Revelation 1:9-20
John saw one like a son of man. Jesus looks like the Lord in Old Testaments.
He is the First and the Last. He is the Living One; He was dead, and behold He is alive for ever and ever! He hold the keys of death and Hades.
Write what you have seen, what is now and what will take place later.
The mystery of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand and of the seven golden lampstands is this: The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.
John's Revelation takes the form of a letter 'to the seven churches in the province of Asia.
The focus, from the outset, is on Jesus Christ: his death which 'freed us from our sin,' his resurrection, his kingly rule, his coming again in glory
When God's spirit came upon him on the Lord's day - the visions he was to write down and sent to the churches.
The radiant figure 'like a man' with its echoes of Daniel 7 and 10, is Christ himself, the Master of life and death and human destiny.
Patmos: A small Greek island off the west coast of Turkey
Mystery: is the secret meaning which Christ makes plain and no human being could have guessed. Some see 'angles' as a reference to pastors, some to guardian angels. But the best interpretation, in the light of what follows, is ' the essential spirit' of each church.
Why?
John saw Jesus in front of him, and his mission is write down what he saw and what he be told.
God's Churches has star, is their angle as their symbol and spirit. Church like lamp stand to lighten this dark world.
Jesus will come again with glory and Jesus let us know that the mystery is near and he will reign and judge all.
How?
Church is lamp stand in the world now, there is a spirit for each church which is from the Holy Spirit. Jesus will come with glory so we have hope and be strong to be his witness.
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