Alpha & Omega New Jerusalem Crown with Orthodox Cross | Revelation | Second Coming | Lightweight Cotton Unisex T-ShirtThe Logos is the Beginning of all things because from Him flow the creative outpourings, the particular logoi of creatures. He is the End of all things because He is the center toward which all created beings tend. This is the mystical meaning behind His words: I am the Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the Ending (Revelation 1: 8). Hieromonk Damascene (Christensen), Christ the Eternal Tao

and that is why the Lord pays no attention to it

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we must first attain awareness

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you will experience true joy and all the thorns of evil will wither away

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They led the saint to the place of execution and tied him to an olive tree

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Earthly goods are good works done for Christ's sake that confer the grace of the All-Holy Spirit