RexRed wrote:real life wrote:RexRed wrote:real life wrote:Hi Rex,
May I ask you, who is this scripture referring to?
Rev 22:13 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.
This scripture is a bit mixed...
God precedes the beginning and he will never be last because his kingdom has no end...
OK , so your conclusion... who do you think it is?
If God is a self, if Jesus is the image of God, we are in the image of God and if the devil impersonates God then as I said it is a bit mixed...
Operate your spirit and the written word and the answers will appear...
To God be the glory...
I appreciate your desire to follow the spirit's leading.
Let me say this. Whoever Rev 22:13 is referring to, is one person or entity who is named all three of these:
Alpha and Omega
Beginning and End
First and Last
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From what I see in scripture,
"the Lord Almighty who was and is and is to come" is also referred to as
Alpha and Omega, Beginning and Ending in Rev 1:8
Who is this? Well , the Almighty is usually understood to be God. And Rev 4:8-11 speaks of
the One on the throne , the LORD God Almighty , who was and is and is to come as being the One who is worthy because He created all things. So this would seem also to refer to God, who is the Creator.
Well, this same Alpha and Omega ( Who was shown to be the Almighty, the Creator) is also said in Rev 1:11 to be not just Alpha and Omega , but also First and Last. This agrees with Rev 22:13 also.
This one of Rev 1:11
(Alpha and Omega, First and Last) speaks, and in Rev 1:18 says "I am He that liveth and was dead; and behold I am alive forevermore."
Also Rev 2:8 "And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These things saith the first and the last, which was dead, and is alive;" identifies the First and the Last as He who was dead and now is alive.
Since this First and Last is also Alpha and Omega, He must also be the Almighty (as we saw Alpha and Omega was) and He who was and is and is to come, also referred to as LORD God Almighty.
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Remember we started with Rev 22:13,
the Alpha and Omega , Beginning and End, First and Last are all referring to just One person or entity.
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Rex,
No doubt you are not convinced by anything I say, but you only want to get your beliefs from the scripture and I respect that.
I hope that you have been able to follow my thoughts thru this, if I have been able to write in a semi-logical way. Sometimes it's hard.
I agree to God be the glory, and Peace be to you this night, Rex.
