The Lord's Day

Revelation 1:10-13 - I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet saying, “Write what you see in a book and send it to the seven churches, to Ephesus and to Smyrna and to Pergamum and to Thyatira and to Sardis and to Philadelphia and to Laodicea.” Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking to me, and on turning I saw seven golden lampstands, and in the midst of the lampstands one like a son of man, clothed with a long robe and with a golden sash around his chest.

1 Corinthians 16:2 - On the first day of every week, each of you is to put something aside and store it up, as he may prosper, so that there will be no collecting when I come.

Revelation 3:14 - “And to the angel of the church in Laodicea write: ‘The words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of God's creation.

Exodus 25:40 - And see that you make them after the pattern for them, which is being shown you on the mountain.

Zechariah 4:2 - And he said to me, “What do you see?” I said, “I see, and behold, a lampstand all of gold, with a bowl on the top of it, and seven lamps on it, with seven lips on each of the lamps that are on the top of it.

Application:

·         Every Sunday each person was to bring what he had set aside for the Lord’s work—an amount proportionate to his income. Since it was to be brought on Sunday, the new day for worship, probably it was collected at the worship service, not at home.
·         Laodicea is near modern Denizli. The wealthiest city in Phrygia during Romans times, it was widely known for its banking establishments, medical school and textile industry. Its major weakness was lack of an adequate water supply.
·         The lampstands were to be mode according to the pattern shown Moses on the mountain. If these lampstands are representative of the church, then the best way to be a light to the world is by operating as God has shown us.
The bowl represents an abundant supply of oil, symbolizing the fullness of God’s power through His Spirit, and the seven…seven represents the abundant light shining from the lamps, which is representative of His church.

All Scripture verses taken from ESV