the last. “Thus saith Jehovah, King of Israel and his Redeemer Jehovah of hosts. I am the first and I am the last; and besides me, there is no God.” Is. 44 : 6. (See also Is. 41: 4: 48: 12:) and Jesus Christ applies the same language to Himself. Thus in the Rev: “I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last.” “I am the first and the last. I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore: Amen ; and have the keys of hell and of death.” 1: 11, 17, 18. This is the language used, in speaking of Himself, by One whom the Revelator saw “like unto the Son of Man in the midst of the golden candlesticks.” And in another verse of the same chapter it is written, “I am Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the Ending, saith the Lord, who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty” (See also Rev.2:8..21:6..22: 13.)
Now unless God and Christ be identically the same Divine Person, then there must be two firsts and two lasts, which is alike contrary to reason and Scripture.
Again: God is called the light, for He is the Light of life. From Him cometh all the light that illustrates the minds of men. He is therefore the Light of the world. Thus the Psalmist says, “Jehovah is my light and my salvation.” 27: 1. And the prophet Isaiah addressing the Church,
