[a]I (A)am [b]Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, Which is, and Which was, and Which is to come, even the Almighty.

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 1:8 A confirmation of the salutation aforegoing, taken from the words of God himself: in which he avoucheth his operation in every single creature, the immutable eternity that is in himself, and his omnipotence in all things: and concludeth in the unity of his own essence, that Trinity of persons, which was before spoken of.
  2. Revelation 1:8 I am he before whom there is nothing, yea, by whom everything that is made, was made and shall remain though all they should perish.

And he said unto me, (A)[a]It is done, I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end: I will give to him that is athirst, of the well of the water of life freely.

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  1. Revelation 21:6 The description of the Church is of three sorts, by the abolishing of old things: by the being of present things in God, that is of things eternal and by the communication of all good things with the godly, verse 6. If so be they shall strive manfully, verse 7. But the reprobate are excluded from thence, verse 8.

The sword of the Lord is filled with blood: it is made fat with the fat and with the blood of the [a]lambs and the goats, with the fat of the kidneys of the rams: for the Lord hath a sacrifice in [b]Bozrah, and a great slaughter in the land of Edom.

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  1. Isaiah 34:6 That is, both of young and old, poor and rich of his enemies.
  2. Isaiah 34:6 That famous city shall be consumed as a sacrifice burnt to ashes.

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