THE BEGINNING AND THE END (9 OF 9)
by Jeff Strite
Scripture: Revelation 22:13-14
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The Beginning And The End (9 of 9)
Series: The Great I Am
Jeff Strite
Revelation 22:13-14
Back in 2008, there was a surprise best selling book entitled: ''Not Quite What I Had Planned - 6-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous and Obscure'' Notice the first SIX words of the title. ''Not Quite What I Had Planned.'' The book essentially asked people to sum up their lives in 6 words.
Amongst the entries were these:
Stephen Colbert wrote, ''Well, I thought it was funnyå.''
A writer from USA Today - who reviewed the book - offered this statement: ''Dad was Santa. Downhill from there.''
Another writer summed up their life this way, ''Never really finished anything, except cake.''
Someone else wrote, ''Followed yellow brick road. Disappointment ensued.''
And still another commented, ''Should have risked asking, he sighed.'' (from a sermon by Ed Sasnett)
Now the author of the book apparently didn't ask for Jesus' reply, but Jesus might have said: ''I Am The Alpha And Omega.'' That 6 word statement literally sums up Jesus' life.
ALPHA was the first letter of the Greek alphabet and OMEGA was the last of that alphabet.
So Jesus (in Revelation 22) said: ''I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.''
This was literally, the last ''I AM'' statement by Christ in Scripture. And it was how the Bible presents Jesus to us. Jesus was literally the beginning of all things:
Colossians 1:17 says that Jesus ''is before all things.''
And the Gospel of John describes Jesus as the ''WORD'' and tells us ''In the beginning was the Word (Jesus), and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made.'' John 1:1-2
So Jesus was ''THE BEGINNING'' of all things... and Jesus will literally be THE END of all things. The last words of the book of Revelation are these: ''Surely I am coming soon.'' Amen. Come, Lord Jesus! The grace ...
Series: The Great I Am
Jeff Strite
Revelation 22:13-14
Back in 2008, there was a surprise best selling book entitled: ''Not Quite What I Had Planned - 6-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous and Obscure'' Notice the first SIX words of the title. ''Not Quite What I Had Planned.'' The book essentially asked people to sum up their lives in 6 words.
Amongst the entries were these:
Stephen Colbert wrote, ''Well, I thought it was funnyå.''
A writer from USA Today - who reviewed the book - offered this statement: ''Dad was Santa. Downhill from there.''
Another writer summed up their life this way, ''Never really finished anything, except cake.''
Someone else wrote, ''Followed yellow brick road. Disappointment ensued.''
And still another commented, ''Should have risked asking, he sighed.'' (from a sermon by Ed Sasnett)
Now the author of the book apparently didn't ask for Jesus' reply, but Jesus might have said: ''I Am The Alpha And Omega.'' That 6 word statement literally sums up Jesus' life.
ALPHA was the first letter of the Greek alphabet and OMEGA was the last of that alphabet.
So Jesus (in Revelation 22) said: ''I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.''
This was literally, the last ''I AM'' statement by Christ in Scripture. And it was how the Bible presents Jesus to us. Jesus was literally the beginning of all things:
Colossians 1:17 says that Jesus ''is before all things.''
And the Gospel of John describes Jesus as the ''WORD'' and tells us ''In the beginning was the Word (Jesus), and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made.'' John 1:1-2
So Jesus was ''THE BEGINNING'' of all things... and Jesus will literally be THE END of all things. The last words of the book of Revelation are these: ''Surely I am coming soon.'' Amen. Come, Lord Jesus! The grace ...
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