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1a. Alpha and Omega

The document discusses what it means for Jesus to be called the Alpha and Omega. It explains that Alpha and Omega are the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet, so it is equivalent to saying that Jesus always existed and always will exist. As the beginning and end of all things, and the one through whom all things were created, this statement of eternality could only apply to God. Therefore, in calling himself the Alpha and Omega, Jesus is proclaiming his divinity as God incarnate.

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1a. Alpha and Omega

The document discusses what it means for Jesus to be called the Alpha and Omega. It explains that Alpha and Omega are the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet, so it is equivalent to saying that Jesus always existed and always will exist. As the beginning and end of all things, and the one through whom all things were created, this statement of eternality could only apply to God. Therefore, in calling himself the Alpha and Omega, Jesus is proclaiming his divinity as God incarnate.

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Alpha and the Omega

What does it mean that Jesus is the Alpha and the Omega?

• Alpha (Α) and omega (Ω) are the first and last letters, respectively, of the
classical (Ionic) Greek alphabet. Thus, the phrase "I am the alpha and the
omega" is further clarified with the additional phrase, "the beginning and the
end" in Revelation 21:6, 22:13. The first and last letters of the Greek alphabet
were used because the book of Revelation is in the New Testament, which was
originally written in Greek.
What does it mean that Jesus is the Alpha and the Omega?

• Revelation 1:8

• I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is,
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and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.

• Alpha and omega are the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet
• Jesus as the beginning and end of all things is a reference to no one but the true
God.

• This statement of eternality could apply only to God.

• Revelation 22:13, where Jesus proclaims that He is “the Alpha and the Omega,
the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.”

• It is equivalent to saying He always existed and always will exist.


John 1:3 King James Version (KJV)
3 
All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was
made.

Juan 1:3 Ang Dating Biblia (1905) (ADB1905)


3 
Ang lahat ng mga bagay ay ginawa sa pamamagitan niya; at alin man sa lahat ng
ginawa ay hindi ginawa kung wala siya.

2 Peter 3:10 King James Version (KJV)


10 
But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the
heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with
fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
Isaiah 41:4 King James Version (KJV)
4 
Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I
the LORD, the first, and with the last; I am he.

Hebrews 12:2 King James Version (KJV)


2 
Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was
set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right
hand of the throne of God.

Jesus is the Alpha and Omega, the first and last, the beginning and the end.
Only God incarnate could make such a statement. Only Jesus Christ is God
incarnate.

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