Who Are Gabriel, Michael, and Lucifer?

[4Q529]

Originally Posted by truthseekerdan

Thank you 4Q529 for sharing your knowledge, and also clarifying a few things!
Please feel free to share more on this thread.

Well, with specific regards to the title of this thread, I would suggest that "Lucifer" is equivalent to the consciousness of the "self" and the 'thinker'--that is, the 'fallen' consciousness; while the term "Mi cha el" represents the "observing consciousness" Created 'by and in the image of God' (Genesis 1:27); represented by the "rider on the white horse" in the Revelation of John.

Similarly, the "serpent" of Genesis 3 and the "dragon" of Revelations 12 symbolize the 'movement' of self-reflection, which is the origin of the duality and the 'fallen' consciousness; the "tree of the knowledge of good and evil" and the "beast of the sea" represent the consciousness of the "self"; and the 'fig leaves' and the "beast of the earth" represent the consciousness and the thoughts of the 'thinker'. (This is implied in Saying #37 in the Gospel of Thomas.)

Thus, the warfare between "Mi cha el and the dragon" is a warfare at the level of consciousness between the "observing consciousness" and the 'movement' of self-reflection, which is the origin of the duality and the 'fallen' consciousness consisting of the "self" and the 'thinker'.