Symbolic representations of the seven churches in Asia Minor, which are addressed in the subsequent chapters of Revelation.3. VoiceThe voice that John hears is later revealed to be that of Jesus Christ, who is delivering a message to the churches. Teaching PointsSymbolism of LightThe lampstands...
The task at hand is simply to make the reader aware that numbers are used as symbolic representations of Spiritual Truths, and this symbolic use regularly appears in prophecy. I believe this is because the use of symbolic numbers was so important and so well understood by the ancient Hebrew ...