“And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write: ‘The words of the first and the last, who died and came to life.
Christ is the First and the Last, before all things were made and Judge of all at the end. He died for our sins and rose for our justification; by His death He purchased salvation, by His life He applies it to us. An unchangeable Mediator, yesterday, today, and forever.
AI summary
Commenting on Revelation 2:8-11
And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write,.... Of the city of Smyrna; see Gill on Rev 1:11. That there was a church of Christ here is not to be doubted, though by whom it was founded is not certain; very likely by the Apostle Paul, who was in those parts, and by whose means all Asia heard the Gospel of Christ, Act 19:10.
Verse 8. And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write. On the meaning of the word angel, . These things saith the first and the last. , . Which was dead, and is alive. . The idea is, that he is a living Saviour; and there was a propriety in referring to that fact here from the nature of the promise which he...