"What was the name of the Archangel referred to in the Book of Daniel as ""the guardian of Israel""?"
"covering the walls of the church, as in the case of the church of St. Tatiana the Roman, covered the basic shape of the building. The interior of the church was as richly decorated. Frescoes on its walls were made by painter Alexandr Murashko, while the iconostasis was worked on by Belevich. The walls had copies of icons from St Volodymyr's Cathedral. The interior domes were gilded, and the floor of the temple was made of terracotta, imitating marble. Church of the Archangel Michael, Warsaw The Church of the Archangel Michael in Warsaw was an Orthodox church in Warsaw, located"
"Gabriel Gabriel (; , , , , Arabic: جبريل, ""Jibrīl"" or جبرائيل ""Jibrāʾīl""), in the Abrahamic religions, is an archangel. It was first described in the Hebrew Bible, and subsequently developed by other traditions. In the Hebrew Bible, Gabriel appears to the prophet Daniel, to explain his visions (Daniel 8:15–26, 9:21–27). Gabriel the archangel is also a character in other ancient Jewish writings such as the Book of Enoch. Alongside archangel Michael, Gabriel is described as the guardian angel of Israel, defending this people against the angels of the other nations. In the Christian New Testament in the Gospel of"
"Hebrew Bible which gives names to angels. Gabriel may have received his because he ""has the appearance of a man"" (Hebrew ""gaber""); he appears here as a messenger and interpreter of God's message, the same role he was later given by the author of Luke's annunciation scene (Luke 1:19,26). Michael is depicted as Israel's guardian angel and a warrior. The prominence given these divine beings in Daniel is typical of Hellenistic Jewish literature, but much more restricted than in contemporary works such as First Enoch. In verse 13 Daniel overhears two ""holy ones"" (angels). One asks"" ""For how long is"
"and not an idealized boy is typical of the artist"", said Goldner. In chronological order (to see each item, follow the link in the footnote): Gabriel Gabriel (; , , , , Arabic: جبريل, ""Jibrīl"" or جبرائيل ""Jibrāʾīl""), in the Abrahamic religions, is an archangel. It was first described in the Hebrew Bible, and subsequently developed by other traditions. In the Hebrew Bible, Gabriel appears to the prophet Daniel, to explain his visions (Daniel 8:15–26, 9:21–27). Gabriel the archangel is also a character in other ancient Jewish writings such as the Book of Enoch. Alongside archangel Michael, Gabriel is described"
"Gabriel takes the form of a man, and stands at the left hand of God. Shimon ben Lakish (Syria Palaestina, 3rd century) concluded that the angelic names of Michael, Raphael, and Gabriel came out of the Babylonian exile (Gen. Rab. 48:9). Alongside archangel Michael, Gabriel is described as the guardian angel of Israel, defending this people against the angels of the other nations. In Kabbalah, Gabriel is identified with the sephirah of Yesod. Gabriel also has a prominent role as one of God's archangels in the Kabbalah literature. There, Gabriel is portrayed as working in concert with Michael as part"
"that all of the 70 or 72 tutelary or guardian angels of nations (except Michael, protector of Israel) became corrupted through national bias. Dobiel Dobiel, also Dubbiel (""bear-god""), was the guardian angel of Ancient Persia. According to the Talmud, Dobiel was also one of the special accusers of Israel, and once officiated in Heaven for 21 days as a proxy for Gabriel when the latter (over whom Dobiel scored a victory) was in temporary disgrace for taking pity on the Israelites when God was angry with them and convincing the Babylonians to drive them from Babylon rather than kill them."
"does not regard Uriel as an angel just as the Book of Enoch is not part of the Catholic Bible either. Another possible interpretation of the seven archangels is that these seven are the seven spirits of God that stand before the throne described in the Book of Enoch, and in the Book of Revelation. The Seven Archangels are said to be the guardian angels of nations and countries, and are concerned with the issues and events surrounding these, including politics, military matters, commerce and trade: e.g. Archangel Michael is traditionally seen as the protector of 'Israel' and of the"
"the Michael the Archangel, who was recognized in Jewish literature to be a chief angel guarding over Israel). Later in the chapter, the man warns Daniel that soon the ""Prince of Greece"" (10:20) will join his Persian counterpart to make war upon them. Wagner regards this chapter is a key passage supporting the existence of territorial spirits, and appeals to Keil and Delitzsch, who suggest that the ""prince of Persia"" is the ""guardian spirit of the kingdom."" George Otis says that Daniel 10 is ""a well-defined case of an evil spiritual being ruling over an area with explicitly defined boundaries."""
