{The Alpha and the Omega} (	o Alpha kai to O). The first
and the last letters of the Greek alphabet, each with its own
neuter (grammatical gender) article. This description of the
eternity of God recurs in  21:6  with the added explanation h(880a)arch(8820)kai to telos (the Beginning and the End) and of Christ in
 22:13  with the still further explanation ho pr(9374)os kai ho
eschatos (the First and the Last). This last phrase appears also
in  1:17  2:8  without 	o Alpha kai to O. The change of speaker
here is unannounced, as in  16:15  18:20 . Only here and  21:5f .
is God introduced as the speaker. The eternity of God guarantees
the prophecy just made. {The Lord God} (Kurios ho theos). "The
Lord the God." Common phrase in Ezekiel ( Eze 6:3,11  7:2 , etc.)
and in this book ( 4:8  11:17  15:3  16:7  19:6  21:22 ). See
 1:4  4:8  for the triple use of ho, etc. to express the
eternity of God. {The Almighty} (ho pantokrat(9372)). Late compound
(p(8373) and krate(935c)), in Cretan inscription and a legal papyrus,
common in LXX and Christian papyri, in N.T. only in  2Co 6:18 
(from  Jer 38:35 ) and  Re 1:8  4:8  11:17  15:3  16:7,14  19:6,15  21:22 .