“I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End,” says the Lord, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.” Revelation 1:8
Not many people, I think, will have a problem with the 'he was' part when speaking of the man who lived in the first century A.D. Jesus is known through the Bible record and by other historical records such as Josephus. However, to some of those people during what we would consider the 'he was' time, Jesus said that he was from a time before their time, way before their time:
Jesus said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I AM.” John 8:58
Properly freaked out by this, they stooped to gather some rocks to make him a 'he was' right there and then. But His time had not yet come.
Rejoice in Christ Jesus!
Bucky
