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Revelation

  1. Lesson One
    The Letters of Revelation (Revelation 1–3)
    21 Activities
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    1 Assessment
  2. Lesson Two
    Symbolism (Revelation 4–13)
    21 Activities
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    3 Assessments
  3. Lesson Three
    New Creation (Revelation 14–22)
    17 Activities
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    1 Assessment
  4. Lesson Four
    Theology of Revelation
    19 Activities
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    1 Assessment
  5. Lesson Five
    Interpreting Revelation
    17 Activities
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    2 Assessments
  6. Course Wrap-Up
    Course Completion
    1 Activity
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    1 Assessment

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Revelation Theology of Revelation In | Christ in Revelation
Lesson 4, Activity 7

In | Christ in Revelation

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Each of these passages refers to Jesus as either the “Alpha and Omega” or the “First and the Last,” which is a way of identifying Him as YHWH, the God of the Old Testament. This language recalls that of Isaiah 41:

Who has done this and carried it through, calling forth the generations from the beginning? I, the LORD—with the first of them and with the last—I am he. 
Isaiah 41:4 NIV

 

This is what the LORD says—Israel’s King and Redeemer, the LORD Almighty: I am the first and I am the last; apart from me there is no God.
Isaiah 41:6 NIV

Reference to Jesus as “the Beginning and the End” also reinforces this connection, as do references to Him as the “Lord God,” the “Living One” and the “Almighty.” Many parts of Revelation’s message are open to debate and a wide variety of interpretations, but this book’s view of Jesus as YHWH the Almighty Living One is beyond question.