User blog comment:Rafe Adler/"The Thing" Discussion/@comment-24.93.246.85-20180406224714/@comment-96.70.72.113-20180408071140

My theory is that God straight up lied about Gabriel being dead. It wouldn't be the first time he's done something that questionable. Also, I've long suspected that Gabriel could have been resurrected from the blood that Kali collected back in Hammer with the Gods. During Swan Song Cas was resurrected instantaneously from a drop of his own blood after being molecularly combusted by Lucifer.