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Verse Revelation 1:20. _THE MYSTERY_] That is, the _allegorical_
explanation of the _seven stars_ is the _seven angels_ or ministers of
the Churches; and the allegorical meaning of the _seven golden l...
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THE MYSTERY OF THE SEVEN STARS - On the word “mystery,” see notes
on Ephesians 1:9. The word means, properly, “what is hidden,
obscure, unknown” - until it is disclosed by one having the ability
to do...
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ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS
I. THE PATMOS VISION OF THE GLORIFIED SON OF MAN
CHAPTER 1
_ 1. The introduction (Revelation 1:1)_
2. Greeting and benediction (Revelation 1:4)
3. The praise (Revel
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THE PROLOGUE gives an account of the vision of the Son of Man, and the
manner in which the messages to the seven churches came to the seer.
Revelation 1:9. John your brother: the term brother in the N...
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THE SEVEN ANGELS.--I shall not take up space to discuss the various
views as to the nature of the angels of the churches. It has been held
that they were heavenly angels, were diocesan bishops of the...
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GOD'S REVELATION TO MEN (Revelation 1:1-3)...
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MYSTERY. secret symbol. See App-193.
STARS. Greek. _aster,_ occurs fourteen times in Rev. (App-10)
IN. Greek. _epi._
ARE. represent, or signify.
THE. Omit.
ANGELS. App-120. Revelation 1:2.
WHICH...
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_the mystery_ The use of this word in the N. T. is not very far
removed from its primary meaning in classical Greek. We may paraphrase
it, "the hidden divine truth, now made known, but made known to G...
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ΤῸ ΜΥΣΤΉΡΙΟΝ. The only possible construction of these
words is as an accusative in loose apposition to ἃ εἶδες
κ.τ.λ.; perhaps the writer left them without any construction. If
he had attended to deta...
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_A REVELATION OF JESUS CHRIST REVELATION 1:12-20:_ What a blessing
this must have been to John to see Jesus again. Jesus is pictured as
standing in His magnificence in the midst of these seven churche...
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ΜΥΣΤΉΡΙΟΝ (G3466) тайна (TDNT; EDNT; DLNT, 782-84).
Здесь _acc._ отношения или общей ссылки
(GGBB, 204).
ΕΊΔΕΣ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΌΡΆΩ (G3708) видеть,
ΆΓΓΕΛΟΣ (G32) посланник, ангел. Это слово
може...
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Strauss-' Comments
SECTION 3
Text Revelation 1:9-20
9 I John, your brother and partaker with you in the tribulation and
kingdom and patience which are in Jesus, was in the isle that is
called Patmos,...
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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 sawes...
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1 This is the unveiling of a Person Jesus Christ-not merely a
prediction revealed through Him. God gives it to Him as a reward for
His sufferings.
1 Swiftly-not _ soon_, but with speed. On the morning...
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1:20 angels (i-25) The word has also the sense of 'messengers.' see
Note e, ch. 2.20....
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THE VISION OF THE SON OF MAN
St. John addresses 'the seven churches which are in Asia,' telling
them of a vision of Christ, who bade him, write in a book what he saw
and send it to them.
1-3. Introdu...
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13. THE SON] RV 'a son': see on Revelation 14:14; Daniel 7:13. TO THE
FOOT] i.e. of kingly or priestly dignity. GIRDLE] cp. Daniel 10:5....
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FROM NOW TO THE END OF TIME
REVELATION
_IAN MACKERVOY_
ABOUT THE BOOK OF REVELATION
1 THE WRITER
The writer of this book simply calls himself John. He wrote to the
*churches in Asia. He describe...
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THE MYSTERY OF THE SEVEN STARS WHICH THOU SAWEST IN MY RIGHT HAND. —
Having bidden him write the meaning of this mystery, or _secret,_ He
gives to St. John an explanatory key: “The seven stars are ang...
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CHAPTER I.
THE PROLOGUE.
Revelation 1:1
The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show unto His
servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and He sent
and signified it th...
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μυστ. (as in Daniel 2:27, LXX; see below on Revelation 10:7) =
“the secret symbol”. These two symbols, drawn from the lore of
contemporary apocalyptic, are chosen for explanation, partly as an
obscure...
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FROM THE LIVING LORD TO THE CHURCHES
Revelation 1:9
The tribulation and patience of Jesus are essential conditions of His
Kingdom. We cannot exert the divine energies of the latter, unless we
are wil...
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The theme of this Book is found in its opening sentence, "The
Revelation of Jesus Christ." This should be borne in mind from first
to last, and our object should be to see Him as He is here revealed....
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JOHN'S RESPONSE TO JESUS' GREATNESS
The vision of Jesus was so powerful and awe-inspiring that John fell
down as if he were dead (compare Isaiah 6:5; Ezekiel 1:29; Daniel
8:17; Daniel 8:27;...
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(14) The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right
hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the (l)
angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks which th...
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_Angels. These are the seven bishops of the churches. Christ's having
them in his right hand, shews the care he takes of his Church.
(Calmet)_...
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REFLECTIONS
BLESSED! forever blessed, be God the Father, for the gift of his dear
Son Jesus Christ. Blessed! forever blessed, be God the Son, for this
gracious revelation of himself to his servant Joh...
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(9) I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation,
and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that
is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony o...
