Beginning And End, First and Last

Beginning And End

Rev. 22:13  “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.”

Jesus is from the beginning and will be at the end.  In fact, He is before the beginning and will be after the end.  He is the summation and purpose of all as well as the creator and sustainer of it.  He started it. He’ll end it. It not just all about Him, but it was about Him before it was and it will still be about Him after it is over.

Beginning Of The Creation Of God

Rev. 3:14  “And to the angel of the church in Laodicea write: The Amen, the faithful and true Witness, the Beginning of the creation of God, says this:”

Yes, the creation began with Him because He created it, but He is also the most important part of the creation. 

First And Last

Rev 1:17  “And when I saw Him, I fell at His feet as a dead man. And He laid His right hand upon me, saying, “Do not be afraid; I am the first and the last,”

Rev. 2:8 “And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write: The first and the last, who was dead, and has come to life, says this:”

Rev. 22:13  “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.”

These continual descriptions of Jesus as being from beginning to end and first to last affirm His divinity, eternality, power.  But I believe that they especially convey to us preeminence.  Paul sums up the preeminence of Christ in everything in Col. 1.  “And He is the image of the invisible God, the first-born of all creation.  For by Him all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities--all things have been created by Him and for Him.  And He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.  He is also head of the body, the church; and He is the beginning, the first-born from the dead; so that He Himself might come to have first place in everything.” (Col. 1:15-18)