Christ there in the midst of seven golden candlesticks. These “candlestands” probably called to John’s mind the Menorah, the lampstands in the tabernacle, each of which had one main and six side branches (Exodus 25:31). The lampstands seen by John, however, had seven equal branches. . And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle. The one who spoke was “in the midst” of