First

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. (Revelation 1:8 KJV)

The phrase is repeated:

Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea. (Revelation 1:11 KJV)

And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely. (Revelation 21:6 KJV)

I’ve come to believe that when a message in the Bible is repeated, it is important. We’ve been given a look from the very beginning:

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. (Genesis 1:1 KJV)

To the very end:

I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last. (Revelation 22:13 KJV)

There is no end to learning what is behind five words:  I am Alpha and Omega

If everyone in the world wrote their view of what those words mean, publishing the books today, they would have to rewrite them tomorrow.

Oh, He stays the same – but our viewpoints change as we hear more, learn more and move closer to His side.

The Bible exists in order that we may learn of Him. It contains the messages He has given to individuals as well as nations, for one instances and for all time. Finding and learning the lessons for each person’s life is a never ending process.

Mankind has a tendency not to put Him first, and denies that He will be last. Many deny His very existence, deriding those of us who look to Him in faith and worship Him as He requires:

I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Thou shalt have no other gods before me. (Exodus 20:2-3 KJV)

While requiring that we put Him first, His remaining requirements are simple.  Micah 6:6-7 asks what would please the Lord, then gives the answer:

He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? (Micah 6:8 KJV)

That was Solomon’s conclusion, too:

Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. (Ecclesiastes 12:13 KJV)

But we respond to God the way Adam did, sinfully, even when He comes to walk with us:

And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden. (Genesis 3:8 KJV)

Put Him first, last and always and return to walking with Him.