...knowing who hath 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 ; and have the keys of hell and of death!" If we possess a vital interest in this assurance, we shall be reconciled to every earthly...

...deep.—TMis line contains an obvious allusion to Rev. i. 18 : " I am he that liveth, and was dead; and behold, I am alive for evermore, and have the keys of hell end death." In our commonly received translation, the word hades, Is very improperly rendered hell,...

...bible, tells us not to fear, he always gives us a good reason why we should not. Fear not : for I am the first and the last, and the living one ; and I...the right hand of my righteousness. You are enabled, I hope, to resign yourself to his blessed will ?' ' Yes.' — f You like to hear of Jesus Christ and...

...to fear, he always gives us a good reason why we should not. Fear not: for I am the first and <tbe last, and the living one; and I was dead, and behold...the right hand of my righteousness. You are enabled, I hope, ,to resign yourself to his blessed will?' •' Yes.'—' You like to hear of Jesus Christ and...

...hand, it will now be stated as it appears in his Greek Testament. He makes it read thus — " I am the first and the last, and the living one : and I was dead ; and behold, I am alive forevermore, Amen ; and have the keys of hell and of death." Allowing this to be the most correct reading...

...according to His pleasure. He is absolute, everlasting Lord. " I am He that liveth, and was dead ; and, behold, I am alive for evermore ; and have the keys of Hades and of death." And, when the apostle saw Him, the tokens of majesty were full upon Him. His countenance...

...the earth" shall say, " Fear not ; I am the First and the Last : I am he that liveth and was dead, and behold I am alive for evermore ; and have the keys of hell and of death." ' Such, then, is the society to which the text introduces the true servant of God. Let us...

...of rendering— iyoi ««( 0 vgiwr0t xai 0 iff^'x.TOs *a/ 0 £«f, xetl tysvoftw nxgis xr X. " I am the first and the last, and the living one — and I was dead," &c. our translators, following the Stephanie divi. for ever." " By him were created all things that...

...Saviour said to him, " Pear not; I am the first and the last : I am he that liveth, and was dead ; and, behold, I am alive for evermore ; and have the keys of hell and of death." The sorrows of the bereaved are not spread before Jesus in vain. No being in the universe...

...him to hope and joy ? " Fear not — I am the first and the last. I am he that liveth and was dead, and behold I am alive for evermore, and have the keys of hell and of death." — God give you grace, my Christian brethren, to listen to that Voice. May his Spirit impart...