"of Daniel. The prophet Daniel experiences a vision after having undergone a period of fasting. describes Daniel's vision of an angel who identifies Michael as the protector of Israel. At , Daniel is informed that Michael will arise during the ""time of the end"". The Book of Revelation () describes a war in heaven in which Michael, being stronger, defeats Satan. After the conflict, Satan is thrown to earth along with the fallen angels, where he (""that ancient serpent called the devil"") still tries to ""lead the whole world astray"". In the Epistle of Jude , Michael is referred to"
"Michael (archangel) Saint Michael the Archangel (; ; ; ; ; ) is an archangel in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. In Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Anglican, and Lutheran traditions, he is called ""Saint Michael the Archangel"" and ""Saint Michael"". In the Oriental Orthodox and Eastern Orthodox religions, he is called ""Saint Michael the Taxiarch"". Archangel Michael is mentioned three times in the Book of Daniel. The idea that Michael was the advocate of the Jews became so prevalent that, in spite of the rabbinical prohibition against appealing to angels as intermediaries between God and his people, Michael came to occupy"
"Raphael (archangel) Raphael (; Hebrew: רָפָאֵל, ""Rāfāʾēl"", . 'It is God who heals', 'God Heals', 'God, Please Heal'; , , ) is an archangel in Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Raphael performs all manners of healing according to all Abrahamic religions. Medieval French rabbi, author and Tanakh (Hebrew Bible) commentator Rashi views Raphael as being one of the three angels that appeared to Abraham in the oak grove of Mamre in the Book of Genesis. Raphael is also mentioned in the Book of Enoch alongside archangels Michael, Gabriel and Uriel. Raphael was generally associated with the angel mentioned in the Gospel"
"Azrael Azrael (; ) is an angel in the Abrahamic religions. He is often identified with the Angel of Destruction and Renewal of the Hebrew Bible. The Hebrew name translates to ""Angel of God"", ""Help from God"", or ""One Whom God Helps"". ""Azrael"" is the spelling of the ""Chambers Dictionary"". The Qur'an refers to Azrael as ""مَلَكُ المَوْتِ"" (""Malak Al-Mawt"") ""Angel of Death"", which corresponds with Hebrew term Malach ha-Mavet in Rabbinic Literature. Islamic-Arabic tradition adopts the name, in the Arabic language as ʿAzrāʾīl (). He is responsible for transporting the souls of the deceased after death. Depending on the"
"Haniel Haniel (, ""Joy of God"" or , ""Grace of God,""; ; , '), also known as Anael, Hanael or Aniel""', is an angel in Jewish lore and angelology, and is often included in lists as being one of the seven archangels. Haniel is generally associated with the planet Venus, and he is the archangel of the sephirah Netzach. The name Haniel probably derives from Hebrew ""hana'ah,"" ""joy,"" ""pleasure"" (qualities associated with Venus) + the suffix ""-el,"" ""God."" Haniel is one of the archangels encrypted in the Sigillum Dei Aemeth of Dr. John Dee and Edward Kelly. Aniel appears in"
"angel who brought the Israelites into their promised land and would not pardon transgression because God's name was in him (), was ""God's firstborn Son"", the pre-existent Christ, who is also the archangel Michael, the Prince of the people of Israel mentioned in . Angel of the Lord The (or an) angel of the ( ""malakh YHWH"" ""messenger of Yahweh"") is an entity appearing repeatedly in the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament) on behalf of God (Yahweh). The term ""malakh YHWH"", which occurs 65 times in the text of the Hebrew Bible, can be translated either as ""the angel of the"
"Dobiel Dobiel, also Dubbiel (""bear-god""), was the guardian angel of Ancient Persia. According to the Talmud, Dobiel was also one of the special accusers of Israel, and once officiated in Heaven for 21 days as a proxy for Gabriel when the latter (over whom Dobiel scored a victory) was in temporary disgrace for taking pity on the Israelites when God was angry with them and convincing the Babylonians to drive them from Babylon rather than kill them. After coming to power in Heaven, Dobiel set about helping the Persian people at the expense of every other nation. The legend states"
"individual; Noah being his mortal name and Gabriel being his heavenly name. Gabriel (Arabic: جبريل, ""Jibrīl"" or جبرائيل ""Jibrāʾīl"") is venerated as an archangel and as the Angel of Revelation in Islam. As the Bible portrays Gabriel as a celestial messenger sent to Daniel, Mary, and Zechariah, so too Islamic tradition holds that Gabriel was sent to numerous pre-Islamic prophets with revelation and divine injunctions, including Adam, whom Muslims believe was consoled by Gabriel some time after the Fall. He is known by many names in Islam, such as ""the holy spirit"", ""keeper of holiness"" and ""peacock of paradise"". According"
