Isa 41:4 | TNotes | STEP | 41:4 each new generation from the beginning of time: God is sovereign over all things. From the beginning he has unfolded each stage of history according to his plan. • In the book of Revelation, Jesus identifies himself as the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last , the Beginning and the End (Rev 1:8 , 17 ; 2:8 ; 21:6 ; 22:13 ). • I alone am he: The Lord alone is God (see also Isa 43:10 , 13 ; 46:4 ; 48:12 ; Deut 32:39 ). Jesus used similar expressions for himself (see John 6:35 ; 8:12 , 24 ; 9:5 ; 10:7 , 9 , 11 , 14 ; 11:25 ; 14:6 ; 15:1 , 5 ).

41:4 ^a each new generation from the beginning of time: God is sovereign over all things. From the beginning he has unfolded each stage of history according to his plan.

• In the book of Revelation, Jesus identifies himself as the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End (Rev 1:8 ^b, 17 ^c; 2:8 ^d; 21:6 ^e; 22:13 ^f).

• I alone am he: The Lord alone is God (see also Isa 43:10 ^g, 13 ^h; 46:4 ⁱ; 48:12 ^j; Deut 32:39 ^k). Jesus used similar expressions for himself (see John 6:35 ^l; 8:12 ^m, 24 ⁿ; 9:5 ^o; 10:7 ^p, 9 ^q, 11 ^r, 14 ^s; 11:25 ^t; 14:6 ^u; 15:1 ^v, 5 ^w).