Alpha and Omega

“Eternity” in the Bible is that time never ends; it just goes on forever and ever. It’s an unlimited time, but it’s out there in the future when everything is finally done.

Revelation 21 says, [1] And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.
[2] And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
[3] And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.
[4] And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
[5] And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.
[6] And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.
[7] He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.

“See the terminology back like in John 1?” explains Jordan. “You know, ‘The Word became flesh and dwelt among us,’ as so forth. Here’s the ultimate accomplishment of that.

“When He says, ‘It is done,’ that's like the statement at Calvary when He said, ‘It is finished.’ That same statement you’ll find at the end of Psalm 22 when it talks about the Crosswork and the sufferings of Christ and the joy that will follow.

“There’s a goal God has in the prophetic program, a goal in creation, and at this point that goal is brought to fruition. And all the heaven and the earth, the government involved in it all and the reigning in it, is accomplished in Revelation 21 and 22, and the ultimate end, the original purpose that God had in creation, has now been accomplished.

“So at that point there’s no veil. There’s no holding back of all that God is and so they can see His face. But until then, there’s a veil and it’s a veil of sin.

"Without the Lord Jesus Christ you’d have no capacity to reach in and find God, understand Him, and have any understanding of Him, and so the only begotten Son which is in the bosom of the Father, He has declared Him.”

Dr. J Vernon McGee writes,

“This is quite a remarkable statement in the Greek language. The alpha and omega are the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet. From an alphabet you make words, and Jesus Christ is called the ‘Word of God’ — the full revelation and intelligent communication of God.

"He is the only alphabet you can use to reach God, my friend. The only language God speaks and understands is the language where Jesus is the Alpha and the Omega and all the letters in between. He is the ‘A’ and the ‘Z,’ and He is the ‘ABC.'

“If you are going to get through to God the Father, you will have to go through the Son, Jesus Christ. Here the emphasis is upon the beginning and the end. In the original Greek, the Omega is not spelled out as is the Alpha. Why? Because Christ is the beginning, and the beginning is already completed. But the end is yet to be; so He didn't spell out the Omega in this instance. One day He will complete God's program. This is a very interesting detail in the Greek text.

" ‘The beginning and the ending’ refers to the eternity of the Son and His immutability. Concerning this, Hebrews 13:8says, ‘Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to-day, and for ever.’ When it says that He is the same, it does not mean that He is walking over yonder by the Sea of Galilee today. He is not. But it means that in His attributes He is the same. He has not changed. He is immutable. Since He is the beginning and the ending, He encompasses all time and eternity.”