"the prophets, the most famous being a conversation between the Angel of Death and Moses. In an Islamic narration, the prophet Idris befriended the angel Azrael. Idris offered him food, whereupon Azrael revealed to Idris his non-human essence because as an angel, he does not eat. Later the archangel showed him the heavens. Azrael Azrael (; ) is an angel in the Abrahamic religions. He is often identified with the Angel of Destruction and Renewal of the Hebrew Bible. The Hebrew name translates to ""Angel of God"", ""Help from God"", or ""One Whom God Helps"". ""Azrael"" is the spelling of"
"of David"" is ""Eshkol Ha-Kofer"" by the Karaite Judah Hadassi, in the mid-12th century CE: Seven names of angels precede the mezuzah: Michael, Gabriel, etc. …Tetragrammaton protect you! And likewise the sign, called the ""Shield of David"", is placed beside the name of each angel. This book is of Karaite, and not of Rabbinic Jewish origin, and it does not describe the shape of the sign in any way. Star of David The Star of David (✡), known in Hebrew as the Shield of David or Magen David (Hebrew ; Biblical Hebrew ""Māḡēn Dāwīḏ"" , Tiberian , Modern Hebrew ,"
"in the apocryphal Book of Enoch and the canonical Book of Daniel as ""the prince of Israel"". He is the angel of forbearance and mercy (Enoch, xl:3) who taught Enoch the mysteries of clemency and justice (lxxi:2). In the ""book of Jubilees"" (i:27 and ii:1), the angel who is said to have instructed Moses on Mount Sinai and to have delivered to him the tables of the Law is most probably Michael. Still others believe that Michael ""is"" Jesus. In the Latter Day Saint movement, the Melchizedek Priesthood is viewed as the priesthood authority of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus,"
"to protect whichever person God assigns them to, and present prayer to God on that person's behalf. The guardian angel concept is present in the books of the Hebrew Bible and the Old Testament, and its development is well marked. These books described God's angels as his ministers who carried out his behests, and who were at times given special commissions, regarding men and mundane affairs. In Genesis 18-19, angels not only acted as the executors of God's wrath against the cities of the plain, but they delivered Lot from danger; in Exodus 32:34, God said to Moses: ""my angel"
"Ariel (angel) Ariel () is an angel found primarily in Jewish and Christian mysticism and Apocrypha. The literal meaning is ""lion of God."" The word Ariel occurs in the Hebrew Bible at Isaiah 29:1, 29:2, and 29:7, where it refers to Jerusalem. The word appears at II Samuel 23:20 and I Chronicle 11:22 as referring to ""men of valor"" of Moab. It appears at Ezekiel 43:16 as referring to an ""altar hearth,"" and it appears at Ezra 8:16 as the name of a Jewish man. It appears in the context of a class of angels, at least according to Jewish"
"be written they had been redefined as angels. In Daniel, Michael, the angel of Israel, is in battle with the ""prince (i.e., angelic patron) of Persia"", and this will be followed by further battle with the ""prince of Greece""–the theological point being made is that the fate of nations is decided in heaven, not on earth. The same theme underlies the reference to the heavenly ""Book of Truth"" which is about to be revealed to Daniel, and which supposedly forms the content of chapter 11: both the past and the future are written already, and God is sovereign over all."
"in various traditions under the names of Phanuel or Sariel, as the Angel of the Presence or else as one of the Angels of the Presence, but in doing that they have created a confusion so as to what angel the text is really referring to, since other traditions identify each of those names as belonging to different angels. A related term is ""angel of his Presence"" used just once, in Isaiah 63:9. There it says that throughout the history of Israel, God has loved and been merciful to that nation and shared in its distresses, saving Israel with ""the"
"wall of the Sistine Chapel. In Byzantine art Michael was often shown as a princely court dignitary, rather than a warrior who battled Satan or with scales for weighing souls on the Day of Judgement. Michael (archangel) Saint Michael the Archangel (; ; ; ; ; ) is an archangel in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. In Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Anglican, and Lutheran traditions, he is called ""Saint Michael the Archangel"" and ""Saint Michael"". In the Oriental Orthodox and Eastern Orthodox religions, he is called ""Saint Michael the Taxiarch"". Archangel Michael is mentioned three times in the Book of Daniel."
