Revelation 2:1 “To the angel of the church of Ephesus write, ‘These things says He who holds the seven stars in His right hand, who walks in the midst of the seven golden lampstands” Like how there are seven lamps on top of the lampstand in the tabernacle in the book of Exodus, the Apostle John saw seven golden lampstands in a revelation from God on the island of Patmos. Like how the seven lamps lit up the inside of the Holy Place in the tabernacle in the Old Testament, in th

No matter how beautiful the lampstand was made, if you do not make the lamps and light them, the lampstand is pointless. Exodus 25:37 “You shall make seven lamps for it, and they shall arrange its lamps so that they give light in front of it.” The lampstand was made to light up the darkness in the Holy Place so the priests can see what is around them when they serve God. The lampstand is pointing to Jesus Christ, who is the Light. Jesus Christ plays the role of the Light, whi

God told them to make bowls shaped like beautiful almond blossoms on the lampstand. They were made just to hold the flowers in place through the ornamental knobs. In the same way, our spiritual life is also just Jesus Christ becoming our ornamental knob, so we can bear beautiful flowers in our spiritual life. The reason we can live by faith is through Jesus Christ. When we remember Jesus in our hearts and are led by the Lord, we walk by faith in the fullness of the Holy Spiri

1 Corinthians 1:30 “But of Him you are in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God – and righteousness and sanctification and redemption” Jesus came out from God and became our wisdom, righteousness, sanctification, and redemption. Therefore, through faith in Jesus Christ we enjoy wisdom, we put on the Lord’s righteousness, and we gain holiness that is from Jesus. Because of Jesus’ redemption, our righteousness does not break, and our wisdom and sanctification are pres