Why did Michael merely ask God to rebuke Satan, rather than engaging him in combat?
I will attempt to answer each of these questions in the panels below… Q1 – Why did Michael & Satan fight over the body of Moses? I have highlighted two key words in Jude 1.9. • “Contending” translates the Greek word, diakrino, which means to separate thoroughly, i.e. (literally and reflexively) to withdraw from, or (by implication) oppose. • “Disputed” translates the Greek word, dialegomai, which means to say thoroughly, i.e. discuss (in argument or exhortation). My conclusion – Michael & Satan had a heated argument over Moses’ body. They did not actually fight in the sense of exchanging blows. Yet Michael the archangel, in contending with the devil, when he disputed about the body of Moses, dared not bring against him a reviling accusation, but said, “The Lord rebuke you!” Jude 1.9 God personally buried Moses in a secret location. In my OPINION… • God did this so that the grave site of Moses would not become an object of worship by the Jewish people. • Satan wanted to take Moses
