From: GregStffrd@aol.com
Date: Thu Jan 25 2001 - 20:42:34 EST
In a message dated 01/25/2001 11:21:29 AM Pacific Standard Time,
trmljorg@yahoo.com writes:
<< It seems to me that the
discussions of H ARCH in Rev. 3:14 have overlooked the two most important
texts in determinig its usage here, namely the only two other occurences
of the word in the Revelation (21:6, 22:13). 21:6 reads, EGW TO ALFA KAI
TO W, H ARCH KAI TO TELOS. 22:13 reads similarly, EGW TO ALFA KAI TO W, O
PRWTOS KAI O ESCATOS, H ARCH KAI TO TELOS. The first is a statement by
God about himself. The second refers either to God or to Christ. The
context favors Christ in the second text. In both ARCH means "beginning"
but certainly not in the sense of first created but in the sense of the
beginner of creation. >>
Dear Tim:
In both Revelation 21:6 and 22:13 ARCH means beginning, just as TELOS means
end. But ARCH is not uesd here in reference to God's being, and neither does
TELOS have reference to his existence.
In Revelation the evidence also strongly supports the meaning "beginning,"
and the genitive THS KTISEWS tells you what Christ is the beginning of.
Best regards,
Greg Stafford
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