Daily Bread

Revelation 1:12 - "And I turned to see the voice, which spoke with me, and having turned I saw seven golden menorahs."

The Greek word 'luchnia' is first found in the Septuagint in Exodus 25:31; it translates the Hebrew word 'menorah'. God instructed Moses to make a seven-branched Menorah, which was to be placed in the Tabernacle (Exodus 25:31-37). The Tabernacle on earth was a figure and representation of the Heavenly one which John saw in this vision. A new dimension of meaning was given to the lamps, the churches are the light of the world as Jesus said "a city set upon a hill that cannot be hide" (Matthew 5:14-16). The prophet Zachariah saw a similar vision in Zachariah 4:2. The seven-branched Menorah is associated with the Spirit and with the eyes of Yahoah (4:6,10). They are now represented with the seven churches, which are God's means of communicating His will and revealing His Spirit and Light to the world. When John turned to see Jesus he first encountered His church, which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all things and His representative on the earth.

Blessings,

Pastor Mark Spitsbergen