Revelation 1:20

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Revelation 1:8-20

Christ Among the Churches Revelation 1:8-20 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We enter in this marvelously descriptive chapter, centering our thoughts upon the appearance of Christ as He walks among His Churches. 1. The general description of Christ. The Lord Jesus in Revelation 1:8 is heard saying, "I am Alpha and Omega." This expression is indeed descriptive of the eternity of our Lord. Alpha is the first letter of the Greek alphabet, and Omega is the last. It would he as though Christ had said, "I am... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 1:19-20

‘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 golden lampstands.’ These words have borne a host of interpretations as they have been used as the basis for various theories. But what he is being told to do is fairly simple. He is to write what he has seen - the vision of the glorified Son of Man and the seven golden lampstands - the things that are... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 1:20

‘The seven stars are the seven angels of the seven churches. And the seven lampstands are seven churches.’ What he is to write is here summarised, ‘the mystery of the seven stars which you saw in my right hand and of the seven golden lampstands’. And what is that mystery? That the seven stars in His right hand are the (seven) angels of the seven churches, and the lampstands are the seven churches. In the Old Testament the sevenfold lampstand was connected with the two sons of oil, the anointed... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 1:9-20

Revelation 1:9-Proverbs : . 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 NT is used to signify “ fellow-Christian,” the members of the same Christian community ( cf. the phrase “ our brother Paul,” 2 Peter 3:15; see Harnack, Mission and Expansion of Christianity 2 , i. 405 f.).— tribulation refers to the persecutions. The order of... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Revelation 1:20

The mystery of the seven stars, and the seven golden candlesticks: see Revelation 1:12,Revelation 1:16. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches; that is, they signify the angels of the seven churches. By angels he means God’s messengers and ambassadors to the seven churches, called angels, both in respect of their office, being the ambassadors of Christ, 2 Corinthians 5:20, and of that holiness which they should show forth in their doctrine and life. To interpret the term of angels... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Revelation 1:12-20

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTESRevelation 1:12. See the voice.—“See Him whose voice I heard.” Seven golden candlesticks.—Compare Zechariah 4:2-11. Lamp-stands would be a better term. Not one candlestick with seven branches, but seven candlesticks. The independence of the Churches of Christ is consistent with the unity of the Church of Christ.Revelation 1:13. Midst.—Middle, centre. Like unto.—So as to be immediately and distinctly recognised. “Son of Man” was Christ’s own name for Himself. It is... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Revelation 1:20

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 curtain, formed in blending shades of blue, scarlet, and purple, curiously embroidered with figures of cherubim. The high-priest was guided by its soft yet steady light when he entered the holy place once every year to make atonement for the sins of the people. The Church of Christ still waits without the... read more

C.I. Scofield

Scofield's Reference Notes - Revelation 1:20

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 (cf) Philippians 4:18 but they figure any who bear God's messages to a church. churches The messages to the seven churches have a fourfold application: (1) Local, to the churches actually addressed; (2) admonitory, to all churches in all time as tests by which they may discern their true spiritual state in the sight of God; (3)... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Revelation 1:1-20

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 phrase you have what the book is all about. It is the unveiling of Jesus Christ, the lifting of the wraps.When I was a child, I lived in Ventura and went to Elementary School in Ventura. I played in the school orchestra. And in front of the city hall they had a sculptor make a sculpture of Father... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Revelation 1:1-20

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 begins where Daniel ends; and both received their knowledge of the hidden things from Christ, and his angel. The design was to show things which were shortly to come to pass on the Romans, and on the church. Revelation 1:3 . Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear, as in the Greek. By... read more

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