Jesus is not an angel, and he really did rise from the dead

  I'm going to use the fundamentalist Protestant pastors favourite argument here: "Don't believe me, look in your Bible!".  Seriously.  First of all, the argument that Jesus is Michael is, not only bizarre, but without scriptural or historical warrant.  Some groups (JWs and their allies) will argue that Jesus is Michael the Archangel.  But also human.  Neither of these things seem possible.  Check the verse they appeal to to prove their view, 1 Thessalonians 4:16, "For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the archangel's call, and with the sound of the trumpet of God; and the dead of Christ will rise first;"  There's more there, but I want to focus on this.  First of all, an archangel is simply a high ranking angel.  The JWs mistake this for meaning there is only one archangel.  There isn't (Tobit 12:15).  Of course, the JWs don't consider Tobit scripture (and they are wrong), and it is unfortunate that Protestants don't, because right now, that would be very helpful for them.  But, another thing, there is not a single shred of evidence that 1 Thess 4:16 is calling Jesus an angel, much less an archangel.  This is an inference, not in the text.  Now, another thing, Hebrews EXPLICITLY DENIES THAT THE SON is an angel.  Check out Hebrews 1:5, "For to what angel did God ever say, 'you are my Son, today I have begotten you"?  Or again, 'I will be to him a father, and he shall be to me a son"?  There's plenty about Jesus and angels in the Good Book, but no verse saying that Jesus is one.  Now, Jesus did rise from the dead.  If you deny this, you are denying the overwhelming majority of Christians throughout the ages.  There were groups that believed the Resurrection was spiritual, Gnostics.   I am not sure whether or not the JWs believe that matter is evil, but this was the Gnostic's logic against Jesus rising from the dead.  Now, back to the Bible.  Lk 24:36-53, John 21:1-23, John 2:19-21, Acts 1:3, Rom 10:9, 1 Cor 15:4-8, 1 Cor 15:13-17.  Jesus definitely rose from the dead.  There is no evidence he did not, at least not from the Bible.  No spiritual Resurrection, here.   I think a big problem may be the JWs "New World Translation".  Which is a terrible "translation", that was written using spiritualism by a former Catholic priest "correcting" the text.  His name was Johannes Greber, look him up.  The truth is, no translation is perfect (my quotes were all from the pretty good RSVCE), even the widely popular NIV, as good as some of it is, has some flaws (out of personal taste, I don't care for it, but some if it is rendered very well), but almost every serious Biblical scholar will tell you that the NWT does not do a very good job of translating, partially because it's not a translation.