REVELATION ITS GRAND CLIMAX AT HAND!/Chapter Six - The Stars and the Lampstands

John has seen Jesus in the midst of seven golden lampstands with seven stars in his right hand. (Revelation 1:12, 13, 16) Now Jesus explains this: "As for the sacred secret of the seven stars that you saw upon my right hand, and of the seven golden lampstands: The seven stars mean the angels of the congregations, and the seven lampstands mean seven congregations." - REVELATION 1:20. 

The "stars" are "the angels of the seven congregations."  In Revelation, stars sometimes symbolize literal angels, but Jesus would hardly  use a human penman to wrote  to invisible spirit  creatures.  So the "stars" must be the human overseers, or elders, in the congregations viewed as Jesus' messengers.   The messages are addressed to the stars, for these are responsible for the oversight of Jehovah's flock. - ACTS 20:28. 

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