Who is the First and the Last?

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What’s Your Question? for Jan. 30

Jehovah said to Israel, “I am the First and I am the Last” (Isaiah 44:6). Jesus said, “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last” (Rev. 1:11,17). Either there are two “Firsts” and “Lasts” or there is a sense in which the Father and the Son are one. Jesus said “I am One who bears witness of Myself, and the Father who sent Me bears witness of Me” (Jn. 8:16). So, they are two witnesses. But, He also said “I and the Father are one” (Jn. 10:30). They are not a numerical one, but a united one (cp. Mt. 19:6; Jn. 17:21). There is one Godhead, but three Divine Beings. Doubting Thomas confessed Jesus as “my Lord and my God” (Jn. 20:28), which we must confess to be saved (Rom. 10:6-13).