In **Revelation 3:14** Jesus refers to himself as the beginning of God's creation:

> "And to the angel of the church in Laodicea write: 'The words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, **the beginning of God's creation**.'" (Revelation 3:14 ESV)

> ἡ ἀρχὴ τῆς ⸁κτίσεως τοῦ θεοῦ

The speaker in **Proverbs 8:22** is identified in strikingly similar terms:

> **The LORD created me as the beginning of his works**, before his deeds of long ago. (Proverbs 8:22 NET)

> κύριος ἔκτισέν με ἀρχὴν ὁδῶν αὐτοῦ εἰς ἔργα αὐτοῦ (LXX)

Should **Revelation 3:14** be understood as an allusion to Proverbs 8:22? Is Jesus identifying himself with the speaker in Proverbs 8:22?