Yes, that is true, but is anyone actually trying to argue that they are literal lampstands?
If I’m arguing with you that the churches are not lampstands, but they are all support for lights to the world, and you say, “but it says right in revelation that they are lampstands”, I don’t consider your position solid, especially if that is your key scripture to support your position.
And if you do it in other places in Revelation, same thing.
Think of it this way: “X is Y”, where X is the lampstands and Y is the churches. We know that Y is not literally X. Any other scripture in revelation that uses that phrase should not be used to “prove” that its Y is X.
“Think of it this way: “X is Y”, where X is the lampstands and Y is the churches. We know that Y is not literally X. Any other scripture in revelation that uses that phrase should not be used to “prove” that its Y is X.”
Ok, I think I see what you mean here, but I guess I still haven’t seen many people making that kind of argument.