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NASB | Revelation 1:20 "As for the mystery of the seven stars which you saw in My right hand, and the seven golden lampstands: the seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Revelation 1:20 "As for the mystery of the seven stars which you saw in My right hand, and the seven golden lampstands: the seven stars are the angels (divine messengers) of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches. |
Subject: Rev 1:20 |
Bible Note: Brannon, If there was ever a book that requires a lot of help and even then leaves many questions it is the Book of Revelation. Below is a passage from one commentary I have regarding Rev 1:20. "The angels of the seven churches may stand for the bishops in charge of the them, or else the guadian angels who watch over them, or even the churches themselves insofar as they have a heavenly dimension and stand in God's presence as angels do. Whichever is the case, the best thing is to see the angels of the churches, to whom the letters are addressed, as meaning those who rule and protect each church in Christ's name. He is the only Lord, which is why He is shown holding the stars (angels) in his right hand. In the Old Testament the "angel of Yahweh" is the one charged to guide the people of Israel (cf. Ex 14:19; 23:20 etc.); and in the Apocalypse itself angels are given the mission of ruling the material world (cf. Rev 7:1; 14 ;18; 16:5). So Christ exercises his loving care and government of each church through the mediation of "angels", but it is difficult to say whether this means angels as such, or bishops or both." The Navarre Bible, commentary on Revelation Emmaus |
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