Prologue Greetings and Doxology One Like a Son of Man ...

http://www.BibleStudyWorkshop.com12with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with agolden girdle. His head and his hairs were white like wool, as whiteas snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire; And his feet like untofine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the soundof many waters. And he had in his right hand seven stars: and outof his mouth went a sharp two-edged sword: and his countenancewas as the sun shineth in his strength.I. What John saw.A. Seven Gold Lampstands1. Revelations 1:12, And I turned to see the voice that spake withme. And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks;2. The Seven Gold Lampstands represent the seven churchesaddressed in Revelation chapters 2 & 3.3. The church represents God’s light to the world.4. As Roper said “…the church is not the lamp, it is thelampstand. The lamp (light) is Jesus.” (p.94)5. Ephesians 3:9-11, And to make all men see what is thefellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of theworld hath been hid in God, who created all things by JesusChrist: To the intent that now unto the principalities andpowers in heavenly places might be known by the churchthe manifold wisdom of God, According to the eternalpurpose which he purposes in Christ Jesus our Lord:6. “Light is often used in the Scriptures as an emblem of truereligion.”7. Christians are represented as “the light of the world.”Landmark Publications, Inc., 1045 Maynard Street, Nashville, TN 37216, U.S.A., John C. Sewell, Ph.D., Editor