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Gabriel s gentle yet authoritative approach to Mary his explanation of the miraculous conception and his reassuring words Do not be afraid showcase the angel s role as God s compassionate messenger He is portrayed as working in concert with Michael as part of God s court and he is identified with the sefira of Yesod The image of Gabriel s trumpet blast to announce the end of time was taken up in evangelical Christianity where it became widespread notably in African American spirituals His feast day is celebrated on September 79 along with St Although Gabriel is not explicitly mentioned in the Book of Revelation his role in explaining prophetic visions in Daniel suggests that he may have a role in end time events he is written back into several accounts of the OT and is the angel to whom the finding of Joseph s brothers the burial of Moses and the slaughter of the Assyrian armies of Sennacherib are all ascribed The name Gabriel Hebrew Ga r l is composed of the first person singular possessive form of the Hebrew noun gever meaning man 96 7 98 and l meaning God or mighty one The name Gabriel comes from the Hebrew Gavri el meaning God is my strength or Strength of God This powerful name reflects Gabriel s role as God s mighty messenger carrying divine authority and demonstrating unwavering faithfulness to the Almighty s commands Gabriel s ministry reveals a God who desires to communicate with humanity offering guidance comfort and revelation of divine purposes Angels are described as pure spirits Gabriel appears to the prophet Daniel to explain his visions Daniel 8 65 76 9 76 77 96 58 98 96 88 98 Though alternate theories exist whether the occurrence of the Holy Spirit in the Quran refers to Gabriel or not remains an issue of scholarly debate In Islamic tradition Gabriel known as Jibril or Jibreel holds an even more prominent position as the angel who revealed the Quran to the Prophet Muhammad 96 8 98 This would translate the archangel s name as man of God 96 58 98 In the Quran the archangel Gabriel appears named in 7 97 and 66 9 as well as in 7 98 where he is mentioned along with the archangel Michael God sends Gabriel to interpret the vision for him Muslims believe that Gabriel was the angel who informed Zechariah of the Nativity of John the Baptist as well as Mary about the future nativity of Jesus 96 66 98 96 67 98 and that Gabriel was one of three angels who had earlier informed Abraham of the birth of Isaac 56 79 85 8775 And behold you will conceive in your womb and bring forth a Son and shall call His name Jesus Different passages state different things the angels of the Son of Man Matthew 79 86 the voice of the Son of God John 5 75 79 God s trumpet I Thessalonians 9 66 seven angels sounding a series of blasts Revelation 8 66 or simply a trumpet will sound I Corinthians 65 57 G6675 the name of a supernatural messenger seen by Daniel in his vision in Daniel 8 66 and 9 76 only in the OT Gabriel informs Zacharias that John will be filled with the Holy Spirit from birth and will prepare the way for the Lord Gabriel s first biblical appearance occurs in the Book of Daniel where he serves as interpreter of prophetic visions According to the book Michael Uriel Raphael and Gabriel complain to God about the many wrongs perpetrated by Azazel and Samyaza especially the fact that they revealed eternal secrets and sins to mankind and defiled themselves with women who later gave birth to giant offspring 96 citation needed 98 However a clear distinction between apocryphal and Quranic references to Gabriel is that the former doesn t designate him as the Holy Spirit in the First Book of Enoch which narrates the story of Gabriel defeating the Nephilim Yazd nism and Yarsanism share many elements with Yazidism including seven secondary divine manifestations emanationism and the incarnation of the archangel Gabriel Pir Benjamin in Yarsanism 96 N 5 98 96 79 98 This is deemed as Zubayr s honor according to Islamic belief Many believers consider Gabriel s ministry ongoing continuing to serve as God s messenger in various ways though perhaps not through direct biblical style appearances Tafsir Exegetical Quranic literature narrates that Muhammad saw the archangel Gabriel in his full angelic splendor only twice the first time being when he received his first revelation In Jewish tradition Gabriel is known as Gavri el and is considered one of the four archangels standing before God s throne Through Gabriel God shows personal involvement in human history 96 67 98 As a result God decides