However, the prince of the kingdom of Persia opposed me for 21 days. Then all of a sudden, Michael, one of the chief angels, came to assist me! I had been detained there near the kings of Persia.

""At that time, Michael will arise, the great prince who will stand up on behalf of your people, and a time of trouble will come like there has never been since nations began until that time. Also at that time, your people will be delivered everyone who will have been written in the book.

It was fitting that God, for whom and through whom everything exists, should make the pioneer of their salvation perfect through suffering as part of his plan to glorify many children,

Even the archangel Michael, when he argued with the Devil and fought over the body of Moses, did not dare to bring a slanderous accusation against him. Instead, he said, "May the Lord rebuke you!"

And his

The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will gather from his kingdom everything that causes others to sin and those who practice lawlessness

The Son of Man is going to come with his angels in his Father's glory, and then he will repay everyone according to what he has done.

He'll send out his angels with a loud trumpet blast, and they'll gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to another."

Don't you think that I could call on my Father, and he would send me more than twelve legions of angels now?

and to give us who are afflicted relief when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels

The dragon

Then another sign appeared in the sky: a huge red dragon with seven heads, ten horns, and seven royal crowns on its heads.

He captured the dragon, that ancient serpent, also known as the Devil and Satan, and tied him up for a thousand years.

His angels

The huge dragon was hurled down. That ancient serpent, called the Devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world, was hurled down to the earth, along with its angels.

He inflicted his burning anger, wrath, indignation, and distress, sending destroying angels among them.

"Then he will say to those on his left, "Get away from me, you who are accursed, into the eternal fire that has been prepared for the Devil and his angels!

To keep me from becoming conceited because of the exceptional nature of these revelations, a thorn was given to me and placed in my body. It was Satan's messenger to keep on tormenting me so that I would not become conceited.

General references

How can someone go into a strong man's house and carry off his possessions without first tying up the strong man? Then he can ransack his house.

No one can go into a strong man's house and carry off his possessions without first tying up the strong man. Then he can ransack his house.