And, when I saw Him, I fell at His feet as dead! And He laid His right hand on me, saying, "Fear not; I am the First and the Last,

"And to the angel of the assembly in Smyrna write these things," saith the First and the Last, Who became dead, and lived:

"I know your works, and your love, and faith, and ministry, and your patience; and your last works to be more than the first.

And I saw another sign in Heaven, great and marvelous, seven angels having seven plagues, the last, because in them was finished the wrath of God.

And there came one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls that were full of the seven last plagues, and spake with me, saying, "Come hither; I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb."

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