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Star of Bethlehem - Close Up, Sir Edward Burne-Jones

Some translations render the word “angels” here as “messengers.”

Revelation 1:20
As to the hidden meaning (the mystery) of the seven stars which you saw on My right hand and the
seven lampstands of gold: the seven stars are the seven angels (messengers) of the seven assemblies
(churches) and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.
[Amplified Bible]

Revelation 1:20
The seven stars are the messengers of the seven assemblies, and the seven lampstands are the seven
assemblies.
[The New Testament: An Expanded Translation by Kenneth S. Wuest]

Revelation 1:20
The secret of the seven stars that thou hast seen upon my right hand, and the seven golden
lamp-stands: the seven stars are messengers of the seven assemblies, and the seven lamp-stands that
thou hast seen are seven assemblies.
[Young’s Literal Translation]

It is demonstrably proven by the Scriptures that stars are intended to be viewed as divine messengers.
The utilization of stars and other heavenly bodies as divine messengers is established from the very
first chapter of the Bible.

Genesis 1:14-18
Then God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night,
and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years; and let them be for lights in the
expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth”; and it was so. And God made the two great lights,
the greater light to govern the day, and the lesser light to govern the night; He made the stars also.
And God placed them in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth, and to govern the day
and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness; and God saw that it was good.

There is a mystery contained in these words whose depths need to be plumbed. Many Bible teachers