"and the Gospel from Matthew 24. The Calendar of Saints of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod commemorates Daniel, together with the Three Young Men (Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego), on December 17. Daniel (Arabic: دانيال, ""Danyal""), is not mentioned in the Qur'an, but there are accounts of his prophet-hood in later Muslim literature. He was carried off to Babylon after the destruction of Jerusalem, where he was rescued from lions with the aid of the prophet Jeremiah. (In Bel and the Dragon it is the prophet Habakkuk who plays this role). Another source (Tabiri) retells how Daniel interpreted the king's dream of"
"the Zohar Chadash under the section Yitro, "" And there are six thousand thousand opening gates, including the great appointee Aniel"". ISBN 02-5370016. Haniel Haniel (, ""Joy of God"" or , ""Grace of God,""; ; , '), also known as Anael, Hanael or Aniel""', is an angel in Jewish lore and angelology, and is often included in lists as being one of the seven archangels. Haniel is generally associated with the planet Venus, and he is the archangel of the sephirah Netzach. The name Haniel probably derives from Hebrew ""hana'ah,"" ""joy,"" ""pleasure"" (qualities associated with Venus) + the suffix ""-el,"""
"Quis ut Deus? , a Latin sentence meaning ""Who [is] like God?"", is a literal translation of the name Michael (, transliterated ""Micha'el"" or ""Mîkhā'ēl""). ""Michael"" appears as the name of several men in the Old Testament. In the Book of Daniel it is the name of the ""prince"" of the people of Israel. In the New Testament the name is given to an archangel in the Epistle of Jude and, in the Book of Revelation , to the leader of angels who defeat ""the dragon"" and his fallen angels, a dragon identified in as ""that ancient serpent, who is"
"the prophet Noah in his mortal ministry. In Yazidism, Gabriel is one of the Seven Mysteries, the Heptad to which God entrusted the world and sometimes identified with Melek Taus. Jewish rabbis interpreted the ""man in linen"" as Gabriel in the Book of Daniel and the Book of Ezekiel. In the Book of Daniel, Gabriel is responsible for interpreting Daniel's visions. Gabriel's main function in Daniel is that of revealer, a role he continues in later literature. In the Book of Ezekiel, Gabriel is understood to be the angel that was sent to destroy Jerusalem. According to the ""Jewish Encyclopedia"","
"the seven archangels in the angelology of post-exilic Judaism, only two of them, the archangels Michael and Gabriel, are mentioned by name in the canonized Jewish scriptures, in the Book of Daniel in particular, which is one of the youngest books in the Tanakh. Raphael features prominently in the deuterocanonical Book of Tobit (initially accepted by both the Jewish and Christian canons, but removed from the Jewish canon in late antiquity and rejected by the Protestant reformers in the 16th century). The Book of Tobit is accepted as scriptural by the Roman Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church, and the"
"is mentioned in the Book of Daniel and briefly in the Talmud, as well as many Merkavah mystical texts. The earliest references to archangels are in the literature of the intertestamental periods (e.g., 4 Esdras 4:36). In the Kabbalah there are ten archangels, each assigned to one sephira: Metatron, Raziel (other times Jophiel), Tzaphkiel, Tzadkiel, Khamael, Raphael, Haniel, Michael, Gabriel, and Sandalphon. Chapter 20 of the Book of Enoch mentions seven holy angels who watch, that often are considered the seven archangels: Michael, Raphael, Gabriel, Uriel, Saraqael, Raguel, and Remiel. The Life of Adam and Eve lists the archangels as"
"explicit references to archangels in the canonical texts of the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament). In post-Biblical Judaism, certain angels came to take on a particular significance and developed unique personalities and roles. Though these archangels were believed to have ranked amongst the heavenly host, no systematic hierarchy ever developed. Metatron is considered one of the highest of the angels in Merkavah and Kabbalist mysticism and often serves as a scribe. He is briefly mentioned in the Talmud, and figures prominently in Merkavah mystical texts. Michael, who serves as a warrior and advocate for Israel, is looked upon particularly fondly. Gabriel"
"Book of Daniel The Book of Daniel is a 2nd-century BC biblical apocalypse combining a prophecy of history with an eschatology (a portrayal of end times) which is both cosmic in scope and political in its focus. In more mundane language, it is ""an account of the activities and visions of Daniel, a noble Jew exiled at Babylon,"" its message being that just as the God of Israel saved Daniel and his friends from their enemies, so he would save all of Israel in their present oppression. In the Hebrew Bible it is found in the ""Ketuvim"" (writings), while in"
"of Moses. Daniel 8:13's ""holy ones of the Most High"" clearly means angels, although sometimes in the Hebrew Bible it seems to refer to the Israelites. Stars were commonly identified with angels in ancient Israel, and in 8:10 the reader is told that the little horn ""grew great ... and some of the host of the stars it cast down to the ground and trampled upon them,"" indicating that Antiochus fights against the ""heavenly host"" of God's angels. Indeed, he ""aspired to be as great as the Prince of the host,"" God himself. Daniel is the only book in the"