Alpha and Omega

Alpha and Omega

The Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last is peculiarly the name of God, highlighting His eternal being.

God

God is referred to as the Alpha and the Omega (the first and last characters in the Greek alphabet), and the First and the Last.

Reference Verse
Revelation 1:8"I am the Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord God, "who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty."
Isaiah 44:6Thus says the Lord, the King of Israel and his Redeemer, the Lord of hosts: "I am the first and I am the last; besides me there is no god."

Jesus

Yet Jesus takes the name "the Alpha and the Omega" and the "First and the Last".

Reference Verse
Revelation 1:17-18When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. But he laid his right hand on me, saying, "Fear not, I am the first and the last, and the living one. I died, and behold I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of Death and Hades."
Revelation 2:8And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write: The words of the first and the last, who died and came to life.
Revelation 22:12-13"Behold, I am coming soon, bringing my recompense with me, to repay each one for what he has done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end."

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