That was only to one of the seven.
Side note, there are both seven churches and seven candles on a menorah for a reason.
Revelation 1:12-13 12 I turned to see the voice that spoke with me. Having turned, I saw seven golden menorot. 13 And among the menorot was one like a son of man, clothed with a robe reaching down to his feet, and with a golden sash around his chest.
The Hebrew language, structures, customs, and laws didn’t just go away between 4 Maccabees and Matthew. “Eh, let’s just use regular ‘lampstands’ now, instead of the menorahs that we used the last 2500 years.”
That was only to one of the seven.
Side note, there are both seven churches and seven candles on a menorah for a reason.
Revelation 1:12-13 12 I turned to see the voice that spoke with me. Having turned, I saw seven golden menorot. 13 And among the menorot was one like a son of man, clothed with a robe reaching down to his feet, and with a golden sash around his chest.
The Hebrew language, structures, customs, and laws didn’t just go away between 4 Maccabees and Matthew. “Eh, let’s just use regular ‘lampstands’ now, instead it’d the menorahs that we used the last 2500 years.”
That was only to one of the seven.
Side note, there are both seven churches and seven candles on a menorah for a reason.
Revelation 1:12-13 12 I turned to see the voice that spoke with me. Having turned, I saw seven golden menorot. 13 And among the menorot was one like a son of man, clothed with a robe reaching down to his feet, and with a golden sash around his chest.