Alpha And Omega

“I am the Alpha and the Omega—the beginning and the end,” says the Lord God. “I am the one who is, who always was, and who is still to come—the Almighty One.” Rev.1:8

Jesus is Alpha and Omega. Jesus is not just the Alpha and Omega; He is everything else in between. Jesus is at the center of it all. Even though He is the Alpha, even though He is the Omega, Jesus is at the center of everything. H. G. Wells says, “I am a historian, I am not a believer. But I must confess as a historian that this penniless preacher from Nazareth is irrevocably the very center of history. Jesus Christ is easily the most dominant figure in all history”. Jesus Christ is irrevocably the center of history. The dating system that we use in the world for instance is; this year is 2015 AD. Everything that happened before Jesus is dated BC, everything that happened after Jesus is dated AD, and Jesus is right at the center of it all. From the beginning of time to the end of time it will always, has always been and it will always be about Jesus. Everything that was made, was made by Him. “For through him God created everything in the heavenly realms and on earth. He made the things we can see and the things we can’t see— such as thrones, kingdoms, rulers, and authorities in the unseen world. Everything was created through him and for him” Col.1:16.

Alpha and Omega means the first and the last and the most important part. Alpha and omega are Greek alphabets. The first alphabet in the Greek language is alpha. If Jesus were speaking to an English audience, Jesus would probably have said, ‘I am the A and Z’. But what you and I need to understand is that Jesus is not only the alpha and omega, He is everything else in between. Meaning, using the Greek alphabets, Jesus was saying in essence, I am alpha, I’m beta, I’m gamma, I’m delta, I’m epsilon, I’m zeta, I’m eta, I’m theta, I’m iota, I’m kappa, I’m lambda, I’m mu, I’m nu, I’m ksi, I’m omricon, I’m pi, I’m rho, I’m sigma, I’m tau, I’m upsilon, I’m phi, I’m chi, I’m psi, and I’m omega. A lot of the time, because we read in Scripture that Jesus says ‘and’, we think He actually meant just the first and the last alone. But so that there’s no confusion in the text, Jesus says, “I’m He who is, He who was, and He who is to come”. In other words, I am He who was – Alpha, I’m He who is – wherever you are on the alphabet scale, and when you get to the end I’ll be there. So when He said I’m Alpha and Omega, if He had stopped there then you could argue that Jesus meant the beginning and the end. But Jesus went on to say, “I am the one who is, who always was, and who is still to come—the Almighty One”.

Prayer [song]: You are Alpha and Omega.
We worship You our Lord, You are worthy to be praised. We give You all the glory, we worship You our Lord,
You are worthy to be praised.