"Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am." (John 8: 58)
Jesus invoked "I am" to state that He is God, that as the Messiah, He is not lesser than David, but equal with God:
"The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool." (Psalm 110: 1)
When David said " My Lord", he is referring to Jesus, who now sits at the right hand of God:
"Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he [Jesus] hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear." (Acts 2: 33)
Jesus Christ is before all things, and through Him all things were made:
"And he is before all things, and by him all things consist." (Colossians 1: 17)
He is forever for us, the same at all times forever:
"t your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee." (Hebrews 13: 5)
and
"Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever." (Hebrews 13: 8)
In Revelation, the fulness of Jesus is presented:
"I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last." (Revelation 22: 13)
Before anything -- Jesus is, and He is for you:
"And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning." (John 15: 27)
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