Revelation 1:8
“I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End,” says
the Lord…
The doctor has just told you that you have an
incurable disease. The X-rays and blood tests confirm it. Your worst fears have
come true and you feel like your future has been sealed.
My friend,
the doctor’s report is not final. Jesus declares to you, “I am the Alpha and
the Omega, the Beginning and the End.” (Revelation 1:8) He has the first word
as well as the final word in your situation. The experts and medical reports
don’t!
Alpha and
omega are the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet. But Jesus did not
speak Greek. He spoke Aramaic or Hebrew. So He would have said, “I am the Aleph
and the Tav.” Aleph and tav are the first and last
letters of the Hebrew alphabet. So what Jesus is declaring to us is this: “I
have the first word in your situation. And I have the final word in your
situation!”
Each Hebrew
letter has a corresponding picture. Interestingly, aleph is associated
with an ox and tav, a cross. Together, they make up a beautiful picture
of what Jesus did for us—He is the sacrificial “animal” on the cross. It was
for us that He suffered, bled and died.
When Jesus
hung on the cross, He also took our infirmities and bore our sicknesses.
(Matthew 8:17). That is why your sickness does not have the final word in your
life. Jesus does because He took your sickness upon His body and paid for your
healing with His blood.
When Jesus
hung on the cross, He took our curse. (Galatians 3:13) We were supposed to be
cursed because of our sins, but He took our place and the curse fell on Him.
Today, we take His place and His blessings fall on us!
So why
settle for the curse of sickness or even poverty when the price for your
healing and prosperity has been paid by Jesus? Sickness and poverty do not have
the final word in your life. Jesus does because He redeemed you from every
curse!
Beloved, when man says that it is impossible, Jesus says
that it is possible. The Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End, has
the final word in your situation!
