Romans 8:1 “Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. In walking with God, all begins with Jesus, is now because of Jesus, and forever remains because of Jesus.
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.” Jesus Himself, the resurrected Jesus, reveals what had before been foretold and revealed in multiplied repetition, that Jesus was, and is God. He is the Son of God. Fully God with God the Father and with God the Holy Spirit. The Triune God has, in unison of thought, of will and of desire, ordained that it would be so and it was and is so. For us, for all of creation, yes all, this truth rings true. For us, everything, including life itself, began with Jesus. All of the universe and everything in it exists today and is held together because of Jesus. (Colossians 1:17) He created it, keeps it together, and will be the One who ushers in the end of all of it. He created everything and everything is His. (Colossians 1:15-20) It is not merely the physical that we see that He created, but He is the one through whom spiritual life is given, and exists. Alpha is the first letter of the Greek alphabet and Omega is the last letter of it. If Jesus were to come to the U.S. today, He would likely say it as He is the A and the Z, and everything in-between. He is the beginning of all that we know exists and He rules for all time, and beyond.
Revelation 21:6 “He said to me: “It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To the thirsty I will give water without cost from the spring of the water of life.” Here is the second verse where Jesus identified Himself as the Alpha and the Omega. Here He adds that He is the Beginning and the End. Yes, He truly is the great I AM as God was identified to Moses. (Exodus 3:14) Jesus made this statement of Himself to the Pharisees and they clearly understood who He was identifying Himself to be as their reaction of wanting to stone Him reveals. They thought He was committing blasphemy by equating Himself with God. They clearly understood His claim of deity. (John 8:56-59) Jesus is the great I AM, He is everything we need at all times. He is all we need.
Revelation 22:13 “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.” This is the third time that Jesus identifies Himself as God by this statement of Himself. Family, we read the Word of God saying to all who will hear that He is God. It has many times been said by unbelievers “If God is real, let Him appear in front of me and then I will believe.” God has appeared. His name was Jesus. He made the way for us to be united with God. Yes, God already appeared before man. And God is not a dog that is called to obey and “Come!” He is Almighty God, and He has called for all who want to live eternally with Him to come through Jesus the Messiah, our Savior and Lord. The words of Jesus call out to everyone “Come to me…” (Matthew 11:28-30) Jesus called Himself the “Alpha and the Omega” three times. If someone saw you carrying a bottle of something and said to you “Don’t drink that it will kill you!” And then another person saw you pouring the drink for yourself and also warned you. If you continued on and were about to drink what you have been warned not to drink and a third person warns you that the drink will kill you, but you do anyhow. Then how insane and foolish for you to cry out, with your dying breath “This is unfair!” We are warned that to have Jesus is to have eternal life with God, and without Jesus the sure destiny is to perish. (John 3:16-18) Three times Jesus said He is the Beginning and End. There is no excuse to not come and bow before Him and call Him Savior and Lord.
John 1:1-4 – “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was with God in the beginning. 3 Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. 4 In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind.” Jesus is the spiritual Word that was given in scripture, He is the physical image of the written Word of God. And He was, and is, and evermore will be.
Matthew 28:20b “…And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.” Always Jesus is with us. In every situation. Against all foes, seen and unseen. Always means He never leaves us. We are never alone. He is with all of us always. Yes, until the end of this age. But He being with us does not end there. He is just saying that for as long as everything that now is remains, He is with us. And after that? He is with us. And nothing, and no-one, can change that! Romans 8:38-39 “ For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, 39 neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” What does all this mean? It means that all who love Jesus have already won. What about those who don’t love Jesus? Well, to those, are they still alive? Now is the time for change. Heaven waits for you and the door to Heaven is Jesus. Praise God that we all have the opportunity to come to God! Praise God!
Psalm 150:6 – Let everything that has breath praise the Lord. Praise the Lord!
Micah 7:7 – But as for me, I watch in hope for the Lord, I wait for God my Savior; my God will hear me.
Micah 6:8 – He has shown You, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of You but to do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with Your God
Numbers 6:24-26 “The Lord bless you and keep you; 25 the Lord make His face shine on you and be gracious to you; 26 the Lord turn His face toward you and give you peace.”