..

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Only one - Michael

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