The “now” part, of course, corresponds to his own time at the end of the first century C.E. The “afterwards” part corresponds to a time future to that of Yochanan’s. Yeshua now will start unveiling the meaning of his cryptic apparition. He says: Here is the secret meaning of the seven stars you saw in my right hand, and of the seven gold menorahs: the seven stars are the angels of the seven Messianic communities, and the seven menorahs are the seven Messianic communities.41 Now