...he saw him he fell at his feet as dead, till Christ laid his hand on him and said, " Fear not ; I am the first and the last ; I am he that liveth, and was dead ; and, behold, I am alive for evermore." Rev. 1 : 17, 18. When he appeared to Saul in the way...

...comforting sympathy upon him. (Ah, He is "the same, yesterday, to-day, and for ever.") " Fear not ; I am the first and the last : I am he that liveth, and was dead, and behold I am alive for evermore, Amen ; and bavo the keys of hell and of death." John receives...

...with delight, but never so much as now. Christ himself proposes this as an argument of joy: " I am the first and the last; I am he that liveth and was dead; and, behold, lam alive-for evermore ! Amen." Consider we now the causes of their joy. 1. Hereby...

...the solemn language of our Lord himself, speaking to St. John in the Revelation : (i. 17, 18.) " I am the first and the last : I am he that liveth and was dead ; and behold I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and death." He is thus described...

...peculiar title of the supreme Jehovah. This is frequently ascrihed to him in the Revelations. " I am the first and the last ; I am " he that liveth and was dead, and hehold I am alive forevermorc. " These things saith the first and the last, who was dead...

...expressly declaring' the dependence and inferiority of Christ Jesus. Rev. i. 17, 18. Fear not: I am the first, and the last ; I am he that liveth and was DEAD, and behold I am alive for evermore. Rev. iii. 12. Him that overcometh (saith Christ) will I make...

...him, I fell at his feet as dead, and he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, fear not, I am the First and the Last. I am he that liveth, and was dead, and behold I am alive for evermore. Amen, and have the keys of hell and of death. Here you that...

...Christ, appearing in vision to John, expressly and repeatedly claimed to himself.' " Fear not, I am the First and " the Last : I am he that liveth and was dead, and " am alive for evermore." How can any reasonable man suppose, that Jesus, had he been no...

...him who is the resurrection and the life, and his voice comforts them : " Fear not," says he ; "I am the first and the last ! I am he that liveth and was dead, and hehold I am alive for evermore, Amen ! and have the keys of hell and of death ! Be thou faithful...

...implied in the text. And what is here affirmed of Christ, agrees with what he said of himself, " I am the First and the Last. I am he that liveth and was dead ; and, behold, I live forevermore.'* You suppose the text imports absolute immutability. But,...