Revelation 22:12 Behold, I am coming soon! My reward is with me, and I will give to everyone according to what he has done. I am the Alpha and Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.

There is no court of appeal against what the Lord God has decreed. It is an awesome fact to contemplate. The lives we live, the response we have made to God’s Son determines our eternal destiny. All of a sudden our positions, titles, power, acquisitions and possessions mean absolutely nothing as we stand before a holy God.

God has placed us in this parenthesis we call time for one purpose only: that we may know him the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom he has sent. (See John 17:3). That is the basis of eternal life. God wants to give us visions of himself here and now so we can begin to grasp what is to come.  The Holy Spirit helps us understand:

“For it is my will that those who believe in me should see Heavens opened and understand things which shall be. The things which exist are very temporary and you should not get caught up in them. Those who are my followers have a much greater calling. You are in the earth to do my bidding and proclaim my name as Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end of all things. This earth shall pass and all things in it. It is for that reason that Revelation 21 and 22 are written.”