The same powerful right hand that held the seven stars of the seven churches is laid so gently upon John as he falls as dead at the feet of the glorious Son of Man; and the same mighty voice that sounded like many waters, said in tenderness to the heart of the troubled Seer. "Fear not; I am the first and the last." Yes! it is the same Jesus, who was once here as the Man of sorrows; who is now in the place of supreme authority, from whence He searches, tests, and judges all in divine holiness and righteousness; but Who still manifests in perfect love His tender care and watchfulness over His own.
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