There is only One God Who can say:
(NASB) Revelation 1:8 “‘I am the Alpha and the Omega,’ says the Lord God, ‘who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.’”

No other ‘god(s)’ say they are to come…for idols and ancestors are not living.  Idols are made with the hands of men.  Ancestors have died.  Men (and women) who claim to be ‘god’ today will have a grave sometime in the tomorrows.

The Lord God Almighty, alone, can rightfully claim to be living.

Consider this: Jesus Christ was in the beginning with God at creation (See John 1:1-3).
Jesus Christ was resurrected from the dead and is living today (See Matthew 28:6-7a).
Jesus Christ is coming again to rule and reign as King of kings and Lord of lords over all the earth (See Revelation 19:11-13).

Jesus Christ…
at the beginning of history
has lived in history
will one day re-enter history.

What difference does this make in people’s lives today?  The followers of Christ have a hope to hang onto in the middle of difficult circumstances and mind-boggling acts of murder and mayhem.

We have a living Lord God Who is Almighty.  Look up, for our redemption is drawing near.  The Lord Jesus Christ will return for His own people.  Our hope is in Him!

(NASB) 1 Thessalonians 4:15-18 “For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep.
16 For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first.
17 Then we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we shall always be with the Lord.
18 Therefore comfort one another with these words.”