When I saw him, I fell at his feet as one dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying. "Fear not; I am the first and the last, and the Living One.

And unto the angel of the Church in Smyrna, write. These are the words of the First and the Last, he who died and has returned to life.

I know your works and your love and faith and service and endurance; I know that your last works are more than the first.

And I beheld another sign in heaven, great and marvelous, seven angels with the seven last plagues; because with them the wrath of God is finished.

And there came to me one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls filled with the last plagues, and he spoke to me, saying. "Come hither! I will show you the bride, the Lamb's wife."

I am the Alpha and the Omega, The First and the Last, The Beginning and the End.