Luke 1:12

This is what Yahweh, the King of Israel, and his Redeemer, Yahweh of Armies, says: “I am the first, and I am the last; and besides me there is no God.

I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.

Then your light will break out as the morning, and your healing will appear quickly; then your righteousness shall go before you, and Yahweh’s glory will be your rear guard.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

Who has worked and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I, Yahweh, the first, and with the last, I am he.”

“Listen to me, O Jacob, and Israel my called: I am he. I am the first. I am also the last.

The men who traveled with him stood speechless, hearing the sound, but seeing no one.

“To the angel of the assembly in Smyrna write: “The first and the last, who was dead, and has come to life says these things:

Jacob called the name of the place Peniel; for he said, “I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.”

He said, “You cannot see my face, for man may not see me and live.”

Gideon saw that he was Yahweh’s angel; and Gideon said, “Alas, Lord Yahweh! Because I have seen Yahweh’s angel face to face!”

He is before all things, and in him all things are held together.

“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.”

Moreover he said, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” Moses hid his face because he was afraid to look at God.

God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM,” and he said, “You shall tell the children of Israel this: ‘I AM has sent me to you.’ ”

He shall bring it to Aaron’s sons, the priests. He shall take his handful of its fine flour, and of its oil, with all its frankincense, and the priest shall burn its memorial on the altar, an offering made by fire, of a pleasant aroma to Yahweh.

Did a people ever hear the voice of God speaking out of the middle of the fire, as you have heard, and live?

For who is there of all flesh, that has heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the middle of the fire, as we have, and lived?

But Yahweh’s angel didn’t appear to Manoah or to his wife any more. Then Manoah knew that he was Yahweh’s angel.

Manoah said to his wife, “We shall surely die, because we have seen God.”

Behold, a hand touched me, which set me on my knees and on the palms of my hands.

While they were looking steadfastly into the sky as he went, behold, two men stood by them in white clothing,

saying, ‘Don’t be afraid, Paul. You must stand before Caesar. Behold, God has granted you all those who sail with you.’

For God is not unrighteous, so as to forget your work and the labor of love which you showed toward his name, in that you served the saints, and still do serve them.

The man said, “I heard your voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; so I hid myself.”

Yahweh appeared to him the same night, and said, “I am the God of Abraham your father. Don’t be afraid, for I am with you, and will bless you, and multiply your offspring for my servant Abraham’s sake.”

He was afraid, and said, “How awesome this place is! This is none other than God’s house, and this is the gate of heaven.”

he says, who hears the words of God, who sees the vision of the Almighty, falling down, and having his eyes open:

Then I answered them, and said to them, “The God of heaven will prosper us. Therefore we, his servants, will arise and build; but you have no portion, nor right, nor memorial, in Jerusalem.”

remember all your offerings, and accept your burned sacrifice.

“Son of man, eat your bread with quaking, and drink your water with trembling and with fearfulness.

So I was left alone, and saw this great vision. No strength remained in me; for my face grew deathly pale, and I retained no strength.

He said, “Greatly beloved man, don’t be afraid. Peace be to you. Be strong. Yes, be strong.” When he spoke to me, I was strengthened, and said, “Let my lord speak; for you have strengthened me.”

I heard, and my body trembled. My lips quivered at the voice. Rottenness enters into my bones, and I tremble in my place, because I must wait quietly for the day of trouble, for the coming up of the people who invade us.

Then those who feared Yahweh spoke one with another; and Yahweh listened, and heard, and a book of memory was written before him, for those who feared Yahweh, and who honored his name.

When the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, “It’s a ghost!” and they cried out for fear.

His appearance was like lightning, and his clothing white as snow.

For fear of him, the guards shook, and became like dead men.

Behold, one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name, came; and seeing him, he fell at his feet,

But Simon Peter, when he saw it, fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying, “Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, Lord.”

While they were greatly perplexed about this, behold, two men stood by them in dazzling clothing.

A certain man who was lame from his mother’s womb was being carried, whom they laid daily at the door of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask gifts for the needy of those who entered into the temple.

and said, ‘Cornelius, your prayer is heard, and your gifts to the needy are remembered in the sight of God.

“Those who were with me indeed saw the light and were afraid, but they didn’t understand the voice of him who spoke to me.

For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us, by me, Silvanus, and Timothy, was not “Yes and no,” but in him is “Yes.”

