This is unique Scripture …
12 And I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks; 13 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. 14 His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire; 15 And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters. 16 And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength.
Talk about candlesticks, about being “light” …
Paul wrote to the Philippian Church … in Philippians 2:15 … “That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world ….”
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In our Text Jesus is described much along the same lines as God the Father, the Ancient of Days, back in Daniel 7:9-10 …
Yes, here is God the Father … rarely described …
Daniel 7:9-10 … I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire. A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand thousands ministered unto him …
No wonder Jesus said … in John 14:9 … “He that hath seen Me hath seen the Father.”
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Here are the two verses I mentioned about honoring the elderly, particularly the godly elderly …
Leviticus 19:32 … Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the LORD.
Proverbs 16:31 … The hoary head (gray hair) is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.
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Jesus (the Master Expositor) will further explain the seven stars in our next Lesson, in Revelation 1:20 …
“The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches.”
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And as I generally say, watch the video Lesson now …
— Dr. Mike Bagwell
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