ACC ~ Revelation 21 v6a

THE PROMISES OF GOD ARE COMPLETED WITH QUICKNESS. APRINGIUS OF BEJA: He declares that the matter is completed with such quickness so that it might be regarded as though it had already happened. Therefore, all these things are promised to those who conquer, so that the one who conquers might be called “son of God.” TRACTATE ON THE APOCALYPSE 21.6-7.

GOD IS WITHOUT BEGINNING AND WITHOUT END. OECUMENIUS: “They are done!” he says. What is done? These things, namely, that which is here spoken, and nothing in them is false. He has written “they are done,” instead of “they shall be done.” “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end,” he says. Since he repeats what he had earlier said, also we, as it were following in his footsteps, repeat what we have said in previous passages. The phrase “Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end” signifies that God is without any beginning and without any end. COMMENTARY ON THE APOCALYPSE 21.6-8.

NO ONE SHOULD DOUBT CONCERNING THE FUTURE. PRIMASIUS: It is necessary that these [words] be believed not explained, especially since he said “It is done!” concerning the past so that no one might doubt concerning the future. COMMENTARY ON THE APOCALYPSE 21.5-6.

CHRIST IS DIVINE AND HUMAN. ANDREW OF CAESAREA: Christ is “the first and the end,” since he is “first” because of his divinity and “end” because of his humanity. Moreover, his providence extends from the first creation of the incorporeal creatures to the last human beings. COMMENTARY ON THE APOCALYPSE 21.5-6.

CHRIST CREATED THE WORLD AND CONSUMMATES IT. BEDE: Just as he testified at the beginning of the book that he was [the Alpha and the Omega], so now this is repeated for the third time, so that no one might believe that there is any other god before him or any other god after him, as Isaiah says.Indeed, since he is speaking of the end of the world, the one who consummates the world should be understood to be the same one as he who was its creator. EXPLANATION OF THE APOCALYPSE 21.6.

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