Doves,
As we know, in Revelation chapters 2 and 3, there are 7
letters (to 7 angels of the 7 churches that represent the
whole church (ekklésia).
I always found it strange that the 6th, Philadelphia
(meaning brotherly love) is the one with the "open door" and
the 7th is so bad that Jesus has to vomit her out of his
mouth! In all the rest of the bible, the number 6 is bad
(represents the fallen human nature) and number 7 is
good (godly), but definitely not in Revelation chapter 3.
But there is something nice about it:
From all 7 churches,
only the 2nd
(Smyrna) and the 6th
(Philadelphia) get no rebuke from Jesus.
Another hidden Strong's 726 ἁρπάζω,
harpazó! :-)
And another thing I want to show you:
As we know, the 7 churches in Revelation are represented
through the menorah. So let's look at the menorah.
From left to right:
1 is connected with 7
2 is connected with 6 (again our 7-2-6)
3 is connected with 5
4 in the middle on its own.
So if we just number the connections from left to right,
we get:
1 2 3 4 3 2 1
Now do the following: put both your hands down in front
of you, flat on a table, in a way where your thumbs are
crossing. Imagine that each finger (except the thumbs)
represents a "1", and the crossing thumbs form a "x" between
your hands. You get:
1111 x 1111
And guess what? 1111 x 1111 = 1234321 :-)
See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands;
your walls are ever before me.
Maranatha! YbiC, Josua