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ALPHA AND OMEGA
Phrase used as a title in the NT for both God (Rv 1:8; 21:6) and Jesus Christ (Rv 22:13). The English equivalent is “the A and the Z.” Similar epithets are “the beginning and the end” (Rv 21:6; 22:13) and “the first and the last” (Rv 1:17; 2:8; 22:13).
Such affirmations, which have their counterpart in the OT (see Is 41:4; 44:6; 48:12), stress the unique and faithful sovereignty of God and his Son, Jesus. They serve as reminders to the Christian reader that the creation of the universe and the end of all human history are both under control of the living God. See God, Names of.