阿拉法和俄梅戛
有些人怀念过去的几十年，那时生活似乎更简单。另一些人则想知道一两代人之后生活会是什么样子。所罗门明白想要抓住时代的变化太难了，他写道：“神从始至终的作为，人不能参透”（传 3:11）。尽管如此，我们还是努力在我们拥有的时间里为神而活。
父神和圣子耶稣都启示自己是阿拉法和俄梅戛。它们是希腊字母表的首字母和尾字母，它们在一起代表了中间的一切。作为阿拉法，神是生命之源。我们承认祂是“创造天地的主”。而圣子耶稣藉着祂的死和复活，来“叫（我们）得生命，并且得的更丰盛”（约 10:10）。
神也是俄梅戛。历史是有轨迹的，没有任何统治者或权力能改变最终的结果。在圣经中，我们听到天上有大声音说：“世上的国，成了我主和主基督的国。他要作王，直到永永远远。”
这个月我们思想了生活中常见的许多事物。我祈求我们的眼睛被开启，清楚地看见那位以恩典启示祂自己的神，祂是“阿拉法，俄梅戛”，祂是“首先的，末后的”，祂是“初”，祂是“终”。
主啊，求你唤醒我们的想像，在生活里平凡的事物中看见你。感谢你向我们启示你的爱和给我们的好消息。奉耶稣的名，阿们。
启示录 1:1-8
1耶稣基督的启示，就是神赐给他，叫他将必要快成的事指示他的众仆人。他就差遣使者晓谕他的仆人约翰。
2约翰便将神的道和耶稣基督的见证，凡自己所看见的都证明出来。
3念这书上预言的和那些听见又遵守其中所记载的，都是有福的，因为日期近了。
4约翰写信给亚细亚的七个教会。但愿从那昔在、今在、以后永在的神和他宝座前的七灵，
5并那诚实作见证的、从死里首先复活、为世上君王元首的耶稣基督，有恩惠、平安归于你们！他爱我们，用自己的血使我们脱离罪恶，
6又使我们成为国民，做他父神的祭司。但愿荣耀、权能归给他，直到永永远远！阿们。
7看哪，他驾云降临，众目要看见他，连刺他的人也要看见他，地上的万族都要因他哀哭。这话是真实的，阿们。
8主神说：“我是阿拉法，我是俄梅戛，是昔在、今在、以后永在的全能者。”
Alpha And Omega
“I am the Alpha and Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.” — Revelation 22:13
Some people yearn for past decades, when life may have seemed simpler. Others wonder what life will be like in one or two generations. Solomon understood how difficult it can be to grasp changes through the ages, and he writes, “No one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end” (Ecclesiastes 3:11). Still, we try to live our lives for God during the time that we have.
Both God the Father and Jesus the Son reveal themselves as the Alpha and Omega. These are the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet, and together they represent everything in between. As the Alpha, God is the source of life. We confess that he is “the creator of heaven and earth.” And Jesus the Son, through his death and resurrection, “came that [we] may have life, and have it to the full” (John 10:10).
God is also the Omega. History has a trajectory, and no other ruler or power can change the final outcome. In Scripture, we hear loud voices in heaven proclaim, “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Messiah, and he will reign for ever and ever” (Revelation 11:15).
This month we have con-sidered a variety of things we see in everyday life. I pray that our eyes have been opened in some ways to see more clearly the One who graciously re-veals himself as the “Alpha and Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.”
Awaken our imagina-tions, Lord, to see you in the ordinary things of life. Thank you for revealing your love and good news to us all. In Jesus, Amen.
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