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2-7. why is Jesus referred to as Christ Michael?

According to The Urantia Book (the 5th Epochal Revelation), Jesus is referred to as "Christ Michael" because that is his pre-incarnation and eternal divine title as the Creator Son (a Michael Son) of our local universe of Nebadon, combined with "Christ" to denote his anointed, role as the world's deliverer following his seventh and final bestowal on Urantia (Earth) as Jesus of Nazareth.

Key Explanation from the Revelation

The Urantia Book presents a vast cosmic framework where the Paradise Creator Sons (primary sons of the Universal Father and Eternal Son) are all designated as Michaels—an order or class of divine beings. There are over 700,000 such Michael Sons across the grand universe, each creating and ruling one local universe.

• Our specific Creator Son is Michael of Nebadon (the 611,121st such bestowal of the Eternal Son).
• Before any bestowal incarnations, he is known as a Creator Michael.
• After completing his required seven creature bestowals (experiencing life as various orders of his created beings to fully understand and sovereignly rule his universe), he becomes a Master Michael or sovereign ruler.
• Because his seventh and final bestowal was as a human on Urantia—where he was named Jesus of Nazareth (Joshua ben Joseph)—he is often referred to as Christ Michael to honor that supreme, anointed (Christ = "anointed one") achievement.
• As a result of Michael's choosing this world for his final bestowal mission our world Urantia will ever be known as the nativity world and sentimental shrine of ten million worlds.

This is explicitly stated in several papers, including:

• Paper 21: The Paradise Creator Sons (21:0.3):
  "These primary Paradise Sons are personalized as Michaels. As they go forth from Paradise to found their universes, they are known as Creator Michaels. When settled in supreme authority, they are called Master Michaels. Sometimes we refer to the sovereign of your universe of Nebadon as Christ Michael. Always and forever do they reign after the 'order of Michael,' that being the designation of the first Son of their order and nature."
• Paper 33: Administration of the Local Universe (33:1.1):
  "Because of the name associated with his seventh and final bestowal on Urantia, he is sometimes spoken of as Christ Michael."
• Paper 119: The Bestowals of Christ Michael and Paper 120: The Bestowal of Michael on Urantia use "Christ Michael" interchangeably when describing the pre-bestowal commission and the incarnate Jesus, emphasizing his dual nature: fully divine (as Michael) and fully human (as Jesus), yet one unified personality.

Why "Christ" + "Michael"?

• Michael is the class/title name (from Hebrew roots meaning "Who is like God?"), applied to all Creator Sons. It reflects their role as supreme local universe representatives of the Universal Father, the Eternal Son and Infinite Spirit.
• Christ (from Greek "Christos," meaning "anointed") highlights the completion and fulfillment of his terminal bestowal on Urantia, where he revealed the Father most fully through human experience, earned full sovereignty, and became the "anointed and supreme" ruler of Nebadon by the Universal Father.
• The combined term Christ Michael distinguishes him post-bestowal: the Michael who became the Christ (anointed savior) on Earth.

This differs from biblical interpretations (where some traditions equate the biblical "archangel Michael" with Jesus), as The Urantia Book clarifies Michael is not an archangel (a high created angelic order) but the Creator Son who originates and commands the archangels. The biblical references to Michael are seen as partial glimpses of this same divine being.

In essence, "Christ Michael" encapsulates his full identity: the eternal Creator and sovereign of our local universe who voluntarily incarnated as Jesus to complete his experiential qualifications for supreme rule, reveal the Father, and uplift humanity. For the primary narratives, see Papers 21, 33, 119, and 120 (available on spiritualfamily.net - urantia.org or urantiabook.org).