Revelation 22:13
I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end. (NASB)
ἐγὼ τὸ Ἄλφα καὶ τὸ Ὦ ὁ πρῶτος καὶ ὁ ἔσχατος ἡ ἀρχὴ καὶ τὸ τέλος
The fact that the Lord Jesus is "the Alpha and the Omega" in Revelation 22:13 demonstrates He is the Almighty.
1. The Zondervan Encyclopedia of the Bible: the meaning plainly is not merely chronological or taxonomic, but ontological and metaphysical; it concerns not merely when Jesus Christ exists or where he is to be ranked among existences, but who and what he is in his essential being or nature. The implication includes his eternity, preexistence, and essential deity. For any created being, however exalted, to claim to be the Alpha and the Omega, as these terms are used of Jesus Christ in Scripture, would be blasphemy (The Zondervan Encyclopedia of the Bible, 1:128-129, alpha and omega, J. G. Vos).
2. Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament teaches that the "Lord God Almighty" is used in reference to the Lord Jesus.
a. Concerning 'the first and the last' it reads, the eternal One, Rev. 1.17; 2.8; 22.13 (protos, page 554). All three passages refer to the Lord Jesus.
b. When defining 'Alpha', it reads that it "is explained by the appended words ἡ ἀρχὴ καὶ τὸ τέλος, 21:6, and by the further addition ὁ πρῶτος καὶ ὁ ἔσχατος, 22:13. On the meaning of the phrase cf. Rev. 11:17; Is. 41.4; 44:6; 48:12" (page 1).
Revelation 11:17
We give You thanks, O Lord God, the Almighty, who are and who were, because You have taken Your great power and have begun to reign. (NASB)
This demonstrates the Lord Jesus is the Alpha and the Omega = Lord God, the Almighty.
3a. BDAG (3rd Edition): of God...Revelation 22:13 (telos, page 998).
3b. BDAG (3rd Edition): On the self-designation of the Risen Lord...Revelation 22:13 (prōtos, page 893).
I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end. (NASB)
ἐγὼ τὸ Ἄλφα καὶ τὸ Ὦ ὁ πρῶτος καὶ ὁ ἔσχατος ἡ ἀρχὴ καὶ τὸ τέλος
The fact that the Lord Jesus is "the Alpha and the Omega" in Revelation 22:13 demonstrates He is the Almighty.
1. The Zondervan Encyclopedia of the Bible: the meaning plainly is not merely chronological or taxonomic, but ontological and metaphysical; it concerns not merely when Jesus Christ exists or where he is to be ranked among existences, but who and what he is in his essential being or nature. The implication includes his eternity, preexistence, and essential deity. For any created being, however exalted, to claim to be the Alpha and the Omega, as these terms are used of Jesus Christ in Scripture, would be blasphemy (The Zondervan Encyclopedia of the Bible, 1:128-129, alpha and omega, J. G. Vos).
2. Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament teaches that the "Lord God Almighty" is used in reference to the Lord Jesus.
a. Concerning 'the first and the last' it reads, the eternal One, Rev. 1.17; 2.8; 22.13 (protos, page 554). All three passages refer to the Lord Jesus.
b. When defining 'Alpha', it reads that it "is explained by the appended words ἡ ἀρχὴ καὶ τὸ τέλος, 21:6, and by the further addition ὁ πρῶτος καὶ ὁ ἔσχατος, 22:13. On the meaning of the phrase cf. Rev. 11:17; Is. 41.4; 44:6; 48:12" (page 1).
Revelation 11:17
We give You thanks, O Lord God, the Almighty, who are and who were, because You have taken Your great power and have begun to reign. (NASB)
This demonstrates the Lord Jesus is the Alpha and the Omega = Lord God, the Almighty.
3a. BDAG (3rd Edition): of God...Revelation 22:13 (telos, page 998).
3b. BDAG (3rd Edition): On the self-designation of the Risen Lord...Revelation 22:13 (prōtos, page 893).
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