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Read: Revelation 2:8; Mark 16:1-8 The words of the first and the last, who died and came to life. (Rev. 2:8) We have already heard God call himself the Alpha and Omega, the first and last (Rev. 1:8). Now Jesus does the same. His second letter, addressed to the church of Smyrna, is introduced as, “The words of the first and the last, who died and came to life.” The book of Revelation just can’t make this point often enough. All that God is, Jesus is. It hinges on the truth that Jesus died and came back to life. That’s a historical fact. It happened. Jesus really died; now he’s really alive. Jesus didn’t just rise; he is risen. That’s the good news the angel proclaimed on Easter morning: “He is not here: for he is risen.”