Notes on "God's Trombones"

The name Gabriel appears only four times in the course of the Bible.
Twice in the book of Daniel and twice in the book of Luke.

Daniel 8:16; Daniel 9:21
Luke 1:11-19; Luke 1:26-29 The angels referenced in the book of Revelation that sounded trumpets and poured out the different plagues on the earth are not named. In the instances of Daniel and Luke, Gabriel is used as a messenger from God. Perhaps this is the reason that he is used as the representative of God in the various incarnations throughout the work of "God's Trombones".

Gabriel also appears in the book of Enoch 3 times...

I Enoch

Chapter 9
1Then Michael and Gabriel, Raphael, Suryal, and Uriel, looked down from heaven, and saw the quantity of blood which was shed on earth, and all the iniquity which was done upon it, and said one to another, It is the voice of their cries;

Chapter 20
7Gabriel, one of the holy angels, who presides over Ikisat, (31) over paradise, and over the cherubim.
(31) Ikisat. The serpents (Charles, p. 92; Knibb, p. 107).

Chapter 40
9The second is he who presides over every suffering and every affliction of the sons of men, the holy Raphael. The third, who presides over all that is powerful, is Gabriel. And the fourth, who presides over repentance, and the hope of those who will inherit eternal life, is Phanuel. These are the four angels of the most high God, and their four voices, which at that time I heard.