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John sees seven golden candlesticks (Churches)
Revelation 1:9–16
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It started like so many evenings. Mom and Dad at home and Jimmy playing after dinner. When Mom glanced at the clock she said “Jimmy, it’s time to go to bed. Go up now and I’ll come and tuck you in later.” An hour or so later his mother came up to check, and to her aston … More
We find John exiled on the isle of Patmos because of his faithful proclamation of the Word of God and his testimony for Jesus Christ (v.9). Patmos was a small rocky island in the Aegean Sea about 50 miles southwest of the city of Ephesus. John was exiled to Patmos because he refused to stop preaching the Gospel. Under the control of the Holy Spirit, on the Lord’s Day, He had a vision revealed to him which he wrote down (v. 10). He was projected forward in this vision to that future day of the Lord when God will pour out His judgment on the earth.
Hearing a loud voice John turned to see seven golden candlesticks (individual lamp stands). These seven lamp stands represent the seven churches in Asia (v. 11). The voice he heard was that of Christ who was walking in the midst of these candlesticks (vv. 12-13). His clothing is that of a priest and judge and shows His authority. John’s head is referred to as white as wool or snow (v. 14). This may refer to the wisdom of age and the purity of holiness. His feet were like brass which may indicate the trials he has experienced in life (v. 15). The seven stars in His right hand are securely under His control and are identified as messengers to the seven churches (candlesticks). (v. 16). Christ’s overall appearance was such that it overwhelmed John.
Application
I probably won’t face persecution for my faith as John did in his day but even with the freedom I have to share my faith I must continually ask Christ for the courage to share it.
Revelation 1:9-16 (English Standard Version)
I, John, your brother and partner in the tribulation and the kingdom and the patient endurance that are in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos on account of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus. I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet saying, "Write what you see in a book and send it to the seven churches, to Ephesus and to Smyrna and to Pergamum and to Thyatira and to Sardis and to Philadelphia and to Laodicea." Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking to me, and on turning I saw seven golden lampstands, and in the midst of the lampstands one like a son of man, clothed with a long robe and with a golden sash around his chest. The hairs of his head were white, like white wool, like snow. His eyes were like a flame of fire, his feet were like burnished bronze, refined in a furnace, and his voice was like the roar of many waters. In his right hand he held seven stars, from his mouth came a sharp two-edged sword, and his face was like the sun shining in full strength.
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