Psalms 90:2
90:2 Even before the mountains came into existence,
or you brought the world into being,
you were the eternal God.
Psalms 102:25-27
102:25 In earlier times you established the earth;
the skies are your handiwork.
102:26 They will perish,
but you will endure.
They will wear out like a garment;
like clothes you will remove them and they will disappear.
102:27 But you remain;
your years do not come to an end.
Proverbs 8:22
8:22 The Lord created me as the beginning of his works,
before his deeds of long ago.
John 1:1-3
The Prologue to the Gospel
1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was fully God.
1:2 The Word was with God in the beginning.
1:3 All things were created by him, and apart from him not one thing was created that has been created.
Colossians 1:17
1:17 He himself is before all things and all things are held together in him.
Hebrews 13:8
13:8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever!
Hebrews 13:1
Final Exhortations
13:1 Brotherly love must continue.
Hebrews 1:1
Introduction: God Has Spoken Fully and Finally in His Son
1:1 After God spoke long ago in various portions and in various ways to our ancestors through the prophets,
Revelation 1:11-18
1:11 saying: “Write in a book what you see and send it to the seven churches – to Ephesus,
Smyrna,
Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.”
1:12 I turned to see whose voice was speaking to me, and when I did so, I saw seven golden lampstands,
1:13 and in the midst of the lampstands was one like a son of man. He was dressed in a robe extending down to his feet and he wore a wide golden belt around his chest.
1:14 His head and hair were as white as wool, even as white as snow, and his eyes were like a fiery flame.
1:15 His feet were like polished bronze refined in a furnace, and his voice was like the roar of many waters.
1:16 He held seven stars in his right hand, and a sharp double-edged sword extended out of his mouth. His face shone like the sun shining at full strength.
1:17 When I saw him I fell down at his feet as though I were dead, but he placed his right hand on me and said: “Do not be afraid! I am the first and the last,
1:18 and the one who lives! I was dead, but look, now I am alive – forever and ever – and I hold the keys of death and of Hades!
Revelation 2:8
To the Church in Smyrna
2:8 “To the angel of the church in Smyrna write the following:
“This is the solemn pronouncement of the one who is the first and the last, the one who was dead, but came to life:
Revelation 21:6
21:6 He also said to me, “It is done!
I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To the one who is thirsty I will give water
free of charge
from the spring of the water of life.