First And The Last -Revelation 2:8

Revelation 2:8 NIV
“To the angel of the church in Smyrna write:
These are the words of him who is the First and the Last, who died and came to life again.

In the beginning there was God. In the end there is God. He came, died, and came to life again that we would die to self and come to life.
He is the first born of the new creation and the judge at the end of time. The living and the dead will all stand before Him.

When we look at Isaiah 44:6, we see Christ is telling us that He is God.

Isaiah 44:6
6 “This is what the Lord says—
Israel’s King and Redeemer, the Lord Almighty:
I am the first and I am the last;
apart from me there is no God.

Isaiah 48:12-13
12 “Listen to me, Jacob,
Israel, whom I have called:
I am he;
I am the first and I am the last.
13 My own hand laid the foundations of the earth,
and my right hand spread out the heavens;
when I summon them,
they all stand up together.