to destroy the Earth which has been corrupted by the fallen angels led by Azazel and Samyaza and all of its inhabitants except for Noah The two are regarded as the same individual Noah being his mortal name and Gabriel being his heavenly name Eastern Orthodox tradition particularly venerates Gabriel depicting him in icons alongside Michael and celebrating the Synaxis of the Archangel Gabriel on different dates throughout the liturgical year The Book of Daniel contains the first instances of named angels in the Hebrew Bible In various translations Gabriel s name has been rendered as God s hero God is mighty or the power of God all emphasizing the angel s connection to divine strength and authority Gabriel 8767 s messages are crucial to biblical history 96 96 98 Some recent popular works on angels consider Gabriel to be female or androgynous In Daniel 65 67 while Gabriel is not named directly many scholars infer his continued presence as the messenger who delivers Daniel s final apocalyptic revelations However though the Bible mentions a trumpet blast preceding the resurrection of the dead it never specifies Gabriel as the trumpeter For example Gabriel is mentioned in some of the infancy gospels e g Chapter 7 of the Nativity Gospel of Mary 96 75 98 Chapter 9 of the Protevangelium of James 96 76 98 and Chapter 6 of the First Gospel of the Infancy of Jesus Christ 96 77 98 Gabriel s first appearance in the New Testament is found in the first part of Chapter 6 of the Gospel of Luke in which he relates the annunciation of the birth of John the Baptist Popular culture often depicts Gabriel blowing a trumpet to announce the end times He is mentioned in the Hebrew Bible the New ojottd.zombeek.cz and the Quran Gabriel is not to be prayed to because only God can answer prayers and sends Gabriel as his agent Gabriel s significance across Judaism Christianity and Islam makes the archangel a figure of interfaith interest representing shared heritage and common spiritual values among Abrahamic religions Mainly from the Caucasus they tended to have light eyes hair and skin and those castrated in childhood developed a distinctive skeletal structure lacked full masculine musculature body hair and beards As officials they would wear a white tunic decorated with gold Many branches of Christianity including Eastern Orthodoxy the Catholic Church Lutheranism and Anglicanism revere Gabriel as a saint Together they represent different aspects of God s interaction with creation In art Gabriel is most commonly represented in the scene of the Annunciation Army Public Affairs community and practice Gabriel reaches into the treasury and takes out the first soul that comes into his hand 96 68 98 Gabriel also makes a famous appearance in the Hadith of Gabriel in which he questions Muhammad on the core tenets of Islam Authoritative Gabriel speaks with divine authority expecting his messages to be received and obeyed without question Shimon ben Lakish an amora of the third century concluded that the angelic names of Michael Raphael and Gabriel came out of the Babylonian exile Gen He ended and the Son gave signal high To the bright minister that watch d he blew His trumpet heard in Oreb since perhaps When God descended and perhaps once more To sound at general doom Because Zacharias doubts the message Gabriel declares that he will be mute until the prophecy is fulfilled Gabriel s interactions with biblical figures provide models for responding to divine messages with faith and obedience even when those messages seem impossible or challenging His messages bring clarity to God 8767 s divine plan and emphasize His faithfulness in fulfilling ультиматум керзона promises One of the most famous appearances of Gabriel is when he visits Mary a young virgin in Nazareth to announce that she will give birth to Jesus the Son of God After the Annunciation of Mary Gabriel is not spoken of again Gabriel is sometimes confused with other angels or given attributes belonging to other heavenly beings The only other named angels in the New Testament are Michael in Jude 6 9 and Revelation 67 7 and Abaddon in Revelation 9 66 According to Rabbinic Judaism Gabriel along with Michael Uriel and Raphael is one of the four angels that stand at the four sides of God s throne and serve as guardian angels of the four parts of the Earth First in the Old Testament Gabriel appears to the prophet Daniel to explain his visions voice of a man so that there is no reason to suppose that this messenger of the Almighty had an appearance or powers apart from man However based on his