1 Thessalonians 4:16 For 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 :
1Th 4:16
With a shout. The word here used (keleusma) does not elsewhere occur in the New Testament. It properly means a cry of excitement, or of urging on; an outcry, clamour, or shout, as of sailors at the oar, Luc. Catapl. 19; of soldiers rushing to battle, Thuc. iii. 14; of a multitude of people, Diod. Sic. iii. 15; of a huntsman to his aogs, Xen. Ven. vi. 20. It does not mean here, that the Lord would himself make such a shout, but that he would be attended with it; that is, with a multitude who would lift up the voice, like that of an army rushing to the conflict.
With the voice of the archangel. The word archangel occurs nowhere else in the New Testament, except in Jude 1:9, where it is applied to Michael. It properly means a chief angel; one who is first, or who is over others arcwn. The word is not found in the Septuagint; and the only archangel, therefore, which is named in the Scriptures, is Michael, Jude 1:9 Comp. Re 12:7.
Seven angels, however, are referred to in the Scriptures as having an eminence above others, and these are commonly regarded as archangels, Re 8:2. "And I saw the seven angels which stood before God." One of these is supposed to be referred to in the Book of Tobit, xii. 15, "I am Raphael, one of the seven holy angels, which present the prayers of the saints, and which go in and out before the glory of the Holy One." The names of three only of the seven are mentioned in the Jewish writings: Michael, the patron of the Jewish nation, [ NOT THE COMING MESSIAH] Da 10:13; 12:1. Gabriel, Da 8:16; 9:21 comp. Lu 1:19,26. Raphael, Tobit iii. 17; v. 4; viii. 2; ix. 1, 5; xii. 15. The Book of Enoch adds that of Uriel, pp. 187, 190, 191, 193. Michael is mentioned as one "of the chief princes," Da 10:13; and as "the great prince," Da 12:1. Comp. Cmt. on Eph 1:21, and see an article by Prof. Stuart in the Bibliotheca Sacra, No. x on Angelology.
It seems evident from the Scriptures, that there is one or more among the angels to whom the name archangel properly belongs. This view is in accordance with the doctrine in the Scriptures that the heavenly beings are divided into ranks and orders, for if so, it is not unreasonable to suppose that there should be one or more to whom the most exalted rank appertains. Comp. Re 12:7.
Whether there is more than one to whom this name appropriately belongs, it is impossible now to determine, and is not material. The word here (in Greek) is without the article, and the phrase might be rendered, "with the voice of an archangel." The Syriac renders it, "with the voice of the prince of the angels." On an occasion so august and momentous as that of the coming of the final Judge of all mankind, the resurrection of the dead, and the solemn transactions before the tribunal of the Son of God, deciding the destiny of countless millions for ever, it will not be inappropriate that the highest among the heavenly hosts should be present, and take an important part in the solemnities of the day. It is not quite certain what is meant here by the "the voice of the archangel," or for what purpose that voice will be heard. It cannot be that it will be to raise the dead--for that will be by the "voice of the Son of God," (Joh 5:28-29;) [could not have been Jesus] and it seems most probable that the meaning is, that this will be a part of the loud shout or cry which will be made by the descending hosts ore,yen; or perhaps it may be for the purpose of summoning the world to the bar of judgment.
And with the trump of God. The trump which God appoints to be sounded on that solemn occasion. It does not mean that it will be sounded by God himself. Cmt. on Mt 24:31.~Barnes
Matthew 24:29-31 But immediately after the oppression of those days, the sun will be darkened, the moon will not give its light, the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken; and then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky. Then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky with power and great glory. He* will send out his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather together his chosen ones from the four winds, from one end of the sky to the other.
*He being Jesus is not included as an angel
As Hebrews was mentioned, if as the Watchtower claims that Jesus was that archangel do angels worship angels? Worship belongs to God alone!
Hebrews 1:6-8 Again, when he brings in the firstborn+ into the world he says, "Let all the angels of God worship him." Of the angels he says, "Who makes his angels winds, And his servants a flame of fire." but of the Son he says, "Your throne, O God*, is forever and ever; The scepter of uprightness is the scepter of your Kingdom.
+Does not mean created it means preeminent. The word for created is ktizw ktizo ktid'-zo and has never been used in reference to Jesus.
* angels are God's????
Philippians 2:11 And <kai> that every <pas> tongue <glossa> should confess <exomologeo> that <hoti> Jesus <Iesous> Christ <Christos> is Lord <kurios>, to <eis> the glory <doxa> of God <theos> the Father <pater>.
kurios-from kuros (supremacy); supreme in authority, i.e. (as noun) controller; by implication, Master-- God, Lord, master, Sir.
The word kurios is only used for God and Jesus. Not some nobleman or govornor as the WT tries to claim.
Matthew 4:7 Jesus <Iesous> said <phemi> unto him <autos>, It is written <grapho> again <palin>, Thou shalt <ekpeirazo> not <ou> tempt <ekpeirazo> the Lord <kurios> thy <sou> God <theos>.
