The 'stars' (verse 20) are not,
as some have supposed,
the flame of the lamp.
They are quite different,
as we shall see. Of the New Jerusalem,
the Lamb is the light;
but in His absence from
this world just now, the Holy Spirit,
in His sevenfold fullness,
and with His sevenfold gifts and
sevenfold illumination, gives light,
by lighting up the churches.
They owe all their light to Him.
As He came down at Pentecost
under the emblem of fire (Acts 2: 3) ,
so does He abide upon the Churches still.
In the upper chamber this fire
'sat upon each' of the disciples,
and so it sits still. It is the Pentecostal fire
that kindles these seven lamps,
and maintains their heavenly brightness;
for that brightness is not human nor angelic—it is divine.
It is light communicated
By the Holy Spirit—a spark or flame
from the Shekinah glory;
the light of the knowledge of the glory of God
in the face of Jesus Christ.
Let us look at this more in detail
15. January 2008
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