Arcana Coelestia #709
709. The name Jehovah is used because now the subject is charity. From verse 9 to the end of the previous chapter Jehovah is not used but God, the reason being that there the subject is the preparation of Noah, or the member of the Church called Noah, as regards things of his understanding, which are matters of faith. Here however it is the preparation of him as regards the things of his will, which are matters of love. When the subject is the things of the understanding, that is, the truths of faith, the name God is used, but when it is those of the will, that is, goods stemming from love, Jehovah is used. For it is not things of the understanding, that is, of faith, that constitute the Church but those of the will which are matters of love. Jehovah is present within love and charity, but not within faith except faith that inheres in love or charity. This also is why in the Word faith is compared to the night, but love to the daytime, as in Genesis 1 where the great lights are mentioned; the greater light, which is the sun and means love, has dominion over the day, while the lesser light, which is the moon and means faith, has dominion over the night, Genesis 1:14, 16. Similarly in the Prophets, Jeremiah 31:35; 33:20; Psalms 136:8-9; also Revelation 8:12.
Apocalypse Revealed #888
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.
