“did not dare pronounce against him an abusive judgment, but said, “The Lord rebuke you!”
Notice the inferiority of Michael here in Jude 9, GOD, Jesus, or the Holy Spirit is never inferior to Satan.
Luke 4:35 makes it clear that Jesus can and does rebuke Satan. See the difference one dare not rebuke and the other rebuked, so they are not one in the same.
Luke 4:34, the demon says are you here to destroy us, but in Jude 9 he didn’t even have the power to rebuke Satan let alone destroy him.
Jesus has many names, but Michael isn’t one of them.
Notice how it always takes several angels to defeat Satan and his demons, but it ONLY takes the one GOD to send them packing.
If Michael was Jesus as you claim he would have rebuked Satan himself, but he didn’t.
Similar situation in Zechariah with Joshua the high priest. Starts off by saying the ANGEL OF THE LORD. Then in verse 2, it says THE LORD SAID UNTO SATAN (the Angel of the Lord being JESUS CHRIST)
And then, Mrobisr, it says THE LORD REBUKE THEE, just like it does in Jude 1:9. It is Jesus Christ rebuking Satan. Same as in Jude 9, with Michael the Archangel being Jesus Christ)
And then even more proof, Mrobiser, he is called the LORD OF HOSTS. The hosts are the angels. Same as the Captain of the Lord’s hosts in Josh 5, WHERE JOSHUA FELL ON HIS FACE AND WORSHIPED HIM. Joshua was also told to take his shoes off because the place where he was standing was holy, BECAUSE IT WAS JESUS CHRIST HE WAS TALKING TO.
Zechariah 3: verses 7, 9, and 10 call him the Lord of Hosts
Angel of the Lord = Jesus Christ
Michael the Archangel = Jesus Christ
Angel of the covenant = Jesus Christ
Captain of the Lord’s host = Jesus Christ
IT IS JESUS CHRIST. How clear does it have to be for you to understand that?
1And he shewed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, and Satan standing at his right hand to resist him.
2And the LORD said unto Satan, The LORD rebuke thee, O Satan; even the LORD that hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee: is not this a brand plucked out of the fire?
3Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and stood before the angel.
4And he answered and spake unto those that stood before him, saying, Take away the filthy garments from him. And unto him he said, Behold, I have caused thine iniquity to pass from thee, and I will clothe thee with change of raiment.
5And I said, Let them set a fair mitre upon his head. So they set a fair mitre upon his head, and clothed him with garments. And the angel of the LORD stood by.
6And the angel of the LORD protested unto Joshua, saying,
7Thus saith the LORD of hosts; If thou wilt walk in my ways, and if thou wilt keep my charge, then thou shalt also judge my house, and shalt also keep my courts, and I will give thee places to walk among these that stand by.
8Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, thou, and thy fellows that sit before thee: for they are men wondered at: for, behold, I will bring forth my servant the BRANCH.
9For behold the stone that I have laid before Joshua; upon one stone shall be seven eyes: behold, I will engrave the graving thereof, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day.
10In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, shall ye call every man his neighbour under the vine and under the fig tree.
“did not dare pronounce against him an abusive judgment, but said, “The Lord rebuke you!”
Notice the inferiority of Michael here in Jude 9, GOD, Jesus, or the Holy Spirit is never inferior to Satan.
Yes, the Lord rebukes. But, no way Christ would stoop to Satan’s level by pronouncing an abusive judgment...slander, etc... Nothing inferior about it.