888. "I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End." This symbolically means that the people addressed may know that the Lord is God of heaven and earth, and that He formed everything in the heavens and on earth, and governs all things by His Divine providence and directs them in accordance with it.

That the Lord is the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End, and that this means that He formed all things and governs and directs them, and more, may be seen in nos. 13, 29-31, 38, 57, 92 above.

That the Lord is God of heaven and earth is clear from His words in John:

...given Him (is) authority over all flesh. (John 17:2)

And in Matthew:

All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. (Matthew 28:18)

And that by Him were all things made that were made (John 1:3, 14).

Plainly, everything made or created by Him is governed by His Divine providence.