"The Seven Assemblies: Introduction" | June 13, 2024 

Hi brother Tim and brother Grant, Very gladly I appreciate your new series on revelation. You probably prepared this diligently as allways. As i have read this book over and over again I'd like to share two basic thoughts for the start: John more than any other author in the NT alludes to and quotes the OT, usually without quotingreferences. So understanding all these "pictures/descriptions" does not work without the underlying concept and theology of the OT. Usually people get stuck with the "symbols" themselves, loosing the then known context. Secondly: something I stumbled on lately: WHERE does Jesus stand in this first illustration? Among the menorah! Where is the menorah? In the holy place of the heavenly temple (which is shown throughout revelation)! What does that mean for the start of revelation? What is Jesus doing there? And by the way, THE seven angels appear all throughout revelation. Are they the ones described here? The one from the churches, carrying out God's purposes on earth? Questions after questions to which i have no answers yet. I wish both of you a happy Sabbath ❤