I agree. --Chuck Throck
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>Subject: RE: Michael, Gabriel and Raphael
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>In the case of Michael, "who is like God" is certainly interrogative
but
>also rhetorical, as in the similar expression in Ex.15:11. The point
is,
>from the perspective of the biblical audience, there is no one "like
God."
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>Traditionally, of course, Michael comes to represent the divine
attribute of
>Mercy, while Gabriel represents Justice; thus they are often invoked
>together.
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