Thematic Bible: Of Christ and the golden lampstands
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I was [rapt] in spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice as of a trumpet, saying, I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last; and what thou seest write in a book, and send to the churches which are in Asia: to Ephesus, and to Smyrna, and to Pergamos, and to Thyatira, and to Sardis, and to Philadelphia, and to Laodicea. And I turned to see what voice spake to me. And when I turned round I saw seven lamps of gold; read more.
and in the midst of the seven lamps one like unto a son of man, clothed to the very feet, and girded about the breasts with a golden zone; his head and flowing locks white as a white fleece of wool, even as the snow; and his eyes as a flame of fire; and his feet resembled molten brass, as though they glowed in the furnace; and his voice was as the roar of many waters. And he held in his right hand seven stars; and out of his mouth proceeded a sharp two-edged sword; and his countenance was as when the sun shineth in his meridian lustre. And when I beheld him, I fell at his feet as dead: and he laid his right hand upon me, saying to me, Fear not; I am the first and the last, and I am the living one, though I was dead and lo! I am alive for evermore, Amen; and I hold the keys of hell and of death. Write the things which thou seest, and the things which are, and the things which shall be in future after these, the mystery of the seven stars which thou seest in my right hand, and the seven golden lamps. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lamps which thou seest are the seven churches.
and in the midst of the seven lamps one like unto a son of man, clothed to the very feet, and girded about the breasts with a golden zone; his head and flowing locks white as a white fleece of wool, even as the snow; and his eyes as a flame of fire; and his feet resembled molten brass, as though they glowed in the furnace; and his voice was as the roar of many waters. And he held in his right hand seven stars; and out of his mouth proceeded a sharp two-edged sword; and his countenance was as when the sun shineth in his meridian lustre. And when I beheld him, I fell at his feet as dead: and he laid his right hand upon me, saying to me, Fear not; I am the first and the last, and I am the living one, though I was dead and lo! I am alive for evermore, Amen; and I hold the keys of hell and of death. Write the things which thou seest, and the things which are, and the things which shall be in future after these, the mystery of the seven stars which thou seest in my right hand, and the seven golden lamps. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lamps which thou seest are the seven churches.