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Lesson 3 Christ Our First and Last “I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.” Revelation 22:13

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Lesson 3 Christ Our First and Last

“I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.” – Revelation 22:13

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I. THE FIRST

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1. This expresses the eternal pre-existence of Christ.

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2. This expresses His preeminence.

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3. This expresses His relation to the work of creation and providence.

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4. This expresses also His relation to the Bible.

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5. This expresses the relation of Jesus Christ to redemption.

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6. This expresses His relation to our individual salvation.

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7. This expresses the relation of Christ to our Christian life and work.

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II. THE LAST

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1. This implies the eternal existence of Jesus.

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2. Christ will finish His work in us and carry to fulfillment all that He has started.

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II. THE LAST

3. Christ is not only the finisher of our life and work, but Christ Himself is the end and substance of all things.