950. [verse 13] 'I am Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the Ending, the First and the Last' signifies that the Lord is the God of heaven and earth, and all things in the heavens and on earth (in terris) have been made by Him, and are being governed by His Divine Providence, and are happening in accordance with it. That these things and more are signified by those words may be seen above (n. 888).