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REVELATION 1:8
"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."
Alpha is the first letter of the Greek alphabet, and Omega is the last...so we "could" say Jesus is the A to Z...He is the Beginning and the End....If Jesus is both the first and the last and the beginning and the end, then it would have to mean He also has authority over everything in-between...This would mean that Jesus does have a plan for all of history, and He directs the path of human events toward His designed fulfillment. Our lives are not given over to blind fate, to random meaninglessness, or to endless cycles with no resolution..Jesus Christ directs all of human history, and so therefore even our individual lives...
Who is, Who was, and who is to come.... Hebrews 13:8 expresses it this way: Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
The word Almighty translated from the original Greek literally means, "the one who has His hand on everything." It means that Jesus has complete sovereign control over everything, past, present, and future....
I don't know about any of you, but I find GREAT comfort in all of this...that Jesus Christ truly controls all of history, long before I could have even been a thought, to my present life and circumstances right now, to everything that will EVER come...that EVERYTHING lies in His very capable hands and He directs the course of all things....And since we know how everything comes out in the end, we never have anything to fear....I LOVE this verse!!
Oh! Debbie! I so loved this post, and like you I know the end result. I have read the last page. Praise the Lord! Thank you for sharing.
ReplyDeleteI have been praying and thinking of you this week! I hope to not be so busy next week and want to visit more often.
Blessings,
Sue
Such a beautiful post.
ReplyDeleteHe is everything! Praise God that He's coming back again.
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Mary
Amen. Thak you for sharing.
ReplyDeleteHow Beautiful are the Feet of those who bring good news, proclaim peace, bring glad tidings of good things, proclaim salvation, and proclaim to Zion, "Your God reigns!"
I'm still sharing an old post here..
"My Spiritual Sunday Post"
Regina
AMEN! What comfort indeed.
ReplyDeleteThis was such a great post for me to read today, it just spoke to me. Thank-you my friend for sharing this today.
God Bless,
Ginger
God is sovereign! Thank you for sharing. Have a good Sunday.
ReplyDeleteLike you, I'm encouraged knowing Jesus is in control and soverign. Have a great Sunday, Debbie!
ReplyDeleteI so enjoyed this interpretation, and take such comfort from it. Thank you for giving of yourself this day!
ReplyDeleteMyra
Thank you for sharing these Scriptures and your commentary. Very good. Have a great week.
ReplyDeleteI'm joining others in saying "Amen!!!" Jesus is history itself! What can go wrong?
ReplyDeleteThank you for your visit and praying for my son. I truly appreciate it. May God bless you and your family and hope you'll have a wonderful week ahead! Happy SS!
Thank you for that beautiful, encouraging post.
ReplyDeleteYes , it is a powerful comfort. We were just talking about this today in our Sunday School class where we are studying Jeremiah!
ReplyDeleteI agree with you. When I get despondent over what is going on in our country and the world, I remind myself that it will all turn out in the end the way God wants it to. It is a great comfort. Thank you for this timely post.
ReplyDeleteBlessings,
Charlotte
Debbie,
ReplyDeleteThis is a wonderful scripture and I really like your thoughts on it. Thanks for your nice comment on my S.S. blog!
Blessings,
Jean
I delight in those verses too, and Rev 22:13 says it as well, "I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End." What a comforting thought indeed, that all things are in Jesus almighty hands.
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