Someone on Answers said that Gabriel was stolen from the pagans?

Question

Does anyone know whom it was stolen from and what is the original story?

whynotaskdon you are probably right about the Sumerian origin. I will re-ask this question using the sumerian cinnection

Answer 1

Gabriel is Hebrew, so if he was Pagan, he was pre-Jewish Hebrew, which means they probably have a legitimate claim to him. The idea of Gabriel though, God's messenger, the Hand of God, that sort of concept is pretty universal. Lots of Pagan religions have that concept but it's not original to anybody.

Answer 2

Gabriel was a Ark Angel that was assigned to help The Nation of Israel during their captive. When He appeared to help Daniel he appeared as a man. He was sent of God. Don't believe stories of men. He was not stolen from the pagans. Daniel 8: 16 And I heard a man's voice between the banks of Ulai, which called, and said, Gabriel, make this man to understand the vision. Daniel 9: 21 Yea, whiles I was speaking in prayer, even the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening oblation.

Answer 3

I have heard something similar.I know Gabriel has more weight with the Muslims and The Gnostics then with the Christians.Christianity has borrowed alot of things from Pagan religions in order for Catholisism to be more easily accepted by the masses in the early days of the Church.

Answer 4

In Abrahamic religions, Gabriel (גַּבְרִיאֵל, Standard Hebrew Gavriʼel, Latin Gabrielus, Tiberian Hebrew Gaḇrîʼēl, Arabic جبريل Ǧabrīl Jibril, literally "Master, of God", i.e., a Master, who is "of God") is an archangel who is thought to serve as a messenger from God ("angel" literally translates to "messenger" from the Koine Greek; an "arch" angel is a "primary" or "chief" messenger). He first appears in the Book of Daniel in the Hebrew Bible. He was also referred to as the "Left Hand of God".

Christians believe him to have foretold the births of John the Baptist and Jesus. In Islam, he is thought to have been the medium through which God revealed the Qur'an to Muhammad.

In biblical tradition, he is sometimes regarded as the angel of death, the prince of fire and thunder, but more frequently as one of God's chief messengers, and traditionally said to be the only angel that can speak Syriac and Chaldee (Talmud: Sotah 33a). In Islam, Gabriel is one of God's chief messengers but other above mentioned titles are not given to him (for example the angel of death is Azrael).

In the Catholic Tradition, he is known as one of the archangels. In Islam, he is called the chief of the four favoured angels and the spirit of truth, and in some views Gabriel is the same person as the Holy Spirit. Gabriel also finds mention in the writings of the Bahá'í Faith, most notably in Bahá'u'lláh's metaphysical work The Seven Valleys and the Four Valleys.

Answer 5

You know the end of times are near.
When you hear false staments like this.
Those who says false things about the lord and the heavens above will have to answer to god almighty.

So be careful on what you say. If you don't know something
don't quote unbelievers falsehood.

Answer 6

No. The archangel Gabriel is a messenger from God. Not pagan.

Answer 7

No, they probably are just making it up, or misunderstanding something. There are probably similarities to what Gabriel did or said with some other god or goddess in some other culture.

Answer 8

Gabri EL is a compound name--- It means BEING with GOD(Ellohim) It is probably of Sumarian ancient history.

Answer 9

The people who say these things rarely have any solid evidence, or evidence that cannot be refuted,

Answer 10

Sorry, I don't know what you are referring to.