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An Intertextuality Pair — one connection between two passages, shown as linked verse cards: the Later text and the Earlier text it quotes, alludes to or echoes. The Significance essay explains why the link matters and where it points in Christ.

Reference Type— how explicit the link is: Quotation, Allusion, or Echo
Connection Method(s)— how it carries meaning: e.g. Typology, Promise-Fulfillment, Analogy, Longitudinal Theme
Found via— where the connection was identified, e.g. the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge or an Anchor-Text Network

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Intertextuality Pair

Revelation 1:17 → Isaiah 44:6

Allusion

Later text

Revelation 1:17BSB

When I saw Him, I fell at His feet like a dead man. But He placed His right hand on me and said, "Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last,

Earlier text

Isaiah 44:6BSB

Thus says the LORD, the King and Redeemer of Israel, the LORD of Hosts: “I am the first and I am the last, and there is no God but Me.

Walk the Square · a single-voice walk of this pair around the Clowney square9:30

Significance

In Isaiah 44:6, YHWH declares "I am the first and I am the last" (ani ri'shon va'ani 'aharon) as a monotheistic assertion — there is no other God besides Him. This title establishes YHWH's absolute sovereignty over all of history from beginning to end. When the glorified Christ applies this identical title to Himself in Revelation 1:17, saying "I am the First and the Last" (egō eimi ho prōtos kai ho eschatos), He is making an unmistakable claim to share YHWH's unique divine identity. The context intensifies this claim: Christ adds "the Living One. I was dead, and behold, now I am alive forever and ever!" — combining the divine self-designation with the uniquely Christian claim of death and resurrection. This represents one of the clearest examples in Revelation of YHWH-identification Christology, where titles exclusive to YHWH in the OT are applied directly to Jesus without qualification.

Found via: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): Longitudinal Theme + Analogy

Text-form: Revelation's ὁ ἔσχατος ("the Last") follows the Hebrew אַחֲרוֹן (ʾaḥarôn); the LXX of Isaiah 44:6 carries no ἔσχατος, so the title tracks the Hebrew rather than the Greek.

Linked Mentions 3

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Revelation 22:13 to Isaiah 41:4

Trajectory Tables 2