Revelation 1:10 "I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,"
Revelation 1:11 "Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest,
write in a book, and
send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea."
we might need to Look at the the term angel again, but don't hold me to this, but some food for thought.
what do the term "angel" here means?
G32 ἄγγελος aggelos (an'-ğe-los) n.
1. a messenger.
2. (especially) an “angel” of God.
3. (of evil, Satan) a demon.
4. (by implication) a person carrying forth a message from God, i.e. a servant (a disciple, pastor, elder, prophet, etc.).
5. (also, by implication) a thing or event carrying forth a message from God, i.e. a hardship (pestilence, wind, etc.), or an animal (donkey, locusts, etc.).
[from aggello “to bring tidings” (possibly derived from G71)]
KJV: angel, messenger
take notice of definition #5. "
a thing or event carrying forth a message from God". now the definition of "LETTER".
2. a written, typed, or printed communication,
especially one sent in an envelope by mail
or messenger.
so a LETTER can be identified as a "
messenger", a carrier of God's message, again read definition #5. as a thing ... carrying forth a message from God. and as a Noun, a letter qualify as a "THING".
so we could, not "can", but could, read those seven churches "LETTER" as such... first the verse, Revelation 2:1 "Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks;"
now by (implication) as a thing., Revelation 2:1 "Unto the (LETTER/ANGEL) of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks;"
also the term "Unto" is the archaic term for to. so the scripture could be written, "To the message/Letter of the church of Ephesus
write".... and John wrote these letter ..... each unto, or "to" each church, which "carried a message from God". and John did
send them to the seven churches.
but as I said, just food for thought. and these letters did "carry a message from God, to each church.
againg, don't hold me to this.... just food for thought.
PICJAG
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