When did Jehovah's Witness teaching on archangel Michael change from regarding him as the anti Christ to being the Christ?

Answer 1

Never. Michael has always been regarded as a powerful angel. Michael "meaning like God" was the angel that delivered the Jews out of bondage. Michael is also the angel that helped the angel Gabriel from the book of Daniel when he couldn't assist Daniel. Also, Michael is the angel that threw Satan out of heaven.

The anti Christ is regarded as a group of people rather than an individual, since the scriptures state that "many Antichrist have been on the earth". The anti Christ is physical being, Michael is a spiritual being, therefore no reasonable person would conclude that Michael and the Anti christ is one and the same.

Whoever told you that or where ever you read that didn't put two and two together. One is spiritual, the other is demonic. One is a spirit creature, the other is a physical creature.

AnswerANSWER FROM A JEHOVAH'S WITNESS

As one of Jehovah's Witnesses, I have a special interest in this question. JW's have never claimed infalibilty as some religions do. We recognize that from time to time there needs to be adjustments in our understanding of certain scriptural matters. The Bible says at Proverbs 4:18 that the "path of the righteous ones is like the bright light that is getting lighter and lighter."

However, on this matter, I have researched back as far as I can go, that is 1951, and I can find no reference in our publications of the identity of Michael being anyone other than the glorified Jesus Christ in his heavenly role.

I suspect that there has been some misunderstanding on the part whoever made this assertion. It may simply be an honest mistake by the reader, who may not have understood what was being said by the publication in question. Or it could be a false rumor about our beliefs. But I can find nothing to support the idea that we ever believed that Michael is the anti-christ.