A Different View of Alpha and Omega
As soon as it is recognized that “A and Ω” is not supported by any of the ancient and best manuscripts of Revelation 1:11, the need goes away to allow that expression to apply to Jesus, rather than always to God.1 What results is a progression from 1:8, “I am the A and the Ω,” to adding “the beginning and the end” (21:6), to adding “the first and the last” (22:13). Perhaps there is a progression from the Gospel age to the Millennial age to the Eternal Kingdom.
— Br. James Parkinson
(1) Only two unnotable manuscripts of Revelation 1:8, 1894 (12th century) and 2049 (16th century), read “the Lord,” while 195 manuscripts read “the Lord God.” Critical editions of the Greek New Testament now also reject the additions, “the first and last” in verse 8, and “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, and” in verse 11.
John the Revelator, with Peter, entering the tomb of Jesus