Someone asked me: “What happened to Michael?”
You may recall that Daniel, in one of his visions, spoke with an angel who mentioned Michael as “the prince of your people”. Thus, Michael was not an “archangel” but a member of the Elohim Council who had responsibility for the nation of Israel.
Well, when the Jews rejected their Messiah, the name “Israel” went with Our Lord. The Jews lost the rights to that name. It now refers to His Covenant Kingdom, AKA Christians or “New Israel”. Michael is the Prince of the Church, as it were. No, you don’t pray to him; he is not a deity. That’s the mistake the other Council members made, tricking their nations into treating them as deities. That’s the primary flaw of pagan idolatry, elevating lesser beings to God’s place.
And that is the primary sin of the Devil, trying seize some of God’s glory for himself. He persuaded the majority of the Elohim Council to joining him in this sin.
So far as we know, Michael is the only elohim given a recognizable name, and the only one that we know who voluntarily works with Jehovah on His agenda. To the best of our knowledge, all the rest of the Divine Council are allies of the Devil to varying degrees.
So far as we know from Scripture, there’s no particular interaction between us and Michael. He does his thing in Heaven and we do our thing here with the Holy Spirit. As Daniel tells us, his primary role is helping us unclog the Devil’s bureaucratic obfuscation that hinders our prayers being answered. The blessings of the Covenant include miracles and revelations.
These things belong to the Covenant, not to individuals. They are manifested often enough in individuals, but they belong to the Covenant. If nothing else, Paul’s Letter to the Ephesians gives us a solid clue about the single biggest hindrance to prayer: loving each other as Christ loves us. Don’t tie Michael’s hands by giving the Devil too much power over your life.
Covenant people, Michael is your divine administrator in Heaven.
