“I am the Alpha and
Omega”
“Je suis l’Alpha et
Omega”
This letter was
written to encourage early Christians and churches to remain faithful in a time
of severe persecution. Christian persecution is not only a historical issue,
but a present day reality and with many faces. Recently, and as usual,
Christians have been killed in Egypt, Northern Nigeria, etc. Even in places
where Christians do not necessarily face death threats, Christianity itself is
attacked in some other forms to give it no voice or credibility. To silence
Christian voice is a terrible persecution! As secularism gets more intermingled
with atheism, many Christians get confused, or become lukewarm, and are unable
to contend for the faith once entrusted to the Saints (Jude vs 3).
Like the early
Christians, we are to draw strength from this letter as we discern the signs of
the time and or the unfolding of God’s plan for his world. No matter the kind
of persecution we face, be it economic, spiritual, social or physical form of
persecution, let us pray for divine wisdom to understand that we are not alone
in our situation.
In a time when
Christians are most vulnerable in many parts of the world, let us draw comfort
from our ‘Alpha and Omega’ who abandoned his comfort zone and became vulnerable
from nativity to death because he chose to be Emmanuel.
‘Look, he is coming with the clouds,
and every eye will see him,
even those who pierced him....
So shall it be! Amen.
Réjouissez-vous et soyez
heureux. Nous sommes une partie de
l'histoire
Augustine Nwaekwe
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