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Alpha

From: Concise Bible Dictionary: A By: George A. Morrish

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The first letter of the Greek Alphabet, and which also signifies the numeral 1. A title or character of God and of Christ, which points to His eternity as “the beginning,” “the first,” the I AM (Rev. 1:8⁸I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty. (Revelation 1:8); Rev. 21:6⁶And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely. (Revelation 21:6); Rev. 22:13¹³I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last. (Revelation 22:13)). “I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end,” or “the first and the last”; which is similar to a passage in Isaiah 41:4⁴Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I the Lord, the first, and with the last; I am he. (Isaiah 41:4): “I Jehovah, the first, and with the last; I am He.”

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