In speaking to the church in Smyrna, the Lord said of Himself that He is the First and the Last, who became dead and lived again; as the resurrected Christ, He is living in us and among us, and we as the church are living as He is, full of life and overcoming any death. […]
our Christ is the living One and He has the keys of death and of Hades!
The Lord Jesus is the Living One – He became dead, but now He is living! He actually lives forever and ever, and He holds the keys of death and of Hades (see Rev. 1:18). Death could not hold Him – He was vomited out by death, and Hades could not retain Him! After accomplishing […]

