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The Seven Stars

In the book of Revelation chapter 2 verse 1 it say the following,

I wonder if the seven stars are to represent the seven leaders of the seven dispensations or the angels mentioned in the rest of the book of revelation or if those two groups are the the same.

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Weren't they the seven churches that existed during the time John wrote the Book of Revelations?

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Well from what I understand the seven churches are represented by the seven candle sticks. Which leaves the significance of the stars unknown to me.

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Without getting to technical and getting into the Greek text here is some basic interpretations.
The seven stars are first explained to mean the "angles of the 7 churches. ( Rev. 1:16) Their position in the right hand of Christ shows favor with God and protection. The word in the Greek for angles is used to mean heavenly messengers or it can be used to mean human messengers (see Lk 7;24, 9:52). However there is no evidence in N.T. Texts that angles were ever associated with specific churches, so this idea that they were literal angles associated to the churches like a guardian angel may not fit.
So the meaning of the seven stars or angles may fit Luke's meaning that they were earthly messengers that sent the letters to the churches or even the bishops of the churches themselves.
Another accepted idea is that the stars represent the "spiritual nature of the churches" since the lamp stands represent the physical entity of the churches. Thus the imagery shows the physical and spiritual nature of the churches, which the letters to the church really focus upon.
These seven churches where the 7 main churches (equivalent to stake centers) along the major trade route of Asia Minor (modern Turkey) The number 7 meaning complete and whole is also symbolic meaning that this went to all churches, and that the message is complete. In reality the message would have been given to the 7 churches and then passed to the little churches that they served.

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Are those literal angels or maybe a symbol of the seven bishops. Wasn't Clement a bishop at that time?