Gabriel the power of God, the revealer, the angel of annunciation.
The angel of truth, the angel of resurrection, the spirit of peace and of mercy.
It is he who is lord over the moon, the benign spirit of aspirations and dreams, he who rules
over the element of water.
He is the governor of the 1st Heaven, the chief ruling prince of the order of angels;
the lord of the angelic guards over paradise.
The Zohar says he is the supervisor of dreams, Barett's Magus says he is the ruler of the
martyrs, the 11th order of the blessed spirits, and the Kabbalah says he is the angel of Yesod,
the foundation of the sephiroth.
He is the angel of the north and of the north wind, the ruling prince of Mondays and of
the month of January.
Gabriel originated from the lore of the Babylonians.
To the Ethiopians, he is known as Gadreel, to the Muslims he is known as Jibril, the
angel with 140 pairs of wings who dictated the Koran to the prophet Muhammed.
And to the Persians, he is known as Bahram the mighty or Sorush the messenger and punisher.
The Persian magi would always tell the story of warning that on the day of judgement, the
2 angels, Sorush and Mithra, will stand on the bridge of Al Sirat, 2 angels, Gabriel
and Metatron, will stand on the bridge of Al Sirat, a bridge finer than a strand of
hair and sharper than the edge of a sword, and there will the await the souls of the
dead, to examine everyone crossing.
Mithra shall hold the scale in his hands, Metatron shall hold the scale in his hands,
and with it he shall weigh the deeds wrought by a soul during their lifetime.
If found worthy, the soul shall be allowed into paradise, and if unclean, they shall
be passed on to Sorush the punisher, passed on to Gabriel the punisher, who shall then
cast them into hell.
If one didn't look closely, one would mistake Gabriel to be a female archangel, for he has
a face so beautiful and feminine, with long flowing locks of golden hair, and often carrying
a trumpet when he is not wielding a sword.
He is the angelic governor of the Zodiac sign Aquarius, or the water bearer, and is one
of the 70 amulet angels invoked during childbirth.
In the Talmud called Sotah, Gabriel is said to be a genius of languages, for he taught
Joseph 70 languages overnight.
And In the traditions of the Jews, he is one of the subordinate princes of death under
Metatron, presiding specifically over the lives of young adults.
Gabriel was the angel who appeared to Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego in the burning furnace,
protecting them from the merciless flames, the angel who punished the people of Sodom
and Gomorrah, dealing death and destruction to their cities, the angel who facilitated
the coronation of Esther as queen, by inspiring queen Vashti refusal to appear naked before
king Ahasuerus and his guests .It was he who announced the birth of Christ, the virgin
Mary's God-child.
Although a proficient and prominent angel, Gabriel's battle skills are neither as excellent
as that of Michael, nor are they as flawless as that of Metatron, for he does not fare
well against powerful opponents in combat.
He is known to have been defeated more than once, both by the fellow angel Dobiel, and
the great Egyptian mages Jannes and Jambres.
Perhaps it matters not, for he is not by nature a warrior angel, and the battlefields are
not where his primary duties lie.