As recorded at Revelation 12: 7 - 12, the apostle John described in vision what would happen: “War broke out in heaven: Michael and his angels battled with the dragon, and the dragon and its angels battled but it did not prevail, neither was a place found for them any longer in heaven.
बाइबल में उसे मीकाईल भी कहा गया है, जिसका अर्थ है “परमेश्‍वर के समान कौन है?, ” क्योंकि वह यहोवा की सर्वसत्ता का दोषनिवारण करने पर तुला हुआ है ।