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World Wide Christians
Alpha and the Omega
Joshua Miles Tuscumbia, Alabama joshuarmiles1976 @ gmail. com
In the scope of current society it is hard not to be drawn into the fear of the unknown, the insecurity of a world system that is waxing worse and worse. For me it is important to know that Jesus is in control of everything! I’ m not claiming that Jesus allows evil to happen, for that is a whole other discussion and one that would take much time to discuss properly. But think about this for a second, and remember these words and its( promising, declarative) statements which are directly from Christ, and of His Revelation.
““ I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God,“ who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.”( Revelation 1:8)
The beginning and the end! When Christ died on that cross for mankind, He was humble, and out of love allowed His creation to do despicable things that in order we might have the opportunity to be re-united with both He and the Father. Yet make no mistake. In the Revelation, we do not see Christ in humble, meek lowliness. We see Him as the Almighty! He who has some cleaning up to do, and the beginning is finished but not the end!
What I really love about Revelation 1:8 is the Greek. When John penned( under the Spirit) the Alpha and the Omega, he used the full written version of Alpha, being Ἄλφα. And this because the beginning was fulfilled! Yet the Greek he chose( or rather the triune Godhead chose) for Omega was the symbol! It is Ὦ!
The end is not finished. Christ will be coming back, not on a donkey or as a humble servant, but as the Creator of All, and on a war horse, the Almighty!
So when I get sad, or frustrated with the world I look up and realize that from Alpha to the Omega it’ s already written. Jesus wrote it all! And with hope I let my light shine until we go home, knowing that the Beginning and the End, He who is, who was, and who is to come is under complete control.