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For centuries the book of Revelation has been both an inspiration and a mystery to the Christian church. In hours of darkness it has given courage to its readers; but in periods of ease and prosperity it has become the subject of a bewildering assortment of approaches and interpretations. Merrill C. Tenney has built his study on the thesis that Revelation had a definite message for those to whom...

represents one of the churches. They are alike in the nature of their testimony, but each one carries its message independently to its own locality. The lampstands emphasize symbolically the church’s function of witnessing which the Lord is inspecting as He walks among them. The stars in His right hand are the “angels” of the seven churches. Evidently they are the responsible representatives who are intrusted with the communication of the message which the Lord transmitted through John. No clear
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