Did Jesus Resurrect as Michael the Archangel?

War broke out in heaven: Michael [who is the resurrected Jesus Christ] …battled with the dragon…. Well, then, what happened to Jesus’ fleshly body? Did not the disciples find his tomb empty? They did, because God removed Jesus’ body.”—Live Forever, pp. 21, 144, 145 (brackets in original)

What “body” did Jesus promise to rise from the dead?

“Jesus said to them: ‘Break down this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.’ …But he was talking about the temple of his body.”—John 2:19, 21, NWT

Did the Jews destroy the human body of Jesus or the spirit-body of Michael?

“…they were imagining they beheld a spirit. So he said to them: ‘Why… is it doubts come up in YOUR hearts? See my hands and my feet, that it is I myself; feel me and see, because a spirit does not have flesh and bones just as YOU behold that I have.’ ”—Luke 24:37-39, NWT

Jesus Christ vs. Michael the Archangel Comparison Chart

Jesus	Michael
Authority to rebuke Satan: Mark 8:33	Cannot rebuke Satan: Jude 9
Exclusively God’s Son: Hebrews 1:5	Has an inferior name: Hebrews 1:4
Receives worship and God’s future Kingdom: Hebrews 1:6; Matthew 28:17-18	Rejects worship; Not given God’s Kingdom: Revelation 22:8-9; Hebrews 2:5