on to the pastors, who would then read them publicly to the respective churches. It is important to note that the pastors are pictured as being in the right hand of the sovereign Christ. Christ gives pastors to the churches, and he guides and guards them as they minister to those churches. Many a pastor would have found it impossible to go on had it not been for the conviction that he was in the right hand of the Lord. It is also significant that the Lord Jesus was in the midst of the seven golden
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