Part 1. Jesus - not an angel
1. No angel can be God's begotten Son: "For unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee? And again, I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son?" Hebrews 1:5
2. No angel can sit at God's right hand (Jesus sts at Gods right hand): "But to which of the angels said he at any time, Sit on my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool?" Hebrews 1:13
3.The world to come is not in subjection to an angel (but is is to Jesus): "For unto the angels hath he not put in subjection the world to come, whereof we speak." Hebrews 2:5
4.The word "spoken by angels" is contrasted with the word "spoken by the Lord" (Jesus) therefore Jesus could not be an angel: " Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip. For if the word spoken by angels was stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompence of reward; How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him;" Hebrews 2:1-3
5. Angels are servants of God: "And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy." Revelation 19:10 Phillippians 2 shows that Jesus was not a servant before the incarnation: "Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men" Phillippians 2:6-7
6. Regardless of how the greek word proskuneo is means or is translated, the phrase "all the angels" in Hebrews 1:6 must surely include Michael (since he is an angel): "And again, when he bringeth in the firstbegotten into the world, he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him." Hebrews 1:6. Even the watchtower once made this point: "...His position is contrasted with that of men and angels, as he is Lord of both, having ?all power in heaven and earth.? Hence it is said, ?Let all the angels of God worship him? [that must include Michael, the chief angel, hence Michael is not the Son of God; and the reason is,] because he has ?by inheritance obtained a more excellent Name than they . . . " Zion?s Watchtower and Herald of Christ?s Presence, 1879, page 48. That the phrase "all the angels" includes Michael is furthermore verifed by the fact that Hebrews 1:6 is a quote from Deuteronomy 32:43 LXX: "Be glad, O heavens, together with him, and let all the angels of God worship him. Be glad, you nations, with his people, and let all the sons of God strengthen themselves in him . . . " in which the phrase "all the angels" must surely include Michael.
7. Michael the archangel is shown in Jude to be distinct from "the Lord": "
Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee." Jude 1:9. Jesus is "the Lord" contrasted with angels (Hebrews 2:1-3 see above).
