alpha and omega

means first and last

i am the alpha and the omega

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alpha and omega (gr. “το ‘Αλφα και το Ω”) is an appellation of g-d in the book of revelation (verses 1:8, 21:6, and 22:13). its meaning is found in the fact that alpha(Α) and omega(Ω) are respectively the first and last letters of the greek alphabet. this would be similar to referring to someone in english as “the a to z”. thus, twice when the t-tle appears it is further clarified with the additional t-tle “the beginning and the end” (21:6, 22:13).

revelation 1: 11 in the king james version says, “i am alpha and omega, the first and the last.” this verse clearly proves an undisputed reference to jesus as the “alpha and omega”. however, this additional occurrence of this phrase does not receive support from some of the oldest greek m-n-scripts, including the alexandrine, sinaitic, and codex ephraemi rescriptus. it is, therefore, believed to be spurious like the comma johanneum and thus is omitted in many modern translations. scholar robert young stated, that the “oldest mss. omit” it. 1

though many commentators and dictionaries apply this t-tle both to g-d and to christ such need not be the case. 2 barnes’ notes on the new testament (1974) observes: “it cannot be absolutely certain that the writer meant to refer to the lord jesus specifically here . . . there is no real incongruity in supposing, also, that the writer here meant to refer to g-d as such.” however, most christian denominations teach that it does apply to jesus and g-d.

therefore the letters alpha and omega in juxtaposition are often used as a christian visual symbol (see examples).

this symbol was suggested by the apocalypse, where many believe that christ, as well as the father, is “the first and the last” (ii, 8); “the alpha and omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end” (cf., xxii, 13; i, 8). clement of alexandria speaks of the word as “the alpha and the omega of whom alone the end becomes beginning, and ends again at the original beginning without any break” (strom., iv, 25). tertullian also alludes to christ as the alpha and omega (de monogamiâ, v), and from prudentius (cathemer., ix, 10) we learn that in the fourth century the interpretation of the apocalyptic letters was still the same: “alpha et omega cognominatus, ipse fons et clausula, omnium quae sunt, fuerunt, quaeque post futura sunt.” it was, however, in the monuments of early christianity that the symbolic alpha and omega had their greatest vogue.

this phrase is interpreted by many christians to mean that jesus existed from the beginning of time (as the second person of the trinity), and will exist eternally.
jesus is the alpha and omega (the begining and the end.)
possibly the greatest halo tag-team ever to play the game. rumored to have dropped out of harvard university to play professionally in j-pan.
tyler: wha’d you do tonight man.
luke: went to a funeral.
tyler: sh-t, what happened.
luke: well, my roommate lost so badly in halo to alpha and omega that he went back to the room, cut off his d-ck, and then sawed his face off.
tyler: sucks man… you want to go double-team my girlfriend? she’s p-ssed out in my room.
luke: sure!
code phrase euphemism for t-ts and -ss. the most prominent features on a woman’s upper and lower body. in other words, the first and last things you would most likely notice whenever a hot chick walks towards you(her br–sts) and then away from you(her rear end).
jon: d-mn, john check out the well-endowed alpha and omega on that fine -ss blonde walking over there by the sh-r-.
john: d-mn straight! i’d tap that any moment now!
jon: f-ck yeah! let’s go pick her up!