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Originally Posted by Evangelical
Whatever a city is, in Revelation there are only 7 mentioned, and only one lampstand per city, so only 7 lampstands. If we want to argue that every gathering of two or three has its own lampstand, then we are forced to come to the nonsensical conclusion that a city can have only two or three people in it. If Jesus mentioned that there are 1000 lampstands that represent all the gatherings of two or three "churches" in the 7 cities then you might have a point, but, it doesn't. 7 cities, 7 churches - a gathering of two or three within each city, therefore, cannot be "a church", otherwise there would be more lampstands that cities mentioned.
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I once posted how ancient cities were defined by "walking distance."
This was roughly equivalent to a "Sabbath's Day Journey" in ancient Israel.
I doubt if any human has ever transversed the boundaries of NYC on foot.
I just love how LSMers love to play word games, going back to ancient language semantics when it suits their needs.