OME'GA, n. Gr. al'-fa, o'-me-ga, o-me'-ga (Alpha and Omega = A and O): The first and last letters of the Greek alphabet, hence, symbolically, "beginning and end"; in Revelation "The Eternal One" in Revelation 1:8 of the Father, in Revelation 21:6 and Revelation 22:13 of the Son.
The name of the last letter of the Greek alphabet, as Alpha, A, is the first. The phrase “alpha” can mean a beginning while the word “Omega” can mean the ending, but in Scripture it means much more than a beginning and an end. If you took all human knowledge that has ever been known and that includes all words of knowledge, from A to Z, Jesus is everything in between and more.
1901. But he laid his right hand on me, saying, ‘Fear not, I am the first and the last, and the living one. The Apostle John wrote of Jesus’ saying, “I am the Alpha a… This statement of eternality could apply only to God. He upholds everything by the word of His mouth and He rules over the universe and all that is in it. 8: . This pair of letters is used as a Christian symbol, and is often combined with the Cross, Chi-rho, or other Christian symbols. I died, and behold I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of Death and Hades’”“for this end Christ died and lived again, that he might be Lord both of the dead and of the living” “died for us so that whether we are awake or asleep we might live with him”“since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep” In Revelation, the last book of the Bible, Jesus/God is the Omega, the end of all things which started in Genesis; He starts the first chapter of the book of Revelation identifying Himself as "Alpha and Omega" and He ends the last chapter of the last book of the Bible the same way. Compare Theodoret, Eusebius, Historia Ecclesiastica, iv. Alpha (Α or α) and omega (Ω or ω) are the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet, and a title of Christ and God in the Book of Revelation. The phrase “alpha” can mean a beginning while the word “Omega” can mean the ending, but in Scripture it means much more than a beginning and an end. “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end”“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.” “I am the first and I am the last; besides me there is no god”“to the angel of the church in Smyrna write: ‘The words of the first and the last, who died and came to life’”“’Father, into your hands I commit my spirit!’ And having said this he breathed his last”“Jesus had received the sour wine, he said, ‘It is finished,’ and he bowed his head and gave up his spirit”“The world has now become the Kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he will reign forever and ever” “When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead.
We'll send you an email with steps on how to reset your password. All Rights Reserved. There is nothing that Jesus is not except sinful or having flaws. The Alpha is the first letter in the Greek alphabet and it’s where we get our word, “alphabet” from because the letters we use to construct words in our language are all contained in our alphabet. Learn more about the meaning of this important name of God in the Bible and what it means for us. When you see Christ, either as your judge (Rev 20:12-15) or as your King (Rev 21:3; 22:4), then you will be like the Apostle John who wrote,Resource – Scripture quotations are from The Holy Bible, English Standard VersionIf you like what you're reading, you can get free daily updates through the Copyright © 2010-2020 Telling Ministries LLC. Omega, or omega, The last letter of the Greek alphabet. al'-fa, o'-me-ga, o-me'-ga (Alpha and Omega = A and O): What He is saying is that He’s everything from A to Z. It is used metephorically to denote the end of anything ( Revelation 1:8 Revelation 1:11 ) Bibliography Information. all." Jesus is the perfection that we need to enter the kingdom because it is only through Him that we can attain the very same righteousness as Jesus has and the same righteousness which God demands (2nd Cor 5:21). Compare Aretas (Cramer's Catenae Graecae in New Testament) on A similar expression is found in Latin (Martial, v.26). Hence in Scripture, Alpha and Omega denotes the first and last, the beginning and the ending.
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