The Alpha and Omega

"I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End," says the Lord, "who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty."

 Revelation 1:8*

By the time a child loses his two front teeth, he is expected to know his letters from A to Z. This simple achievement offers a lifetime of benefits. It is the vehicle to a whole new world of literature, information, and ideas. Letters combine to make words; words form language and language expresses the thoughts and feelings of the soul.

When Christ claimed to be the Alpha and Omega (the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet), He was in effect declaring Himself to be the whole revelation of God – the divine communication medium to the human race.

Everything that we will ever know about the Almighty is through Jesus Christ. He is the image of the invisible God, the personification of divine love and the supreme example of holiness. Glory, grace and righteousness are only abstract concepts until they are expressed to us through Christ. He says it all.

The world cannot contain the books that could be written about the Lord Jesus. There aren’t enough trees for paper or even enough carbon to make the ink. But heaven contains the Alpha and Omega and with eternity, there is time enough to declare who He really is.

*see also Revelation 1:11, 21:6, 22:13