Alpha and Omega

As our study transitions to Revelation 21:1–8 we are greeted with “a new heaven and a new earth,” and John informs us “the sea” (a symbol for “bad things”) is “no more” (Rev. 21:1). This is the vision of our eternal state with God, and there is a strong correlation between what John images here and what is found in Isaiah 65.

 Revelation 21:1–2 (CSB)

1 Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. 2 I also saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared like a bride adorned for her husband.

The “one seated on the throne” (v. 5) is referred to as the “Alpha and the Omega” (v. 6). God is eternally with humanity (v. 3), every tear will be wiped away (v. 4)—death, grief, and pain will terminate—and the Christian is eternally fed “from the spring of the water of life” (v. 6) upon his return. Your relationship with God through Christ as Savior and Lord, offers the blessing of eternal life and hope in “heaven” with God.

Alpha is the first letter in the Greek alphabet, Omega is the last letter. The reference to God by this name informs the Christian that God existed before time and before the “foundation of the world” (Eph. 1:4), and he will be there with you in the end, after time and the world have ceased—beyond the end of anything imaginable. He is above all things and eternally with all he has created, therefore when his word informs the “conquerors” they “will inherit all these (heavenly) things” (v, 7) the Christian can count on it.

Revelation 21:7 (CSB)

7 The one who conquers will inherit these things, and I will be his God, and he will be my son.

Rev. 21:1–8 offers powerful meaning and motivation to you as your pursue recovery and a relationship with the Alpha and the Omega.