Archangel Gabriel

The archangel Gabriel is known as the angel of revelation because God often chooses Gabriel to communicate important messages. Gabriel’s name means “God is my strength”. Other spellings of Gabriel’s name include Jibril, Gavriel, Gibrail, and Jabrail.

People sometimes ask for Gabriel’s help to dispel confusion and gain the wisdom they need to make decisions, gain the confidence they need to act on those decisions, communicate effectively with others, and create good relationships.

Symbols of Archangel Gabriel

Gabriel is often depicted in art blowing a horn. Other symbols representing Gabriel include a lantern, a mirror, a shield, a lily, a scepter, a spear, and an olive branch. Its light energy color is white.

Role in religious texts

Gabriel plays an important role in the religious texts of Islam, Judaism and Christianity.

The founder of Islam, Prophet Muhammad, said that Gabriel appeared to him to dictate the entire Quran. In Al Baqarah 2:97, the Quran states:

“Who is Gabriel’s enemy! For he brings (revelation) into your heart by the will of God, a confirmation of what has gone before, and guidance and good news for those who believe. “

In the Hadith, Gabriel appears again to Muhammad and questions him about the principles of Islam. Muslims believe that Gabriel gave the prophet Abraham a stone known as the Black Stone of the Kaaba; Muslims traveling on pilgrimages to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, kiss this stone.

Muslims, Jews, and Christians believe that Gabriel broke the news of the birth of three famous religious figures: Isaac, John the Baptist, and Jesus Christ.

So people sometimes associate Gabriel with childbirth, adoption, and raising children. Jewish tradition says that Gabriel instructs babies before they are born.

In the Torah, Gabriel interprets the visions of the prophet Daniel, saying in Daniel 9:22 that he came to give Daniel “vision and understanding.” Jews believe that in heaven Gabriel is at the side of God’s throne on God’s left.

God sometimes accuses Gabriel of expressing his judgment against sinful people, Jewish beliefs say, as God did when he sent Gabriel to use fire to destroy the ancient cities of Sodom and Gomorrah that were filled with wicked people.

Christians often think of Gabriel informing the Virgin Mary that God has chosen her to become the mother of Jesus Christ. The Bible quotes Gabriel telling Mary in Luke 1:30–31:

“Don’t be afraid, Mary; you have found favour with God. You will conceive and give birth to a son and you must name him Jesus. He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. ”

During the same visit, Gabriel informs Mary about her cousin Elizabeth’s pregnancy with John the Baptist. Mary’s response to Gabriel’s news in Luke 1:46–55 became the words of a famous Catholic prayer called “The Magnificat,” which begins: “My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my saviour.” .” Christian tradition says that Gabriel will be the angel that God will choose to blow a horn to wake the dead on Judgment Day.

The Bahai faith says that Gabriel is one of the manifestations of God sent to give wisdom to the people, like the prophet Bahá’u’lláh.

When you get insights for the future

When you get sudden insights that provide valuable guidance for the future, it could be Gabriel sending you a message. As a water angel, one of Gabriel’s specialties is communicating a sense of clarity.

Doreen Virtue’s book “Archangels 101” offers a glimpse of this. “Gabriel,” writes Virtue, “often heralds what is on the horizon and acts as a manager or agent in the orchestration of new ventures related to one’s soul purpose.”

Assistance on how to solve a problem

If you have an idea on how to solve a challenging problem (especially after praying for a solution), it could be a sign that Gabriel is with you.

In “Gabriel,” Richard Webster writes that the guardian angel sometimes offers ideas for solutions while people are meditating or asking Gabriel what to do with their problems:

“The most common form of communication is for thoughts and perceptions to enter your conscious mind. Ask Gabriel to get clarity on anything you don’t understand. By the end of the conversation, you should know exactly what to do.”