ACC ~ Revelation 2 v8b

BY DEATH HE PUT DEATH TO DEATH. OECUMENIUS: The Lord calls himself “first” because of the essence of his deity but calls himself “last” because of the incarnation and the economy of the flesh. “Who was dead,” he says, “and came to life.” He who came into the trial of death, he says, by death put death to death. COMMENTARY ON THE APOCALYPSE 2.8-11.

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