And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks (Revelation 1:12)), and one like unto the Son of Man in the midst of them. When John turned to see the voice that spoke, he saw a remarkable sight-”Seven golden candlesticks” ( Rev. 1:12 12And I turned to see the voice that spake with me. Do we thus own Jesus the eternal God? He commands him to write what he sees, and send it to the seven churches of Asia. It is the Lord announcing Himself as “the first and last” ( Rev. 1:11 11Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea. Hearken! John first hears a voice, and that not a whisper, but a great voice as of a trumpet. What themes for holy contemplation! Long might we linger and often may we, with adoring worship, thus contemplate this revelation of Jesus Christ. (Revelation 1:7)): “the Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending” ( Rev. 1:8 8I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.
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Behold, he cometh with clouds” ( Rev. 1:7 7Behold, he cometh with clouds and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. As the risen Son of God He takes His place, and title, “the first begotten from among the dead. What wondrous titles! “Faithful witness”: witness of God for us, yet witness of the wrath of God against all sin, witness of God justifying us in perfect righteousness. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood, (Revelation 1:5)).
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“Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth” ( Rev. 1:5 5And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth.