Jesus Christ: The beginning and the end

 

Jesus Christ is the beginning and the end. He is Alpha and Omega (Rev 22:16). Being part of the holy trinity, Jesus Christ actively participated in the creation of the world (Genesis 1-3). He created man in His own image and likeness.

Despite the uniqueness in which man was created something tragic happened in the just perfect created world. In Genesis 2:16-17, God had made it plain to Adam and Eve what they ought to do and what they ought not to do. “¹⁶ And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: ¹⁷ But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.”

In Genesis chapter 3 Satan comes in with another doctrine against that which God had communicated. Eve, confronted by the devil, already knew well the communication God had made to them. But the convincing power of the Devil found herself already in the trap together with Adam. Genesis 3:4-6 “⁴ And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: ⁵ For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. ⁶ And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food and that it was pleasant to the eyes and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her, and he did eat.”

Satan, the Old serpent led to the fall of our first parents. But since God had already chosen us before even the foundation of the world was set (Ephesians 1:4), we were not destined to die forever. God's plan B was effected. His only begotten son paid the price to save humanity.

Wondering how?                      

Genesis 3:21 Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins and clothed them.  A sacrifice had to be made and blood was shed in order to clothe Adam and Eve and save the entire humanity. This was a foreshadow of the ultimate price that Jesus Christ had to pay by dying on the Cross.

John 3:16 Puts it clearly “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” This remains the eternal promise that every believer should put into consideration. God gave out everything to save humanity. This is the same way we should give out everything to seek the eternal promise of Christ after the second coming.

Luke 19:10 For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.

Thus Jesus Christ actively participated in putting this world into place, He played a central role in saving the fallen world and up to date He is actively interceding for us as we prepare for the second coming, the climax of it all.