Lord Over All!
"I am the Alpha and the Omega,
the Beginning and the End,
the First and the Last."
Revelation 22: 13
“He knows everything from A to Z about football!” You have likely
heard that phrase—“from A to Z”—before. The technical term for
that phrase is merism—using two contrasting parts of a whole to
refer to all the separate parts. Instead of describing everything
the person knows, you say he knows football “from A to Z.”
The Bible contains merisms: contrasting heaven with hell in
Psalm 139:8 and contrasting the present with the future and
heights with depths in Romans 8:38-39.
But Jesus Christ also referred to Himself in such a way. He is the
Alpha and Omega (the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet),
the Beginning and the End, and the First and the Last. In each
case, He meant “and everything in
between.”
In other words, Christ is Ruler over all, over everything,
over everyone, similar to “King of kings and Lord of lords”
(Revelation 19:16). Nothing and no one can approach
the
power and authority of Jesus
Christ.
Jesus knows the beginning and ending
of your days, and every day in between.
He's Lord over all!
"When a man makes alliance
with the Almighty, giants look
like grasshoppers."
Vance Havner