Alpha and Omega

There are many parallels to this passage. The Passover Lamb, the sin offering, the High Priest, etc.

It is no coincidence Jesus saying that he was in the beginning.

The first verse in the bible; In the beginning…

Gen 1:1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. NIV

The last verse of the bible, “Amen” (so be it)

Rev 22:21 The grace of the Lord Jesus be with God's people. Amen. NIV

Jesus was the ‘Word’ of God in the beginning. He was one of the main Architects involved in creation, teaching his disciples about the Kingdom of Heaven.

When the bible says that ‘God created the heavens,’ the term “God” is a general term for a deity in the plural form, more than one. At the very least, there’s the Father and the Son, and more than likely includes the Holy Spirit.

When Yahweh is specifically the subject, we see the all capital ‘LORD God.’ The passage that should come to mind for Genesis 1:1.

John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was with God in the beginning. 3 Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. 4 In him was life, and that life was the light of men. 5 The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it. NIV

Some important semantics.

The origin of the teaching of the Messiah as the Alpha and Omega is found in the Hebrew language.

The Alpha and Omega are the first and last letters respectively of the Greek alphabet.

The Hebrew equivalent is the Aleph and the Tav.

The "Aleph and Tav," the beginning and end, the first and last.

The Aleph, the first letter, the beginning, the head of the group. Every letter in Hebrew has it’s ancient symbol and symbolic meaning. The Aleph is represented in ancient Hebrew by the Ox head, the Ox is a symbol of strength, as in the leader of a people. The Ox was used as the sin offering in the first covenant. The Tav, the last letter of the Hebrew, represents crossed poles, or a cross, a symbolic ‘mark’.

Isa 44:5 "This is what the Lord says — Israel's King and Redeemer, the Lord Almighty:

I am the first and I am the last; apart from me there is no God. NIV

John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was with God in the beginning. 3 Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. 4 In him was life, and that life was the light of men. 5 The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it. NIV

The Messiah was there in the beginning and the end. Genesis is the Spiritual message foretold, a book of parables. When we hear of the ‘first man’ we think of Adam. The story of Adam points to Abraham, a parable story of the first man called by God to leave his home to go to a country not his own. The reality is, the Messiah was called by God to leave the kingdom to go to a country not his own, coming down to earths lowly region from heaven.

Gen 12:1 The Lord had said to Abram, "Leave your country, your people and your father's household and go to the land I will show you. 2 "I will make you into a great nation and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing. NIV

Eph 4:9 What does "he ascended" mean except that he also descended to the lower, earthly regions? 10 He who descended is the very one who ascended higher than all the heavens, in order to fill the whole universe. NIV

Abram, the Exalted father, would become Abraham, Father of nations, father to both the Jews and Gentiles. The Story of Abraham and his promised son, points to the work of the Messiah. The story of the true Father willing to give his son as a sin offering, who came down in the flesh to dwell among man.

1 Cor 15:44 If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body. 45 So it is written: "The first man Adam became a living being"; the last Adam, a life-giving spirit. 46 The spiritual did not come first, but the natural, and after that the spiritual. 47 The first man was of the dust of the earth, the second man from heaven. NIV

The first man became a living being; ‘Adam’ (Abraham) point to the Messiah of God, Jesus, made from the dust of the Earth, meaning he who came in the flesh. The last Adam, the Messiah, became a life-giving spirit. Born of a woman, Son of God, resurrected from the dead. Fulfilling the requirements of the law, releasing the Holy Spirit, the spirit of God, over the earth.

John 16:7 But I tell you the truth: It is for your good that I am going away.

Unless I go away, the Counselor will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you. NIV

Gen 2:10 A river watering the garden flowed from Eden;

from there it was separated into four headwaters. NIV

Foretelling the Spirit of God filling the earth.

Ezek 47:1 The man brought me back to the entrance of the temple, and I saw water coming out from under the threshold of the temple toward the east (for the temple faced east). The water was coming down from under the south side of the temple, south of the altar. NIV

Isa 46:10 I make known the end from the beginning, from ancient times, what is still to come. NIV