Sermon 4

All That He Encompasses

Passage: Revelations 22:13 KJV
"I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last."
eve·ry·thing (ěv'rē-thĭng'): 1.a. All things or all of a group of things. b.All relevant matters. 2.The most important fact or consideration.

I apologize for the briefness of today's sermon. This is technically supposed to be for Sunday, as I am still living in an extension of it (a.k.a. I'm staying up late, past midnight), and is a little short since I am super tired. Camping does that to you.

So, I decided to look through Revelations in the best way it has ever been told (which, in my personal opinion, is the King James Version) and stumbled across this little tidbit. These words are used repeatedly in the Church and even outside of it, and I thought it might be nice to have them here.
The wording of "Alpha and Omega" is neat, since they are the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet. Basically, God/Son/Spirit (I am pretty sure that it was Jesus=the Son=the Lamb who said it, but I am no expert especially when I am tired) is saying that they are the A and Z. That always sounds funny to me, but helps me understand somehow. He continues to pretty much explain it and simplify it with the "beginning and the end" and "first and last". It's pretty cool.

Like my title says, the Trinity is all-encompassing. It exists and just is everything, for always. It's a mind-blowing thought, but the God never stops being. He always is there, and best of all? He always loves, always protects, always cradles us into His arms, and always welcomes us into His kingdom.

It's nice to love a God that always loves you.

~Godspede