The Central Messages of the Book.
‘I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.'
Compare Revelation 1:9; Revelation 1:17; Revelation 2:8; Revelation 21:6. The book begins and ends with the fact that Father and Son sum up all things in themselves. All things come from them, all things proceed to them. God is all in all. The assumption must be, as with all first person statements in this epilogue (from Revelation 22:10 to Revelation 22:17), that these words are spoken by Jesus Christ. Note Revelation 22:12; Revelation 22:16 a, Revelation 22:16 b. Thus Jesus is taking to Himself the divine title which indicates the all-encompassing nature of God.