Revelation 22.13: A Difficult Text
Posted in Alpha and Omega, difficult texts, Sean's Articles, The Trinity on November 19th, 2008 38 Comments »
Revelation 22:12-13
12Â “Behold, I am coming quickly, and My reward is with Me, to render to every man according to what he has done. 13 “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.”
It is commonly asserted on the basis of this text that Jesus is God because the same title (the Alpha and the Omega…) is applied to him that is applied to God elsewhere. The two other texts in Revelation that use the “Alpha and Omega” designation are:
Revelation 1:8
“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.”