15. His feet were like bronze 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, “Do not 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 where the dead are.
19. So write the things you see, what is now and what will happen later.