Bridge of Reason

  On their website the Watchtower Society tackles this question of the identity of the Alpha and Omega of Revelation 1:8;21:6; 22:13. Christians have always insisted the Alpha and Omega is both God the Father and God the Son , the beginning and the end of all things, second member of the Trinity. Jehovah’s Witnesses insist , ‘ The Alpha and the Omega refers to Jehovah God, the Almighty.’ They distinguish between Alpha and Omega in Rev.1:8,whom they call in the text 'Jehovah God,' and the First and the Last in Revelation 1:18. They make much of the difference between Alphaeus and Omega in v.8 and Protos and Eskhatos in v 17. They also point out the text in Habakkuk 1:12 where the prophet declares of God, 'you do not die.' ‘ ...the term “the First [ pro’tos, not alpha] and the Last [ e’skha·tos, not omega]” occurs at Revelation 1:17, 18 and 2:8 . In these verses, the context shows that the one referred to died and later returned to life. Thus, these verses ca...