@RichardMcGoughGeert van den Bos wrote: Wed Dec 17, 2025 1:10 pm
Revelation 22:13
ἐγὼ τὸ Ἄλφα καὶ τὸ Ὦ, ὁ πρῶτος καὶ ὁ ἔσχατος, ἡ ἀρχὴ καὶ τὸ τέλος.
πρῶτος = first in time or place
ἔσχατος = last in time or place
" (I am) the first and the last" (ἐγώ εἰμι) ὁ πρῶτος καὶ ὁ ἔσχατος (Revelation 1:17; 22:13) for sure is not about the first and last letter of the alphabet, since it is after Isaiah 44:6, "I am first and I am last, and besides Me there is no God."
https://x.com/Minkmaat/status/1366454606818144257
LXX Isaiah 44:6,
Οὕτως λέγει ὁ θεὸς ὁ βασιλεὺς τοῦ Ισραηλ ὁ ῥυσάμενος αὐτὸν θεὸς σαβαωθ Ἐγὼ πρῶτος καὶ ἐγὼ μετὰ ταῦτα, πλὴν ἐμοῦ οὐκ ἔστιν θεός.
https://www.sefaria.org/Isaiah.44.6?ven ... 7)&lang=bi
For Alexander the Great:
What is the seal of the Holy One, praise to Him?
https://www.sefaria.org/Jerusalem_Talmu ... 12?lang=bi
אֱמֶת
אָלֶ״ף רֵישֵׁיהּ דְּאַלְפָא בֵיטָא. מֵ׳ם בְּאֶמְצָעִיתָהּ. תָּי׳ו בְּסוֹפָהּ.
א is the start of the alphabet, מ the middle, and ת the end.
אֲנִי יי רִאשׁוֹן שֶׁלֹּא קִיבַּלְתִּי מֵאַחֵר
I Hashem" (=87) am first (πρῶτος ) in that i didn't receive from another (i.e. I am singular/unique "yachid"/μονογενής )
וּמִבַּלְעָדַי אֵין אֱלֹהִים שֶׁאֵין לִי שׁוּתָף.
and besides me there is no God for for me there is no partner
וְאֶת אַחֲרוֹנִים אֲנִי הוּא
and with the last I am he ("ani hu" = 73, a number well known
)
