The word “Omega” is usually used to indicate the last or the eventual boundary or finish of a group. It is often used with “Alpha” which is the beginning and the first letter of the Greek alphabet. In the Bible, Jesus Christ used this to describe Himself as the “Alpha and Omega”; or the start and the finish, beginning and the end.
In Revelation 21:6 Christ said, “It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega…” He was signifying that something had been completed.
When we think of Christ’s words that He is the ‘Alpha and Omega’, He is saying that He was here from the very start of all things, and will be at the very end of life, as we know it. He was the one who initiated creation, and He will be here to usher us into our eternal home.
Several aspects come to mind that shows how Jesus Christ is the Omega. One is that He is the final revelation of God. To explain, look at John 1:18. “No one has ever seen God, but God the One and Only, who is at the Father’s side, has made Him known.” Another verse from John 12:45: “When a man looks at me, he sees the One who sent me.” In II Cor. 4:6 it says: “God…made His light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the Glory of God in the face of Christ.” Until this time the Jewish people were too awed by God to even say His name. Now in the person of Jesus—The Omega—He gave His final revelation.
Another aspect of Jesus as ‘Omega’ is that with Jesus we have the completion of the bridge once again being opened for man to be able to reach God. Jesus finished the plan on the Cross when He said, “it is finished.” He was not stating that He was dying, but stating that by dying He had now accomplished what He had come to do, pay the penalty for sin. He also put an end to the law when He died. Romans 10:4 says: “Christ is the end of the law so that there may be righteousness for everyone who believes.”
Jesus, as ‘Omega’ is bringing all things to an end. History is moving toward the finish line. Since the Cross, we are now living in ‘the last days’ as it says in Mark 1:15: “The time has come.” Acts 2:17 states “In these last days…”; and in Hebrews 1:2 “but in these last days he has spoken through His Son.” We now are living “in these last days” at the “end of the ages”. Time will be no more, and we will move into eternity. God’s time has come because Jesus Christ, the Omega has come.
We already mentioned that Jesus is the final revelation of God. Another aspect is that Jesus is the final ultimate manifestation of the Glory of God. In the New Testament we learn that there is no revelation of the Glory of God beyond Jesus. John 1:14 states “The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His Glory, the Glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of Grace and truth.” John 12:28 says “Father, glorify Your name…I have glorified it and will glorify it again.” And then in John 17:1 we read: “Father, the time has come. Glorify Your Son, that Your Son may glorify You.”
We must live with the knowledge that all-human history and all of God’s purposes move toward Jesus Christ, and is brought to its ultimate goal in and by Jesus. He is our Omega, The Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. So be it!
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