Names of Jesus Advent: Alpha and Omega (December 1)

This advent blog series will help draw you closer to the Person of Jesus, the lover of your soul.

December 1: 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 (NKJV)

God. Infinite. Immeasurable.  Without beginning or end. His own Self-declaration says that He is the bookends of all creation; nothing exists without Him. If you are a student of Greek, you would know that Alpha is the first letter in the Greek alphabet, and Omega is the last. Jesus here is telling John that, as his own gospel proclaims, He has existed from before the beginning of time and creation.

He always has been and always will be.

If this is hard to understand, good. I would be concerned if you could fully grasp this concept. God is far bigger than our minds can comprehend. He is infinite in all His ways. We cannot exaggerate His goodness and measure.

Think for a moment about how the God who said, “I am the Alpha and the Omega,” put all of His power and rights aside and came to the earth in the most vulnerable way possible. The infinite God took on the fragile, finite form of a baby. He was totally reliant on Mary and Joseph. 

I often ask myself, why would He do this? Simply put, He did it to save His creation from their sin and separation from God. He did it for you. He did it for me.

This Advent season, may we focus on the Alpha and the Omega; the God, who infinite in His measure, stepped into the finite reality of humankind to save us.

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