<TITLE>21. Par 151-156</TITLE>L-151 Now.
And I turned to see the voice that spake unto me. And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks;
"Seven golden candlesticks." Now, it's the... The King James version, which you probably have, either a Scofield or--or maybe a Thompson Chain, or some of them, it isn't correct there. It does not say candlesticks; it says lampholders; lampstands, I believe, is the right, correct word said in the original translation. See, in other words, these seven golden candlesticks were seven churches. He says a little later on, in the--in the 20th verse here, "The seven candlesticks that you saw are seven churches." So, you see, if it was a candle, it would soon be consumed and burn out just in a little bit. But it isn't candles; it is a--a lampstand. It gives it as a lampstand. "Being turned I saw One like the Son of man standing in the midst of--the middle of seven lampstands."

L-153 Now, now, look. The candle would soon burn up; it would go out; there would be no more to it; in a few hours it would be burnt down. But a lampstand, a lampstand's like this...
Here, let's--let's get a Scripture here; let's get Zechariah 4:1, then we can maybe get from Zechariah there what we want. Zechariah 4:1, and I believe then maybe in this we'll be able to--to pull together that what we're wanting. I can't find Zechariah in Zephaniah, can I? All right. All right. My old Bible's about wore out. Zechariah 4:1, listen close now; you get a beautiful picture here.
And the Angel...
The prophet, now, just five hundred and nineteen years before Christ...
And the Angel that talked with me came again, and wakened me, as a man that is wakened out of a sleep,... (Now, the prophet's in a vision.)
And he said unto me, What seest thou? And I said, I have looked, and behold a candlestick... (Now, that's the same word that's translated lampstand.)... all of gold, with a bowl up on top of it,... (That was a lamp.)... and his seven lamps thereon, and seven pipes to the seven lamps, which are upon the top thereof: (See, the same church ages coming up... See?)
And two olive trees by it,... (Now, what kind of a--a--a... What did they burn in those lamps in the Bible times? Does anyone know? Oil. What kind of oil? Olive oil.)... two olive trees... (What is it? The New and Old Testament; two standing by It)... one on the right side of the bowl, and the other upon the left side thereof...
And I answered and spake to the Angel that talked with me, saying, What are these, my lord?
And the Angel that talked with me answered and said unto me, Knowest thou not what these--these be? And I said, No, my lord.
And he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel, saying, Not by power, not by might, but by my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts... (He will restore Jerusalem.)

L-156 Now, what is a candlestick? It is a lampstand. And notice how beautiful here, when he turned, he saw this One like the Son of man here standing in the midst of the seven golden lampstands, which means seven church ages to come. And each pipe, or--or lampstand, hooked into the main big oil censer... And in this oil come forth up to a little odd-shaped lamp that set with a wick in it, and the wick hung down into the oil. And as long... They poured oil into the top of the stand, which filled up the main big stem, and the big branch as it run out into the stems, like this. And the lamp with the wick hanging down, this--this pipe into the--kept burning day and night. You never had to light it; it never went out; they just kept pouring oil in the main pipe. And these lampstands would come out like this, had the lamps setting on top of them. The wick from the lamp run down into here, got it's life out of here. Oh, what different it is from a candle. How different. It's a lampstand, and it's pulling oil.


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