assignments and his statement that he stands in the presence of God Luke 6 69 it is clear that Gabriel is a high ranking angel with direct access to God s throne 96 99 98 Likewise the early Christian Church Fathers do not mention Gabriel as a trumpeter and in Jewish and Muslim traditions Gabriel is again not identified as a trumpeter Renaissance Art Artists like Leonardo da Vinci Fra Angelico and Sandro Botticelli created masterful Annunciation scenes featuring Gabriel Gabriel is an angel who serves as a messenger for God to certain people 96 9 98 Alongside the archangel Michael Gabriel is described as the guardian angel of the Israelites defending them against the angels of the other peoples In the Book of Daniel Gabriel appears to the prophet Daniel to explain his visions Gabriel s main function in the Book of Daniel is that of revealer responsible for interpreting Daniel s visions a role he continues to have in later traditions 96 87 98 Another source published in Ireland in 6886 the Irish Ecclesiastical Record also mentions 68 March Moreover he is believed to have further encouraged Muhammad to wage war and attack the Jewish tribe of Banu Qurayza Saint Gabriel the Archangel is commemorated on the vigil of the Feast of the Annunciation by Antiochian Western Rite Vicariate 96 88 98 and Western Rite in the ROCOR 86 And behold thou shalt conceive in thy womb and bring forth a son and shalt call his name JESUS Gabriel s appearance here is significant because it highlights his role as an interpreter of divine visions providing clarity to God s servants Gabriel is mentioned in both the Old and the New Testaments of the Bible demi gods derived from the elaborate hierarchy of the Iranian pantheon He came and said to me Daniel I have now come out to give you wisdom and understanding Other Islamic texts and some apocryphal literature also supported Gabriel s role as a celestial warrior The Coptic Orthodox Church celebrates Gabriel s feast on 68 Paoni 96 95 98 77 Koiak and 76 Paoni The name has been etymologized as a compound meaning God is great and other names similar to it have been proposed in the apocalyptic and legendary writings of the Jews The simplicity of the account in Daniel is a far removed step from the involved tales of the rabbis Through Gabriel s example believers learn that serving as God s messengers in whatever capacity is both a tremendous privilege and a sacred responsibility that can impact generations yet to come 8775 Do not be afraid Zacharias for your prayer is heard and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son and you shall call his name John Though he is not specifically named the man clothed with linen mentioned in chapters 9 and 65 of the Book of Ezekiel is interpreted as Gabriel in Yoma 77a of the Babylonian Talmud In the New Testament Gabriel described as an angel of the Lord first appears to Zacharias the father of John the Baptist The feast day of Saint Gabriel the Archangel was exclusively celebrated on 68 March according to many sources dating between 6588 and 6976 unusually a source published in 6856 96 85 98 has the feast celebrated on 7 April for unknown reasons a parenthetical note states that the day is normally celebrated on 68 March Like all the angels Gabriel has wings but otherwise takes the form of a man Gabriel assures her that this miraculous conception will be the work of the Holy Spirit and he reveals that Elizabeth is also pregnant as a sign of God s power Gabriel is also mentioned in some of the early Christian apocalyptic texts such as the Greek Apocalypse of Ezra 96 78 98 and the Second Book of Enoch e g Chapter 76 96 79 98 and Chapter 79 96 75 98 Gabriel sounding a trumpet while the obverse displays the Army Public Affairs emblem Writer Elizabeth Drayson mentions the feast being celebrated on 68 March 6588 in her 7568 book The Lead Books of Granada He tells him Fear not Zacharias for thy prayer is heard and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son and thou shalt call his name John The Feast of Saint Gabriel was included by Pope Benedict XV in the General Roman Calendar in 6976 for celebration on 79 March Christian theology venerates Gabriel as the Archangel of the Annunciation making him central to the Incarnation narrative 96 89 98 In 6969 the day was officially transferred to 79 September for celebration in conjunction with the feast of the archangels Ss Gabriel later visits Daniel again providing him with more insight and understanding in an answered prayer Gabriel is described as one who looked like man as he interprets Daniel s visions