Revelation 1:12

Revelation 1:12

Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking to me, and on turning I saw seven golden lampstands,

to see the voice  - To see the "voice" here means to see the "person" who spoke.

Here John doesn’t know who was speaking to him. Already he was afraid because of the loud voice. Even though, he wa  nts to know who is declaring here I am Alpha and Omaga. When John turned to see the source of the mighty voice making this declaration, he saw in midst of the lampstands one like a son of man is non-other than Jesus Christ’s awesome presence, in all His power and glory was unveiled before his eyes.

I saw seven golden candlesticks

·        We can see this golden candle stick in old testament also

·        When God is telling to build a temple in the old testament He is also mentioning about this Gold lamp stand.

Exodus 25:31 "You shall make a lampstand of pure gold. The lampstand shall be made of hammered work: its base, its stem, its cups, its calyxes, and its flowers shall be of one piece with it.

Exodus 25:32 And there shall be six branches going out of its sides, three branches of the lampstand out of one side of it and three branches of the lampstand out of the other side of it;

Exodus 25:33 three cups made like almond blossoms, each with calyx and flower, on one branch, and three cups made like almond blossoms, each with calyx and flower, on the other branch--so for the six branches going out of the lampstand.

Exodus 25:34 And on the lampstand itself there shall be four cups made like almond blossoms, with their calyxes and flowers,

Exodus 25:35 and a calyx of one piece with it under each pair of the six branches going out from the lampstand.

Exodus 25:36 Their calyxes and their branches shall be of one piece with it, the whole of it a single piece of hammered work of pure gold.

Exodus 25:37 You shall make seven lamps for it. And the lamps shall be set up so as to give light on the space in front of it.

What is the Golden Lamp Stand ?

Revelation 1:20 As for the mystery of the seven stars that 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.

Why He is comparing church to Golden Lamp Stand ?

·        Church is a place where God dwells

·        The candlesticks refers the churches.

·        Church is a place where people all gather to worship & praise God.

·        God himself have told in Mathew 18:20

        For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.

·        The same thing John was seeing in the vision

        And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle.

·        So , church should be a place which fives light, that means

o   which changes person’s life from darkness to light

o   church is a place to taste God’s love

·        God mentioned here Golden lamp sticks. Here the gold represents the dignity  and purity

·        So God expect the church should be dignity and pure as gold

·        We see that this purity or holiness was missing in all seven churches

·        So only God is telling that how was the church and how is it right now and the necessity of repentance of church and if they didn’t repent what God will going to do for that church

·        All these things we going to mediate in the chapter 2 and 3.