Revelation 2:1
"To the angel of the church in Ephesus write:"He who holds the seven stars in his right hand, he who walks among the seven golden lampstands says these things:
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Ezekiel 46:10The prince, when they go in, shall go in with of them; and when they go out, he shall go out.
Matthew 28:20teaching them to observe all things that I commanded you. Behold, I am with you always, even to the end of the age."
Revelation 1:11saying, "What you see, write in a scroll and send to the seven churches: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and to Laodicea."
Revelation 1:20the 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. The seven lampstands are seven churches.
Revelation 2:12"To the angel of the church in Pergamum write:"He who has the sharp two-edged sword says these things:
Revelation 3:1"And to the angel of the church in Sardis write:"He who has the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars says these things:"I know your works, that you have a reputation of being alive, but you are dead.
Matthew Henry on Revelation 2:1
The apostle John, having in the foregoing chapter written the things which he had seen, now proceeds to write the things that are, according to the command of God ( ch. i. 19 ), that is, the present state of the seven churches of Asia, with which he had a particular acquaintance, and for which he had a tender concern. He was directed to write to every one of them according to their present state and circumstances, and to inscribe every letter to the angel of that church, to the minister or rather ministry of that… Read the whole commentary →