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I know your deeds you have a reputation for being alive, yet you are dead.

Rev 3:1 - “To the angel of the church in Sardis write: These are the words of the One who holds the seven Spirits of God and the seven stars.

Rev 1:4 - John, To the seven churches in the province of Asia: Grace and peace to you from Him who is and was and is to come, and from the seven Spirits before His throne.

The phrase "Seven Spirits" occurs a number of times in the book of Revelations as follows: This symbol is a clear reference to the Menorah in the ancient Temple/sanctuary and Jesus' own comment that He (Jesus) was the light of the world, John 1:4, 8:12 Note that a lampstand always represents a church in some sense, either one of the seven churches or other church.

Rev 11:4 - These witnesses are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth.

But if you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place. Repent and perform the deeds you did at first.

Rev 2:5 - Therefore, keep in mind how far you have fallen.

Rev 2:1 - “To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: These are the words of Him who holds the seven stars in His right hand and walks among the seven golden lampstands.

Rev 1:20 - This is the mystery of the seven stars you saw in My right hand and of the seven golden lampstands: The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.

And having turned, I saw seven golden lampstands, and among the lampstands was One like the Son of Man,f dressed in a long robe, with a golden sash around His chest.

Rev 1:12, 13 - Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking with me.

λυχνία (luchna = "lamp-stand") and occurs seven times in: Note that in Rev 4:5, the torch is used to symbolize the Spirit and in Rev 8:10 it symbolizes a false spirit.Ģ.

Rev 8:10 - Then the third angel sounded his trumpet, and a great star burning like a torch fell from heaven and landed on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water.

Before the throne burned seven torches of fire. Rev 4:5 - From the throne came flashes of lightning, and rumblings, and peals of thunder.λαμπάς (lampas = "torch", "lamp", "lantern") only occurs twice in: The seven spirits are thus a way of referring to the Spirit of God, or what is usually called the Holy Spirit in the New Testament, but this unique terminology draws attention to the sevenfold manifestation of the Spirit that Isaiah (Septuagint version) foretold would be on the Messiah and thus also on the Messianic community that he established.įirst, let us be clear about the different words associated with fire in the book of Revelation.ġ. Hence we can be certain that John was familiar with Isaiah 11 in the Septuagint and thus with the seven spirits mentioned there. The Septuagint (most of which dates to the 3rd century B.C.) was the main Bible used by the early church outside the Holy Land - especially in Greek speaking regions like Patmos (where John saw the visions recorded in Revelation) and Asia (where the seven churches were to which the book was addressed). The spirit of the fear of God (7) will fill him." (Isaiah 11:2-3 New English Translation of the Septuagint)

The spirit of wisdom (1) and understanding (2), the spirit of counsel (3) and might (4), the spirit of knowledge (5) and godliness (6). "And the spirit of God shall rest on him, In the Greek Septuagint, however, there are seven spirits mentioned: "The spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him: a spirit of wisdom (1) and of understanding (2), A spirit of counsel (3) and of strength (4), a spirit of knowledge (5) and of fear of the Lord (6), and his delight shall be the fear of the Lord." (Isaiah 11:2-3 NABRE) In the Masoretic Text (Hebrew) from which most English Bible versions are translated, only six spirits are mentioned: While a lot of the imagery is drawn from Zechariah, as the other answer noted, the idea of seven spirits is probably drawn from Isaiah 11:2-3. I'd just like to add something onto the previous answer as I think you're onto something when you suggest that the seven spirits in Revelation represent specific gifts or virtues.