John had already written his Gospel wherein he begins by identifying Yeshua as the Memra, the ‘Word’ who has been made flesh. This is a monumental statement for anyone who is familiar with the Hebrew text of the Tanak! Some 7000 times an untranslatable ‘word,’ את, (Alef-Tav) shows up at critical junctures as a pointer to important characters, concepts or pictures. What he saw and recorded was Hebraic and he was told, ‘ I am the Alef and the Tav!‘ None of his writing expresses his Hebrew perspective more than the Book of the Revelation! Every part of the vision is decidedly Hebrew, thus, whether he wrote it in Greek or not is immaterial. John, who records his vision as ‘The Revelation of John,’ was not a native Greek speaker and his concepts, throughout His Gospel and letters, are decidedly Hebraic. “I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.” Revelation 1:8īefore we can really explore this phrase, we need to understand that it has MUCH deeper significance than two Greek letters! In fact, it is tied directly to one of the most mystifying words appearing throughout the Tanak!! Clearly, the title of ‘Alpha and Omega’ (first and last) is ascribed to Yeshua! Yet, as we have see in our previous ‘Who is…’ posts, we need to look a little deeper…Įven in Revelation, there is another use of this very phrase, ascribed to ‘the Lord God,’
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