14. His head and hair were white like wool—wool that is white as snow. His eyes were like flames of fire.
15. His feet were like brass that glows hot in a furnace. His voice was like the noise of flooding water.
16. He held seven stars in his right hand. A sharp two-edged sword came out of his mouth. He looked like the sun shining at its brightest time.
17. When I saw him, I fell down at his feet like a dead man. He put his right hand on me and said, “Don’t be afraid! I am the First and the Last.
18. I am the one who lives. I was dead, but look, I am alive forever and ever! And I hold the keys of death and Hades.
19. So write what you see. Write the things that happen now and the things that will happen later.