When I saw Him, I fell at His feet like a dead man. But He placed His right hand on me and said, “Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last,When I saw him, I fell at his feet like a dead man. He laid his right hand on me, saying, “Don’t be afraid. I am the first and the last,And when I saw 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:And 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,
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… And his face was like the sun shining in full strength. And when I saw him, I felt his feet as though I were dead. But then he laid his right hand on me saying, fear not. I am the first and the last. I'm the living one. I died and behold, I'm alive now forevermore. And I have the keys now of death and Hades. Right therefore, John, the things that you have seen, these that are and those that are to take place after this, as for the mystery of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand and the seven golden lampstands, Well, the seven stars are the angels of the seven churches. And the seven lampstands are the seven churches themselves. And all God's people said, amen, amen. You may be seated. You may be seated. Keep your Bibles open, if you will, and jump back to verse one. Verse one, the revelation of Jesus Christ. The revelation in Greek means literally the unveiling. …
… If you've got your Bible in your hand or device near you, if you join in with me in Revelation chapter one, verse 17 and 18, And it is my sincere prayer that you don't have any difficulty finding the book of Revelation. In Revelation chapter 1, reading out of the New International Version of God's Word, the Apostle John says, When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. Then he placed his right hand on me and said, Do not be afraid. I am the first and the last. I am the living one. I was dead and now look, I am alive forever and ever. And I hold the keys of death and Hades. Do not fear. I am the first and the last. I am the living one. I was dead and now I am alive forever and evermore. and I have the keys of death and Hades in my hand. On this Easter Sunday morning, I want to encourage you that Christ is alive forevermore. …
… From his mouth came a sharp two-edged sword, and his face was like the sun shining in full strength. When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. But he laid his right hand on me, saying, Fear not, I am the first and the last, and the living one. I died and behold I am alive forevermore and I have the keys to death and hate. Write therefore the things that you have seen those that are and those that are to take place after this. As for the mystery of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand and the seven golden lampstands the seven stars are the angels of the seven churches and the seven lampstands are of the seven churches. To the church in Ephesus. To the angel of the church in Ephesus write, the words of him who holds the seven stars in his right hand, who walks among the seven golden lampstands. I know your works, your toil and your patient endurance, how you cannot bear with those who are evil, but have tested those who call themselves apostles and are not and found them to be false. …
… And not only that, how can anybody stand before this Jesus? And of course, we're told they can't because it says, when I saw him, verse 17, I fell at his feet as though dead. But you know what the operative word is, as though. He didn't fall dead. He just felt he was dying, but he fell as if dead. And that is so significant. All of the descriptions of Jesus Christ in this wonderful vision, if we went through them, almost phrase by phrase, you could pick every single one of them out of the Old Testament. As I said before, Revelation is more rooted in the Old Testament than any other New Testament book. But every single one of the descriptors of Jesus Christ is taken from some description of a vision of God himself in the Old Testament. There's actually no place in the Bible making a stronger claim of the absolute supreme deity of Jesus Christ and then these verses. In other words, you go to Daniel 7, you go to Ezekiel 43, you go to Isaiah 11, you see all these descriptions of the Lord God and here they are describing Jesus. …