There are: Seven Churches, but Eight Spiritual Eras, referenced within the scriptures.

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Yahshua amidst The Lampstands.

In the first three chapters of The Book Of Revelation, we find the symbolism of: Seven Churches, Seven Lamp Stands, Seven Stars, and Seven Angels. With Seven, being: " The Number Of Completion. " But, what do these symbols honestly mean? And precisely, who is Yahshua truthfully speaking to? Religious Scholars, Biblical Theologians, and Spiritually-Minded Laymen have often: pondered, written about, and speculated upon, these very symbols for countless generations.

Incredibly, each successive generation has drawn: more profound and [even] greater meaning from These First Three Chapters of Revelation! How is such Expanded Meaning and Increased Understanding even possible? It is now becoming quite obvious, to many of us, that: " All Of The Scriptures [ See: 2 Timothy 3:16-17, Proverbs 30:5-6, and Mathew 4:4 ] " were very precisely written - to convey Multiple Levels of Meaning, and to promote Deeper Spiritual Understanding.