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== Jemaat ==
"Jemaat", atau sekarang ini dapat disebut "gereja" ({{lang-en|church}} sama untuk kedua istilah ini), dalam konteks ini merujuk kepada komunitas atau kongregasi lokal Kristen yang berdiam di tiap kota, bukan kepada gedung di mana mereka berkumpul untuk beribadah.<ref>{{cite book
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Yohanes melihat [[Son of Man]], who walks among seven lampstands and has seven stars in his right hand. {{bibleverse||Revelation|1:20|NKJV}} states that "The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches." The comparison of a teacher to a star is scriptural.<ref>Dan., xii, 3.</ref>
[[Augustine of Hippo]]'s reason for interpreting angels of the churches as the prelates of the church is that St. John speaks of them as falling from their first charity which is not true of the angels.<ref>Ep., xliii (al. clxii), n. 22.</ref><ref>''[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01486a.htm ''Angels of the Churches''], ''Catholic Encyclopedia''</ref> Others would say that the falling away relates to the churches, not to the messengers, as each of the seven letters conclude with the words "He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches."
In the New Testament, the Greek word for angels (''aggelos'') is not only used for heavenly angels, but also used for human messengers, such as John the Baptist ({{bibleverse||Matthew|11:10|KJV}},{{bibleverse||Mark|1:2|KJV}},{{bibleverse||Luke|7:27|KJV}}) and God's prophets ({{bibleverse||Revelation|22:8-9|KJV}}) <ref> [[Merrill Unger]], ''Unger's Bible Dictionary'', (Chicago: Moody Press, 1975) p52</ref> [[C.I. Scofield|Scofield]] has noted that ''The natural explanation of the "messengers" is that they were men sent by the seven churches to ascertain the state of the aged apostle ... but they figure any who bear God's messages to a church.''<ref>Scofield, W. I., ''The Scofield Study Bible'' (New York: Oxford University Press, 1996) p1331</ref>
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