The consciousness of the divine spirit made Christ say, "I am alpha and omega." Those who limit Christ to the historic period of the life of the prophet of Nazareth surely limit the message, in spite of his open declaration that he is the first and the last. Christ also said, "I have not come to give a new law, but I have come to fulfill the law," which means that no new religion has ever been given, although the world has taken it so.