Fresh perspective on Revelation chapter one

By revelation John, one of Christ’s disciples exiled on an island for His reliance on the risen Jesus, saw “the seven golden lampstands” and Jesus gloriously standing in the midst of the seven lampstands while holding seven stars in his right hand. Then Jesus told John, “The seven stars are the angels (messengers/lights) of the seven churches (ekklesias/town hall meetings) and the seven lampstands are the seven churches (ekklesias/town hall meetings).

John was born and raised a Jew. When John states that Jesus was in the midst of “the seven golden lampstands,” I think John was describing the 7 branched menorah lamp that continually burned in the Jewish temple. Although the 7 branches are united and draw oil from the same source, they represent 7 (the fullness) of Christ’s ekklesias/town meetings. The seven stars are seven lights (7 messengers/angels that Jesus is holding in His right hand (submitted fully to His authority) that will fill the seven town hall meetings/ekklesias with His glorious light by shinning in the hearts of those present who will each one put the light of Jesus that is shining within them on the lampstand by speaking from the heart as prompted by the Spirit during Christ’s town hall meetings.

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