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Jehovah's Belief Of Jesus And The Archangel Michael

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3.Jehovah’s Witnesses believe that Jesus and the archangel Michael are the same person.
JW believe that Jesus had three periods of existence:
1.In his pre-human existence he was called “God’s only begotten Son because Jehovah created him directly. As the “first-born of all creation, Jesus was used by God to create all other things. Jesus also had the personal name of Michael the archangel at this time.
2.The second stage of Jesus’ life was here on earth. He willingly submitted as God transferred his life from heaven to the womb of a Jewish virgin named Mary.
3.He became the Messiah at his baptism, was executed on a torture stake, and rose again spiritually, but not physically.
Christian Response: There is absolutely no biblical basis for identifying Jesus with Michael the archangel. Also, the bible teaches that Jesus was the Messiah at birth, and coequal with the Father from all eternity:
Philippians 2:5-7 ~ Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus, who, although He existed in the form of God, did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied Himself, taking the form of a bondservant, and being made in the likeness of men.
1 Colossians 1:15 ~ He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. The Greek word used here for first born is Prototokos, which means First in Rank, Supreme.
Hebrews 1:4 ~ become so much better than the angels.
So we see that Jesus did not regard His equality with God as something to be “grasped.” This word means to be utilized or asserted. Instead of asserting His equality with the Father, Jesus “emptied Himself” which means he laid aside His privileges as God and took on the form of a man.

4.Jehovah’s Witnesses believe the Holy Spirit is a “force” and not a real Person.
JW does not believe in the Trinity, much less the Holy Spirit as part of the God-head. The personality and deity of the Holy Spirit is denied.
John 14:16-17 ~ And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Counselor to be with you forever – the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you.
The Holy Spirit dwells inside of us, not just an

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