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That God should have chosen John to be the instrument of communicating
the closing volume of the New Testament is worthy of our
consideration. It is not a new thing for God thus to set out the
stronge...
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I Am
I. INTRODUCTION
A. Isaiah 11:1-2 There shall come forth a Rod from the stem of Jesse,
And a Branch shall grow out of his roots.
2 The Spirit of the LORD shall rest upon Him, The Spirit of wisd...
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The revelation is one belonging to Jesus Christ, which God gave Him,
and He signifies it to John. Though God over all blessed for ever, He
is here seen as Son of man, the rejected Messiah or Lamb, and...
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THE MYSTERY OF THE SEVEN STARS WHICH THOU SAWEST IN MY RIGHT HAND,....
The sense is, that John was to write the mystery of these stars, or
the mystical sense of them:
AND THE SEVEN GOLDEN CANDLESTICK...
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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...
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THE SEVEN STARS ARE THE ANGELS OF THE SEVEN CHURCHES; probably their
spiritual leaders.
ARE THE SEVEN CHURCHES; represent them. The fact that Jesus Christ
said, "The seven candlesticks are the seven c...
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Christ commands John to write:...
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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...
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God gave this Revelation to Jesus Christ so that He might, as the Son
of Man, communicate this to His servants. It is He who has been
entrusted with the restitution of all things, and is therefore giv...
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_ 20 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 which you saw are th...
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12-20 The churches receive their light from Christ and the gospel,
and hold it forth to others. They are golden candlesticks; they should
be precious and pure; not only the ministers, but the members...
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OLBGrk;
THE MYSTERY OF THE SEVEN STARS, AND THE SEVEN GOLDEN CANDLESTICKS: see
REVELATION 1:12,16. THE SEVEN STARS ARE THE ANGELS OF THE SEVEN
CHURCHES; that is, they signify the angels of the seven c...
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Tertullian On Modesty
and with "the angel of the Church,"[156]...
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‘Write therefore the things which you have seen, and the things
which are, and the things which will happen hereafter, the mystery of
the seven stars which you saw in my right hand, and the seven gold...
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We are introduced to a vision of the Saviour, in that light in which
He is peculiarly presented to us in the Apocalypse the Head of His
Church, the great High Priest and King of His people. From Him t...
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Revelation 1:20. THE MYSTERY OF THE STARS WHICH THOU SAWEST UPON MY
RIGHT HAND. It is generally agreed that the word ‘mystery' here
depends on ‘write,' and that it is in apposition with the ‘things
wh...
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THE MYSTERY OF THE SEVEN STARS
(το μυστηριον των επτα αστερων). On the word
μυστηριον see on Matthew 13:11; 2 Thessalonians 2:7;
Colossians 1:26. Here it means the inner meaning (the secret symbol)...
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ANGELS
The natural explanation of the "messengers" is that they were men sent
by the seven churches to ascertain the state of the aged apostle, now
an exile in Patmos (compare (Philippians 4:18) but...
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Revelation 1:20
Note the fitness of the symbol of the golden candlestick.
I. In its position. The golden candlestick stood within the Holy of
holies, hidden from the view of all without by the curtai...
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In the first fourteen verses we have given to us part of the glowing
description of the glories of the ascended Christ, and here it is
completed.
Revelation 1:15. _And his feet like unto fine brass,...
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Revelation 1:1. _The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto
him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass;
and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant J...
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CONTENTS: The Patmos vision of John and the command to write.
CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, John.
CONCLUSION: Jesus Christ, the Alpha and the Omega, speaks to believers
through the Apostle J...
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Revelation 1:1. _The Revelation of Jesus Christ,_ which reaches to the
end of time, and is a continuation of the Hebrew, and the christian
prophets of the new testament. This revelation properly begin...
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SEVEN STARS. The "angels" of the seven churches. "Angel" means
"messenger," and is used for both human and heavenly messengers in the
Bible [in the original language]. "Angels" here must refer to the...
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REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 1:20 ANGELS OF THE SEVEN CHURCHES.
Perhaps human messengers, human pastors, or literal angels sent as
messengers. They are probably symbols of each church’s character....
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"Write things seen, things which are, things hereafter." The events
which this book contains were, some of them, already transpiring; some
in the very near future; some in a distant and far distant fu...
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_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_
Revelation 1:12. SEE THE VOICE.—“See Him whose voice I heard.”
SEVEN GOLDEN CANDLESTICKS.—Compare Zechariah 4:2. Lamp-stands would
be a better term. Not one candlestick...
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EXPOSITION
THE TITLE. The simplest form of this, as of other books of the New
Testament, is the oldest: 'The Revelation of John'
(Αποκάλυψις Ιωάννου). Other forms worth noting
are: 'The Revelation o...
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_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 SA...
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Shall we turn in our Bibles now to the book of Revelation, chapter
one?
The Revelation of Jesus Christ (Revelation 1:1),
The Greek word "apokalupsis" is literally the unveiling. So in the
very first...
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1 Timothy 3:14; Luke 8:10; Malachi 2:7; Matthew 13:11; Matthew 5:15;...
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CHRIST AMONG THE CHURCHES
Revelation 1:8
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
We enter in this marvelously descriptive chapter, centering our
thoughts upon the appearance of Christ as He walks among His Churches.
1....
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Write first the mystery — The mysterious meaning of the seven stars
— St. John knew better than we do, in how many respects these stars
were a proper emblem of those angels: how nearly they resembled...