Revelation 1:8PronouncementuniversalNew Teaching“I am the Alpha and the Omega, says the Lord God, who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.”ContextOpening declaration of divine identity before the vision on PatmosSynoptic ParallelsRevelation 21:6; Revelation 22:13OT ReferenceIsaiah 44:6IdiomsI amAlpha and OmegaThemesidentitysovereigntyeternity