Rev 1:8 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.
Jesus introduces himself in the book of the Revelation of Jesus Christ as the Alpha and Omega. He is with God the Father from the beginning to the end and everything in between. He knows the past, the present and the future and he directs our lives. We can trust him.
John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
John 1:2 The same was in the beginning with God.
Four times in Revelation we see Jesus saying he is the Alpha and Omega, Revelation 1:8, 1:11, 21:6 and 22:13.
Rev 22:12 And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.
Rev 22:13 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.
Rev 22:14 Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.
The city is New Jerusalem.
Rev 21:10 And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God,
After the thousand year reign of Jesus on the earth a New Jerusalem will descend from heaven. Will it be on earth? or above earth? This appears to be our final dwelling place. God knows what follows. It is important that we get there and the way is through faith in Jesus who shed his blood to remove our sins. He took our sins to the cross so that by believing in him we may have everlasting life with him.
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