Here is the message of the First and the Last,
who was dead and has come to life again:
“I know the trials you have had ...
Even if you have to die, keep faithful,
and I will give you the crown of life for your prize.
If anyone has ears to hear, let him listen
to what the Spirit is saying to the churches:
for those who prove victorious
there is nothing to be afraid of in the second death.”

- Revelation 2