The LORD's spirit lifted me up and took me into the inner courtyard, where I saw that the Temple was filled with the glory of the LORD.

The man stood beside me there, and I heard the LORD speak to me out of the Temple:

It is wise to fear the LORD. He calls to the city, "Listen, you people who assemble in the city!

and among them there was what looked like a human being, wearing a robe that reached to his feet, and a gold band around his chest.

Here is the secret meaning of the seven stars that you see in my right hand, and of the seven gold lampstands: the seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.

"To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: "This is the message from the one who holds the seven stars in his right hand and who walks among the seven gold lampstands.

Make seven lamps for the lampstand and set them up so that they shine toward the front.

"What do you see?" he asked. "A lampstand made of gold," I answered. "At the top is a bowl for the oil. On the lampstand are seven lamps, each one with places for seven wicks.