The Living One is Jesus,
who died and is alive forevermore.
I am the first and the last,
and the living one.
I died, and behold I am alive forevermore,
and I have the keys of Death and Hades.
Fear not.
John falls at His feet as though dead. Jesus lays His right hand on him and says, 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 of Death and Hades. The Living One is not a title beside the resurrection. It is the risen Christ speaking. Death did not keep Him. He holds death’s keys.
- The church in Smyrna hears the same life. The first and the last died and came to life. Be faithful unto death.
- The gates of Hades do not prevail against the church He builds. The Living One is why.
- He is alive forevermore. The keys are not borrowed. They are His.
Fear not. The one who was dead is the Living One. He has the keys.
I am the living one.
I died, and behold I am alive forevermore.
I have the keys of Death and Hades.
Fear not.
- Living One is Jesus’ name for Himself in Revelation 1:18.
- It follows death. I died, and behold I am alive forevermore.
- The keys of Death and Hades are in the same sentence.
- The hand on John is the hand of the Living One. Fear not.
- Smyrna’s letter is from the one who died and came to life.
- The gates of Hades cannot prevail against what this Living One builds.
- The Name – I am the living one.
- The Death – I died.
- The Life – Alive forevermore.
- The Keys – Death and Hades.
- The Hand – Laid on John. Fear not.
- The Church – Built, and the gates do not prevail.
- Revelation 1:17-18 – “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 of Death and Hades.”
- Revelation 2:8 – “The words of the first and the last, who died and came to life.”
- Matthew 16:18 – “On this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it.”
- Romans 6:9 – “We know that Christ, being raised from the dead, will never die again; death no longer has dominion over him.”
I am the first and the last, and the living one.
I died, and behold I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of Death and Hades.
Death no longer has dominion over him.
Fear not. The Living One died and lives. He holds the keys. The gates of Hades do not prevail against the church He builds.
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