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Answer
According to Ellen White, Jude 1:9 concerns the resurrection of Moses. Because Moses had taken the honor due to God at the rock of Meribah (Numbers 20), he came under Satan's power of death. Satan claimed Moses' body as his "lawful prey." Christ (Michael, the archangel) descended, awakened Moses before corruption, and led him into heaven. In doing so, Christ did not bring a reviling accusation against Satan but referred him to the Father: "The Lord rebuke you." The incident demonstrates Christ’s victory over death and serves as an example of confronting opponents not with reviling words but with God’s Word.
\n\nThe Resurrection of Moses and Satan’s Accusation (Confrontation)
\n\n\n»Christ awakened Moses and took him into heaven. This angered Satan, and he accused the Son of God of violating his dominion by robbing the grave of his lawful prey. Jude says of Moses' resurrection: "Yet Michael the archangel, when he contended with the devil and disputed about the body of Moses, dared not bring against him a railing judgment, but said, The Lord rebuke thee.«
Moses Under Satan's Power of Death and His Resurrection (Early Writings)
\n\n\n»For his transgression, Moses came under Satan's power—the dominion of death. Had he remained steadfast, the Lord would have brought him into the Promised Land and then taken him to heaven without seeing death. Moses passed through death, but Michael came down and restored his life before his body saw corruption. Satan tried to keep the body and claimed it as his own; but Michael awakened Moses and took him into heaven.«
The Dispute at the Grave: Satan's Claim and Christ's Response (Patriarchs and Prophets)
\n\n\n»The great adversary declared that the divine sentence—"Dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return”—gave him the right to the dead. The power of the grave had never been broken, and all who were in the grave he claimed as his prisoners. For the first time, Christ would give life to the dead. As the Prince of life and the shining ones approached the grave, Satan trembled for his dominion. He boasted that the servant of God had become his prisoner. He declared that even Moses had been unable to keep God’s law; he had taken to himself the honor due to Jehovah—exactly the sin that had caused Satan’s fall from heaven. Christ did not deign to enter into dispute with Satan. He referred everything to His Father and said, "The Lord rebuke thee.«
Christ Breaks Satan's Power Over Death (Patriarchs and Prophets)
\n\n\n»The Saviour entered into no controversy with His adversary, but began there and then His work of breaking the power of the fallen foe and of awakening the dead to life. Here was a proof which Satan could not refute, of the supremacy of the Son of God. The resurrection was forever assured. Satan was robbed of his prey; the righteous dead would live again. Through sin, Moses had come under Satan's power. By his own merit, he was the lawful prisoner of death; but he was awakened to eternal life, holding his title in the name of the Deliverer. Moses came forth from the grave glorified and ascended with his Deliverer to the city of God.«
Model for Dealing with Opponents (Evangelism)
\n\n\n»Yet Michael the archangel, when he contended with the devil and disputed about the body of Moses, dared not bring against him a railing judgment, but said, The Lord rebuke thee." – A contentious spirit lays a weak foundation. The spirit of controversy, the spirit of strife, is a means of Satan to arouse strife and thus to darken the truth as it is in Jesus.«
Warning to God’s Workers: No Reviling Words (Testimonies for the Church, Volume 9)
\n»How can finite human intelligences speak careless and reckless words that incite the powers of hell against the saints of God, when the archangel Michael dared not bring against Satan a reviling judgment, but said, "The Lord rebuke thee"? Every unwise word spoken by our brethren is treasured up by the prince of darkness.«
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