The Holey Trinity - Is Jesus Michael the Archangel?

This topic is one of those passionately argued points of doctrine by Trinitarians. The reason is simple: if Jesus is Michael the Archangel, the trinity doctrine takes a major hit towards its validity. Jesus, as an archangel, would rank higher than all the angels but not quite as high as God. Which, if you have been reading this blog to this point, it's pretty clear he doesn't as it is. However, if Jesus was Michael there is no arguing his inferiority to the Almighty God Jehovah. There's no manipulating it, no redefining that can be done, no ignorance of grammar to exploit. It would simply mean Jesus is not God. So is he? As always, let's see what the Bible, discernment, and our ability to reason says.
 
The most hotly contested verse is this:
 
"For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first" - 1 Thessalonians 4:16 (KJV)
 
Although "The Lord" (in this case Jesus) shall descend from heaven "with a shout" "with a voice of an archangel" it is contested that although the "shout" is Jesus' the "voice of an archangel" actually belongs to an archangel. Despite the context of the verse doesn't say that, it must be reasoned in some way that Jesus's voice is not the archangels voice because there is only one archangel, Michael. Looking at the literal translation it seems even more obvious that Jesus's voice is in fact being described as that of the archangel's.
 
"because very (one) the Lord in, command, in voice of archangel" - Kingdom Interlinear
 
Even the original Greek grammatically attributed the archangel's voice to Jesus. The word "with" is what causes Trinitarians to say the archangel is with Jesus.
 
In addition to that point there are several other instances in which this idiom occurs in the Bible. And in every instance it always describing the voice of the subject.
 
"And in the synagogue there was a man, that had a spirit of an unclean demon; and he cried out with a loud voice" - Luke 4:33 (ASV)
 - The man had had a loud voice.
 
"And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice" - Revelation 5:2 (KJV)
 - The strong angel had a loud voice.
 
The other occurrences are as follows; Revelation 7:2; 10:3; 14:7,9,15,18; 19:17, Acts 7:60. With all of those examples in which this use of grammar is accepted, why would this occurrence be an exception at 1 Thessalonians 4:16?
 
"the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel" - 1 Thessalonians 4:16 (KJV)
 - The Lord had an archangel's voice.
 
Continuing with this thought, only one voice can command the dead to rise in the coming resurrection. This authority has been given to the Christ by his Father.
 
"25 Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour cometh, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God; and they that hear shall live.26 For as the Father hath life in himself, even so gave he to the Son also to have life in himself" - John 5:25,26 (ASV)
 
But, according to 1 Thessolonians 4:16, it is the voice of the archangel that raises the dead during the resurrection. Additionally, the Bible says that Michael "shall stand up" and the dead will be resurrected.
 
"1 And at that time shall Michael stand up...2 And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake" - Daniel 12:1,2 (ASV)
 
Christ is the one given the responsibility by Jehovah to raise the dead. Here, Michael "stands up" and the dead wake up. In agreement with that, since only the voice of Christ can raise the dead at the time of the end, and this voice is the voice of an archangel, it is only reasonable to conclude that Christ must be the Archangel.
 
Furthering this connection between Michael and Jesus the Bible speaks of "one like the son of man" who is *given* "dominion, glory, and a kingdom".
 
"13 I saw in the night-visions, and, behold, there came with the clouds of heaven one like unto a son of man, and he came even to the ancient of days, and they brought him near before him. 14 And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all the peoples, nations, and languages should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed." - Daniel 7:13,14 (ASV)
 
Later, Daniel foretold that "during the time of the end" that Michael will "stand up", like mentioned at Chapter 12 verse 1. The way that Daniel uses the phrase "standing up" refers to a king taking up his royal power or acting as king; reference Daniel 11:2,3,7,16,20,21. Michael's "standing" indicates the same thing. Since Jesus is Jehovah's appointed King that is given "dominion, glory, and a kingdom" it supports the conclusion that Michael is Jesus.
 
There are 2 instances a being is spoken of to lead God's army of angels against His opposition, Satan.
 
"And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels" - Revelation 12:7 (KJV)
 
"13 And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.14 And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean...19 And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army." - Revelation 19:13,14,19 (KJV)
 
So the army of angels were led by Michael and by Jesus. This poses the question: Does the army of angels have 2 different leaders with which they go to war against Satan?
 
Also, Satan is sent to the abyss by an "angel" "for a thousand years".
 
"1 And I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, having the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand.2 And he laid hold on the dragon, the old serpent, which is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years.10 And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where are also the beast and the false prophet; and they shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever." - Revelation 20:1,2,10 (ASV)

However, when Christ was on earth, the demons identified him as the one who was to hurl them into the "abyss" to be "tormented".
 
"And behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time?" - Matthew 8:29 (ASV)
 
Jesus is also the one prophesied to destroy Satan and crush his head.
 
"he that doeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. To this end was the Son of God manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil." - 1 John 3:8 (ASV)
 
"and I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed: he shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel." - Genesis 3:15 (ASV)
 
Yet, it is Michael with his angels that are told to be the ones as destroying Satan. If Jesus is not Michael then there is a contradiction of who is the one destroying Satan. If you believe that the bible is the inspired and the infallible Word of God, then you must accept the the idea that Jesus is in fact Michael the Archangel. The Chief Messenger, the leader of all the angels.
 
There are not many other instance in which Trinitarians can point to and say "See, Jesus isn't Michael!". Trinitarians often point to some verses in Hebrews that they claim is proof of Jesus not being the Archangel.
 
"having become by so much better than the angels, as he hath inherited a more excellent name than they." - Hebrews 1:4 (ASV)
 
They claim that since Jesus was given a name "more excellent" than the angels that he then cannot be an angel. Poor reasoning. Saying that Jesus was higher than the angels, does not mean he is not an angel. Keep in mind what an angel is actually defined as, which is a "messanger of God". Obviously, Jesus was a messenger of God. Additionally, the context includes Jesus as one of them.
 
"Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; Therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee With the oil of gladness above thy fellows." - Hebrews 1:9 (ASV)
 
Other translations render "fellows" as "companions" (NWT, ESV, DARBY) or "anyone like you" (ERV).
 
Also, Christian Theologian William Kinkade said: "Although this text abundantly proves that Christ is exalted above all other Messengers, it by no means proves that he never was a Messenger himself...The drift of the writer in the first chapter of Hebrews, was not to show that Christ was no Messenger, but to show that he was made greater than all the Messengers of God: therefore, when the above text is brought to prove that Christ never was an Angel, that is, a Messenger of God *it is pressed into a service for which it was never designed by the writer*."
 
He demonstrated his point with the parallel example: If I were to say of General Washington that he was made superior to all the other officers, for to which of the officers was it ever said ‘thou art commander-in-chief,' and again they said ‘let all the officers obey him.' Therefore the government hath ‘exalted thee above thy fellows.' He pointed out that this statement could not be used to prove that Washington was not an "officer." Similarly, the statement in Hebrews cannot be used as evidence that Jesus was not an "angel."
 
Also, check out these quotes from scholars, some of which are Trinitarian oddly enough.