የመላእክት አለቃ ቅዱስ ሚካኤል Saint Michael, the Archangel

 የመላእክት አለቃ ቅዱስ ሚካኤል ከሰባቱ ሊቃነ መላዕክት አንዱ ሲሆን የስሙ ትርጉምም በእብራይስጥ "ማን እንደ እግዚአብሄር" ማለት ነው። ስሙም በመፅሃፍ ቅዱስ በተለያ ቦታ ተጸፎ ይገኛል 
    "በመንገድ ይጠብቅህ ዘንድ ወዳዘጋጀሁትም ስፍራ ያገባህ ዘንድ፥ እነሆ፥ እኔ መልአክን በፊትህ እሰድዳለሁ። በፊቱ ተጠንቀቁ፥ ቃሉንም አድምጡ፤ ስሜም በእርሱ ስለ ሆነ ኃጢአት ብትሠሩ ይቅር አይልምና አታስመርሩት። አንተ ግን ቃሉን ብትሰማ፥ ያልሁህንም ሁሉ ብታደርግ፥ ጠላቶችህን እጣላቸዋለሁ፥ የሚያስጨንቁህንም አስጨንቃቸዋለሁ። መልአኬ በፊትህ ይሄዳልና"    ዘጸአት 23:20
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"የእግዚአብሔር መልአክ በሚፈሩት ሰዎች ዙሪያ ይሰፍራል፥ ያድናቸውማል። እግዚአብሔር ቸር እንደ ሆነ ቅመሱ እዩም፤ በእርሱ የሚታመን ሰው ምስጉን ነው።"   መዝሙር 33፡7​
 Saint Michael, the Archangel, who ranks among the seven Archangels his name signifies ("Who is like God", Hebrew ), and his name was the war-cry of the good angels in the battle fought in heaven against the enemy and his followers.      
​         He was sent to Moses, Jacob, Abraham and other people throughout the history of the world. The name of Saint Michael, the Archangel is mentioned in different parts of the Bible directly or indirectly. Here are some of the verses from Bible about him:

1. Daniel 10:13
   "Then Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me, because I was detained there with the king of Persia."
2. Daniel 10:21
   "But I will shew thee that which is noted in the scripture of truth: and there is none that holdeth with me in these things, but Michael your prince."
3. Revelation 12:7-9 
   "there was war in heaven. Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought back. But he was not strong enough, and they lost their place in heaven."
4. Daniel 12:1
   "Saint Michael the Archangel, special guardian of the chosen people"
5. Jude 1:9 
   "Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses."
6. Thessalonians 4:16
   "the Lord himself shall descend from heaven, with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God, and the dead in Christ shall rise first"

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