A Poster asked the question?
"I was curious on how you would respond to anyone regarding the definition of ARCHE when it’s used of the Father when he says that he’s the beginning in the end and yet he has new beginning how is the definition of ARCHE to be understood here"
Reply,
"And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely." KJV
How are we to understand "Arche" (beginning) in Rev 21:6?
The clue is in the word "beginning"!
Here "Arche" is used as a Genitive of Time. It conveys the idea of a time when an event or action occurs, but does not specify the duration of when that time or event occurs, or happens!
When a term in Greek expresses time, and it is a specific time, then the Dative form is used and if we wish to know how long the time is i.e., duration, then the Accusative form is used!
Use of the Dative when it comes to Time:
Math 26:31
"Then Jesus told them, “This very night you will all fall away on account of me, for it is written: “’I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.’" NIV
"Τότε λέγει αὐτοῖς ὁ Ἰησοῦς Πάντες ὑμεῖς σκανδαλισθήσεσθε ἐν ἐμοὶ ἐν τῇ νυκτὶ ταύτῃ· γέγραπται γάρ Πατάξω τὸν ποιμένα, καὶ διασκορπισθήσονται τὰ πρόβατα τῆς ποίμνης"
The pertinent part:
Dative?
"τῇ νυκτὶ" (the night) is in the Dative form (When a term in Greek expresses time, and it is a specific time, then the Dative form is used) i.e., "this very night"!
Accusative?
Mark 4:27
"He sleeps and rises night and day, and the seed sprouts and grows; he knows not how." ESV
"καὶ καθεύδῃ καὶ ἐγείρηται νύκτα καὶ ἡμέραν, καὶ ὁ σπόρος βλαστᾷ καὶ μηκύνηται ὡς οὐκ οἶδεν αὐτός"
Pertinent parts:
"νύκτα καὶ ἡμέραν" Both "νύκτα" (night) καὶ (and) "ἡμέραν" (day) are both in the Accusative form, but no specific time or duration is given.
Rev 21:6?
There is a connection between the A&O, “the first and the last” and “the beginning and the end” when applied to Jehovah himself, in that, Before Jehovah, no Almighty God existed and the term "Almighty" (Grk - Pantokrator is never used of Christ in the NT) only applies to Jehovah, there was none before him and there will be none after him; Jehovah is the "beginning and the end" in that He was God from the beginning and will still be God in the end, Jehovah will bring to a final conclusion as to who is the only true God and his Godship will be vindicated forever!
PS,
Did you know that the apostle John gave an allusion to God's name in Rev 1:8?
“I am the Alʹpha and the O·meʹga,” says Jehovah God, “the One who is and who was and who is coming, the Almighty." NWT
"who is and who was and who is coming"?
This reminds one of the Hebrew "Ehyeh Asher Ehyeh"
"I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.”
How many are aware the the above expression "who is, and who was, and who is to come" is actually an allusion to God's own name and what it means!
"eHYeH asher eHYeH"?
Roots in Hebrew.
Whole and Hollow Roots and God's name?
Yehovah is from a hollow root and consists of three letter HYH, a verb, meaning “to be” and this is seen in Ex 3:14 where we see “Ehyeh – Asher – Ehyeh”, with the verb “Ehyeh” being in the imperfect state and in Hebrew of the antiquity it meant an action that was repeated or ongoing, not completed, Ehyeh in English terms means “I am/exist and will continue to be/exist” or some similar expression, thus, “Ehyeh Asher Ehyeh” can be understood to mean “I am that/which I am” or “I will be that/which I will be”, these expressions may seem a bit wooden and stiff, but are acceptable translations into basic English, thus, verbs in Hebrew have only two states, perfect and imperfect state thus, God exists and will continue to exist.
When we come to the verb eHYeH this verb contains all three root letters HYH and there may be those who consider HYH as a whole root and not a hollow root, but, they may forget, or more likely do not know, that, different forms of the verb, the second as well as the third letters are discarded, thus, the verb, eHYeH is hollow, not whole, this is important!
If we take as an example, HaYiti, which has the spelling, HYYty, meaning, “I was”, we see that the third letter “H” is not there, that is, the third root letter H and is substituted by the letter Yod, so, instead of HYH we see HYY, but, at the same time we see that the verb Heveh (meaning “be”, spoken as, “Heh Vay) is lacking the second letter “Y” of the root and in its stead is the letter “Vav” and the latter bit of data is extremely important, and why? It means, that with some verb forms the root may appear as HVH, but, in reality it is HYH, this might seems bewildering to some, as there is a root, which in itself is actually HVH, but, is not related and does not carry the same kind of meaning!
Yehovah?
Yehovah is based on the same hollow root HYH, the verb forms, “Hayah, Hoveh, Yih’yeh” (left to right: he was, he is, he will continue to be” when these three verb forms are brought together, they give “Yehovah” (not, “Yahovah”, explained in another paper)!
Yehovah is based on the hollow root HYH and as seen (above) depending on the form the verb takes “Y” can be substituted with “V” and to those, who seem to think that they know what they are talking about (but, really don’t) it can seem that the root is HVH, but, it is not, but, is actually HYH!
Jesus is not the "Alpha and Omega", only his God and Father "Yehovah" (Jehovah) is!
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