Nevertheless you have a few names in Sardis that didn’t defile their garments. They will walk with me in white, for they are worthy.

He said to me, “I have become the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give freely to him who is thirsty from the spring of the water of life.

You shall put the two stones on the shoulder straps of the ephod, to be stones of memorial for the children of Israel. Aaron shall bear their names before Yahweh on his two shoulders for a memorial.

The donkey saw Yahweh’s angel standing in the way, with his sword drawn in his hand; and the donkey turned out of the path, and went into the field. Balaam struck the donkey, to turn her into the path.

and you said, “Behold, Yahweh our God has shown us his glory and his greatness, and we have heard his voice out of the middle of the fire. We have seen today that God does speak with man, and he lives.

Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, “A man of God came to me, and his face was like the face of the angel of God, very awesome. I didn’t ask him where he was from, neither did he tell me his name;

Yahweh came, and stood, and called as at other times, “Samuel! Samuel!” Then Samuel said, “Speak; for your servant hears.”

then hear from heaven, even from your dwelling place, and do according to all that the foreigner calls to you for; that all the peoples of the earth may know your name and fear you, as do your people Israel, and that they may know that this house which I have built is called by your name.

In those days Hezekiah was terminally ill, and he prayed to Yahweh; and he spoke to him, and gave him a sign.

fear came on me, and trembling, which made all my bones shake.

Yahweh my God, I cried to you, and you have healed me.

Come and hear, all you who fear God. I will declare what he has done for my soul.

Let my prayer be set before you like incense; the lifting up of my hands like the evening sacrifice.

Put me in remembrance. Let us plead together. Declare your case, that you may be justified.

I have not spoken in secret, in a place of the land of darkness. I didn’t say to the offspring of Jacob, ‘Seek me in vain.’ I, Yahweh, speak righteousness. I declare things that are right.

In the third year of the reign of king Belshazzar a vision appeared to me, even to me, Daniel, after that which appeared to me at the first.

So he came near where I stood; and when he came, I was frightened, and fell on my face; but he said to me, “Understand, son of man; for the vision belongs to the time of the end.”

I, Daniel, alone saw the vision; for the men who were with me didn’t see the vision; but a great quaking fell on them, and they fled to hide themselves.

He said to me, “Daniel, you greatly beloved man, understand the words that I speak to you, and stand upright; for I have been sent to you, now.” When he had spoken this word to me, I stood trembling.

Then he said to me, “Don’t be afraid, Daniel; for from the first day that you set your heart to understand, and to humble yourself before your God, your words were heard. I have come for your words’ sake.

Most certainly I tell you, wherever this Good News is preached in the whole world, what this woman has done will also be spoken of as a memorial of her.”

They were greatly afraid, and said to one another, “Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?”

But the woman, fearing and trembling, knowing what had been done to her, came and fell down before him, and told him all the truth.

Immediately all the multitude, when they saw him, were greatly amazed, and running to him, greeted him.

Entering into the tomb, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, dressed in a white robe, and they were amazed.

But when she saw him, she was greatly troubled at the saying, and considered what kind of salutation this might be.

All who heard them laid them up in their heart, saying, “What then will this child be?” The hand of the Lord was with him.

But Mary kept all these sayings, pondering them in her heart.

And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth. He was subject to them, and his mother kept all these sayings in her heart.

When the woman saw that she was not hidden, she came trembling, and falling down before him declared to him in the presence of all the people the reason why she had touched him, and how she was healed immediately.

So then the other disciple who came first to the tomb also entered in, and he saw and believed.

He, fastening his eyes on him, and being frightened, said, “What is it, Lord?” He said to him, “Your prayers and your gifts to the needy have gone up for a memorial before God.

Now while Peter was very perplexed in himself what the vision which he had seen might mean, behold, the men who were sent by Cornelius, having made inquiry for Simon’s house, stood before the gate,

I said, ‘What shall I do, Lord?’ The Lord said to me, ‘Arise, and go into Damascus. There you will be told about all things which are appointed for you to do.’

But I have all things and abound. I am filled, having received from Epaphroditus the things that came from you, a sweet-smelling fragrance, an acceptable and well-pleasing sacrifice to God.

When I saw him, I fell at his feet like a dead man. He laid his right hand on me, saying, “Don’t be afraid. I am the first and the last,

The smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the saints, went up before God out of the angel’s hand.