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Key to understand the chapter 4 is in the verse: "I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me."(Gal.2:20). Not I but Christ is what the central stem of the candlestick signifies. On the other hand the inaugural vision of St John had risen Christ in the midst of seven candlesticks, ("And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man-Re.1:14) and it was the risen Christ in relation to the body of Christ in the making. There were seven churches representing the entire body. The apostate church shall be removed from its place. It is as simple as that.
Iconography employed by the Spirit in the vision of John and of Zechariah is similar but their significance for the reason mentioned above is vastly different. While the risen Christ was shown in the midst of Seven Golden Candlesticks (Re.1:12-13) its intended message was for the church per se. Whereas the vision of Zechariah was to instruct believer of the eternal Will of God in terms of his heart which is what the central stem of the Lampstand.
Heart of man serves as a sanctuary. It was solid gold, the royal highway in one sense taking the heart to the throne of heaven where seven lamps represent God a Spirit.(Re.4:5b) "And behold a candlestick all of gold, with a bowl upon the top of it, and his seven lamps thereon, and seven pipes to the seven lamps, which are upon the top thereof:" (Ze.4:2) The Bowl upon the top of it and the manner it fed are the ways of God feeding separately each agency, whether it is the Spirit of Christ or the spirit of counsel, 'Of his fullness have all we received, and grace for grace'( John 1:16). Interesting additions are the two witnesses in the olive trees on either side. The Spirit lays emphasis in the rhetorical question which he himself answers (vv.12-14)
The Golden Candlestick-2 (1 of 2)
Key to understand the chapter 4 is in the verse: "I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me."(Gal.2:20). Not I but Christ is what the central stem of the candlestick signifies. On the other hand the inaugural vision of St John had risen Christ in the midst of seven candlesticks, ("And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man-Re.1:14) and it was the risen Christ in relation to the body of Christ in the making. There were seven churches representing the entire body. The apostate church shall be removed from its place. It is as simple as that.
Iconography employed by the Spirit in the vision of John and of Zechariah is similar but their significance for the reason mentioned above is vastly different. While the risen Christ was shown in the midst of Seven Golden Candlesticks (Re.1:12-13) its intended message was for the church per se. Whereas the vision of Zechariah was to instruct believer of the eternal Will of God in terms of his heart which is what the central stem of the Lampstand.
Heart of man serves as a sanctuary. It was solid gold, the royal highway in one sense taking the heart to the throne of heaven where seven lamps represent God a Spirit.(Re.4:5b) "And behold a candlestick all of gold, with a bowl upon the top of it, and his seven lamps thereon, and seven pipes to the seven lamps, which are upon the top thereof:" (Ze.4:2) The Bowl upon the top of it and the manner it fed are the ways of God feeding separately each agency, whether it is the Spirit of Christ or the spirit of counsel, 'Of his fullness have all we received, and grace for grace'( John 1:16). Interesting additions are the two witnesses in the olive trees on either side. The Spirit lays emphasis in the rhetorical question which he himself answers (vv.12-14)
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