AR 29 - The Alpha and the Omega

AR  29

"I am the Alpha and the Omega,
the Beginning and the End."
(Revelation 1:8)

This symbolically means,
who is the one and only reality from firsts to lasts,
from whom springs all else,
thus who is the one and only love,
the one and only wisdom,
and the one and only life in itself,
and so the one and only
Creator, Savior and Enlightener from Himself,
and therefore the all in all of the church and heaven.

The Lord calls Himself the Alpha and the Omega,
the Beginning and the End,
because Alpha and Omega
have reference to His Divine love,
while Beginning and End
have reference to His Divine wisdom.

The Lord is called the Alpha and the Omega
because alpha and omega are
the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet,
and they consequently symbolize
all things in their entirety.
That is because in the spiritual world
every alphabetic letter has some symbolic meaning,
and a vowel, since it serves to provide tone,
symbolizes something having to do with affection or love.
From this origin springs spiritual and angelic speech,
and also writing.
But this is an arcanum previously unknown.
For there is a universal language,
which all angels and spirits possess,
and it has nothing in common with any language
of people in the world.
Everyone comes into use of this language after death,
as it is implanted in everyone from creation.
Everyone can therefore understand
everyone else throughout the whole spiritual world.