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Fear not, for God will be unto us a helper, a mariner, and a pilot. May God do unto us his servants and his little vessel as he willeth.
- Saint Brendan
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In one sense, the seven stars may be understood as a symbol of night. This is a metaphorical night, which may be understood in a number of ways. In once sense it could indicate death. As the rising sun ends night, so resurrection brings an end to death. In another sense, night could indicate the darkness of ignorance. This is conquered by the shining of the light of reason, knowledge, or revelation, symbolized by the candle flame or beams of light from the all-seeing eye.
In the Bible, the book of Revelation opens with an apocalyptic vision of Christ who, in his right hand, holds seven stars. In Revelation 1:20, Christ says, "This is the secret meaning of the seven stars you saw in my right hand…the seven stars are the angels of the seven churches…" The seven churches are the early Christian communities of the Roman Province of Asia Minor (in modern Turkey), consisting of the churches of Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea. The seven stars represent those churches' angels. This is a reference to the Hebrew belief that angels have charge of the physical world, of nations, of communities, and of individuals. The seven stars therefore allude to God's employment of spiritual intermediaries in the governance of the universe, including the revelation and execution of God's will.
In the Bible, the book of Revelation opens with an apocalyptic vision of Christ who, in his right hand, holds seven stars. In Revelation 1:20, Christ says, "This is the secret meaning of the seven stars you saw in my right hand…the seven stars are the angels of the seven churches…" The seven churches are the early Christian communities of the Roman Province of Asia Minor (in modern Turkey), consisting of the churches of Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea. The seven stars represent those churches' angels. This is a reference to the Hebrew belief that angels have charge of the physical world, of nations, of communities, and of individuals. The seven stars therefore allude to God's employment of spiritual intermediaries in the governance of the universe, including the revelation and execution of God's will.
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