I am Alpha and Omega, the First and the Last (vers. 11, 13);

and then:-

I am the First and the Last (vers. 17);

and in the following chapter (verse 8) and afterwards (chaps. xxi 6; xxii 12, 13); and in Isaiah:-

Thus says Jehovah the King of Israel, and His Redeemer Jehovah Zebaoth; I am the First and I am the Last, and besides me there is no God Isa. xliv 6;

also chap. xlviii 12; and He Who is the First and the Last is 'He Who is and Who was and Who is to come'. [2] This also is understood by 'Jehovah'; for the name Jehovah signifies 'is'; and He Who Is, or Who is Being (Esse) Itself, is also WAS, and IS TO COME, for the past and the future are in Him the present. In consequence of this He is the Eternal apart from time, and the Infinite apart from space. The Church avows this because of the DOCTRINE OF THE TRINITY that is called Athanasian, where these [words are]:-

The Father is Eternal and Infinite, the Son is Eternal and Infinite, and the Holy Spirit is Eternal and Infinite, and yet there are not three Eternals and Infinites, but One.

That this One is the Lord has been demonstrated in THE DOCTRINE OF THE NEW JERUSALEM CONCERNING THE LORD.