 | Edward Irving - Bible - 1831 - 510 pages
...his right hand. Now, with respect to the first of these questions, we have this information in verse 20: " The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand the seve» stars are the angels of the seven churches." With respect to the number seven, we have nothing... | |
 | Charles Lambert Coghlan - 1832 - 578 pages
...children of light, and the children of the day. We are not of the night or of darkness. 1 The. v. 5. took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the...the man that hath done this thing shall surely die Se. i. 20. Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write. These tiling» saith he that holdeth the... | |
 | 1832 - 404 pages
...the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter ; the mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in...candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches." But is not a candlestick, which unquestionably typifies light and illumination, and which, in the vision... | |
 | Methodist Church - 1832 - 510 pages
...representation, ' of the seven stars, which (says "the first and the last, that liveth, and was dead," &c,) thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden...candlesticks, which thou sawest, are the seven Churches.' In chap. ii, 1, the great Head of the Church represents Himself as holding the seven stars or angels... | |
 | Ethan Smith - Bible - 1833 - 422 pages
...the Spirit would unfold in courses of events exhibited in the figurative language of this book, Ver. 20. The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest...candlesticks which; thou sawest are the seven churches. Da An infallible interpretation is here given of the ancient golden candlestick in the temple, with... | |
 | 1833 - 360 pages
...which are, and which must be done hereafter. 20 The mystery of the seven stars,which thou sawestinmy right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The...of the seven churches. And the seven candlesticks are the seven churches. CHAP. II. Directions what to write to the anor bishops of Ephesus. °NTO the... | |
 | William M'Gavin - Protestantism - 1833 - 764 pages
...conversation language. Thus the Apostle John, Rev. i. 20, uses the substantive verb as the Hebrews did, — " The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches : and the seven candlesticks are the seven churches." Who would imagine from this that the very substance of seven stars, and seven... | |
 | Theology - 1834 - 452 pages
...themselves with the letter, and searched no further. ' In this sense, mystery is used in these words : " The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in...of the seven churches, and the seven candlesticks are the seven churches : " " Again in the same book : " I will tell thee the mystery of the woman,... | |
 | George Pearson - Bible - 1835 - 482 pages
...things which thou hast seen, and the things which 20 are, and the things which shall be hereafter ; the mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in...candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches." This last verse explains the meaning which is concealed under the figurative representation of the... | |
 | Christian life - 1835 - 428 pages
...The golden candlestick was a type of the church. For this the Lord himself is his own interpreter, Rev. i. 20. " The mystery of the seven stars which...of the seven churches, and the seven candlesticks are the seven churches." But wherein doth the golden candlestick represent the church ? I shall but... | |
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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 are the seven churches. 
