The Omega God

Among the attributes accorded to the Most High God, the “Alpha and Omega” happens to be the most frequently used attribute. This attribute is accorded to God when Christians pray and worship. He is the Alpha and Omega...!.  A popular line in most Christian songs of worship to God.  By default and due to our cultural, societal and mostly religious orientation, we happen to understand fully and relate to the Alpha nature of God and thereby according Him the needed reverence to that effect. 
Have we however paused for a moment to fully digest what this attribute essentially means? 
What do we mean by reverencing God as an Omega?

First and foremost, God as Alpha and Omega depicts God as taking two directly opposite forms at the same time and not one at a particular time and the other at another. It depicts God existing in these two forms at the same time. Meaning, God as; the first and the last, the head and the tail, the beginning and the end, the greatest and the least. Take for instance; in a family, He takes the form of both the family head and the last-born child, in a country He takes the form of both the wealthiest/powerful and the poorest/vulnerable. He exists in exactly these directly opposite forms at all times.

How easy it is to picture God as an Alpha but how difficult and close to impossible it is viewing God as an Omega?

Omega, as the English Dictionary has it, is the 24^th letter of the Greek alphabet. The word ‘omega’ can also be used in describing the ending of a series or sequence, for example the letter, Z. The word omega is synonymous to words including end and last.

In the book of Isaiah 53, the bible recounts the story of the Prophet Isaiah’s description of the Lord portraying Him mostly as taking His Omega form.  

For He shall grow up before him as a tender plant and as a root out of a dry ground; He hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him there is no beauty that we should desire him. He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. (Isaiah 53:2-3)

And it came to pass that the Lord came to the earth and assumed His Omega nature and despite His amazing miracles and teachings of wisdom like an Alpha would, He was still rejected by the very people He had come to save because of the form He assumed; His Omega form. They had expected to see a much more handsome, mighty and king-like warrior (probably because Jesus hailed from the bloodline of David and was destined to save them from all evil) commanding an unbeatable troop of warriors. Jesus happened to not suit their definition of ‘savior’ which  led to His rejection with the presumption that their savior was yet to come. 
How we easily disregard and despise our God when he assumes His Omega form.

Similarly in the book of Matthew 25: 31- 46, The Bible teaches the coming of the Son of Man in His glory and all the holy angels with Him and He shall sit upon the throne of His glory (Alpha form). Here, He gives eternal life to those who fed Him when He was hungry, drink when thirsty, took Him in although a stranger, clothed Him when naked, visited Him when sick, and came to Him in prison. In contrast, He curses into everlasting fire those who refused Him help.

Both factions will ask the Lord for instances when they provided or deprived Him of any of these needs. “And the King shall answer and say unto them, verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.” (Matthew 25: 40)

How easy it is to reverence God as Alpha and be willing to give Him everything He asks' of but how difficult it is again to give to Him what He asks' for in His Omega form as your mere brethren.

Going forward, we should desist from reverencing God only as Alpha and reverence Him as He is, His holistic nature both Alpha and Omega at all times. Concentrate especially on His Omega nature. This way we avoid the judgement of eternal punishment.

The Spirit of God resides in every one of us as long as we have the breath of life, regardless our religious affiliation. We are all gods on earth only we will die like men. Jesus reinforced this fact. So the earlier we start seeing God in everyone and not only religious leaders, the better.

Never forget to reverence God in His Omega sense. By that I mean that beggar on your street, the disabled man who begs for your money, the street child, the homeless Lebanese kids and their parents on the streets of Accra among others.
Remember that God can take any form He pleases.

Do well to extend a hand of help to the poor and vulnerable in society. Not only because they are in need but also because they represent the Most High God in His Omega form.