THE ALPHA AND OMEGA DIMENSION OF GOD: A fruit is “born” with all its fruits

 

1. Pre-sermon declarations

Psalms 118:24: This is the day the Lord has made; We will rejoice and be glad in it.

 

2. Introduction

• The alpha and omega are the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet. 

• For the Jewish rabbis, the first and last letters of the Hebrew alphabet were commonly used to indicate the beginning and end of things. 

• According to the New Testament, the book of Revelation uses the term alpha and omega to identify the self-designation of God and Christ. 

• In the book of Revelation chapters - 1:8; 21:6, and 22:13, Jesus Christ refers to himself to be the “Alpha and Omega.”

 

3. Fire scriptures

Revelation 1:8 

“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.”

 

Revelation 21:6 

And he said to me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To the thirsty I will give from the spring of the water of life without payment.

 

Revelation 22:13 

I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.”

 

Isaiah 41:4  

Who has performed and done this, calling the generations from the beginning? I, the Lord, the first, and with the last; I am he.

 

Isaiah 44:6

Thus says the Lord, the King of Israel and his Redeemer, the Lord of hosts: “I am the first and I am the last; besides me there is no god.

 

Isaiah 46:10 

Declaring the end from the beginning and from ancient times things not yet done, saying, ‘My counsel shall stand, and I will accomplish all my purpose,’

 

 

4. The Principle of Alpha and Omega

- God is referred to Alpha and Omega because nothing is unknown / hidden from him from the beginning to the end. 

- This is because he has chosen everyone’s destiny from start to end. Even before we were born. 

- Example scriptures: Jeremiah 1:5 “Before I formed you in the womb I knew[a] you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”

- Psalms 139: 13 - 18

For you created my inmost being;

    you knit me together in my mother’s womb.

14 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;

    your works are wonderful,

    I know that full well.

15 My frame was not hidden from you

    when I was made in the secret place,

    when I was woven together in the depths of the earth.

16 Your eyes saw my unformed body;

    all the days ordained for me were written in your book

    before one of them came to be.

17 How precious to me are your thoughts,[a] God!

    How vast is the sum of them!

18 Were I to count them,

    they would outnumber the grains of sand—

    when I awake, I am still with you

 

- So, our destiny is chosen by God, but its fulfillment is influenced by us especially the decisions, choices and options we take in life during all seasons. 

- Example is a fruit is born with all its fruits in it. Not just within it but hidden in it. 

- A tree is born with all its forests in it and not just in it but hidden in it.

- Everyman in this platform is born with his Priesthood, Kingship, destiny, dominion in them. Not just in them but hidden. 

- Life is spiritual, everything before its physical manifestation has already happened spiritually. 

- This brings the notion of the future of purpose.

 

5. The future of purpose

- The future of all creation is hidden in creation

- The future existed before the present 

- The future of a product is the manufacturer’s past

- The future is unreleased destiny

- The future is your pre-destination

- The future is the end trapped in the beginning

- Your future is trapped within you

- You do possess your future now because a fruit is born with all its fruits. 

 

6. Walk in this revelation 

- God is committed to the future

- Our future is always important than our past

- Romans 8:28 And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who[a] have been called according to his purpose

- Jeremiah 29: 11 For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans for welfare[a] and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. 12 Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will hear you.

- So, if a fruit is born with all its fruits what does the Lord what us to do to bear fruit? 

- Jeremiah 29: 12 Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will hear you. 

- Mathew 11:28 – 30 28 “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”

- Mathew 6:33 33 But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.

- Mathew 7:7 7 “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.

- James 4:2 You desire but do not have, so you kill. You covet but you cannot get what you want, so you quarrel and fight. You do not have because you do not ask God.

- Examples: My two best examples Moses, Ruth and Naomi. They didn’t hold on they surrendered their precious entities to Christ. 

- What are you holding in you? Surrender it to the LORD and make the sacrifice so that in due to time the Lord will exalt you and you will harvest. Your health, your family, your plans, your job and afflictions, your addictions. Surrender them to the LORD.

 

7. We have great help. 

John 16: 1 – 15  “All this I have told you so that you will not fall away. 2 They will put you out of the synagogue; in fact, the time is coming when anyone who kills you will think they are offering a service to God. 3 They will do such things because they have not known the Father or me. 4 I have told you this, so that when their time comes you will remember that I warned you about them. I did not tell you this from the beginning because I was with you, 5 but now I am going to him who sent me. None of you asks me, ‘Where are you going?’ 6 Rather, you are filled with grief because I have said these things. 7 But very truly I tell you, it is for your good that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Advocate will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you. 8 When he comes, he will prove the world to be in the wrong about sin and righteousness and judgment: 9 about sin, because people do not believe in me; 10 about righteousness, because I am going to the Father, where you can see me no longer; 11 and about judgment, because the prince of this world now stands condemned.

12 “I have much more to say to you, more than you can now bear. 13 But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all the truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come. 14 He will glorify me because it is from me that he will receive what he will make known to you. 15 All that belongs to the Father is mine. That is why I said the Spirit will receive from me what he will make known to you.”

8. Prayer points

- Surrender that situation to the Lord. Rededicate your plans to align with the WORD/ the spirit of the LORD

- Present your request to the LORD / ASK - Philippians 4:6-7 6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7 And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

- Strength for persistence in prayer- Remember the persistent widow

- Ask for eyes in the spirit. Job 15:33, Acts 2:17, Joel 2:28, Jeremiah 1:12

9 . Conclusions: