“I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.”
I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end — the Greek letters alpha and omega symbolically enclose all of creation, all of history, all of meaning within Christ's sovereignty. This declaration, placed at the threshold of Revelation, announces that the entire catastrophic unfolding of chapters 2-22 occurs within Christ's complete control; nothing escapes his beginning and his ending.
Church Fathers on Revelation 1:8
“Behold, He shall come with clouds, and every eye shall see Him.” For He who at first came hidden in the manhood that He had undertaken, shall after a little while come to judgment manifest in majesty and glory. And what says He?
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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