Archangel Michael Relief adapted from Byzantine Original

This handsome wall relief was adapted from an ancient original housed in the British Museum in London from 520 A.D.

The wall plaque portrays the Archangel Michael orb in one hand, spear in the other. Archangel Michael is Chief of the Order of Virtues, Chief of Archangels, Prince of the Presence, the Angel of Repentance, Righteousness, Mercy, and Sanctification: Also, Ruler of the 4th Heaven and Conqueror of Satan.

It is Michael who will descend from heaven with “the Key to the Abyss and a great chain in his hand” to “bind the Satanic Dragon for 1000 years” (Revelation: 20:1). It is foretold in Daniel that when the world is once again in real trouble, Michael will reappear. Among the Dead Sea Scrolls there is one titled “The War of the Sons of Light against the Sons of Darkness”. Here, Michael is called the “Prince of Light”. Here, Michael, holding in his hand the Scales of Justice, is represented as the Angel of the Final Reckoning and the Weigher of Souls.