And he made from one man every nation of men to live on all the face of the earth, having determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their habitation,

I the lord

saying, "Write in a book what you see, and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus and to Smyrna and to Pergamum and to Thyatira and to Sardis and to Philadelphia and to Laodicea."

"And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write: 'These are the words of the First and the Last, who died, and came to life:

I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end."

With the

"Behold, the virgin shall be with child and bear a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel," which means, "God with us."

teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you; and behold, I am with you always, even to the end of the age."

General references

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.

I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end."