ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Tu’apulelulu Siulai 21, 2022

THE ALPHA AND OMEGA

KO E ‘ALIFA MO E ‘OMEKA

JOHN 5:39

You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that bear witness about me, 

SIONE 5:39

‘Oku mou hakule ‘a e Tohitapu; koe‘uhi ‘oku mou mahalo ‘oku tu‘u ai ho‘omou ma‘u ‘a e mo‘ui ta‘engata: pea ko ia ia ‘oku fakamo‘oni kiate au.

 

Sola Gratia - Grace Alone - Ko e Kelesi´ pe    

Jesus Christ is the Alpha and Omega of the Bible. He is the constant theme of its sacred pages; from first to last they testify of Him. At the creation we at once discern Him as one of the sacred Trinity; we catch a glimpse of Him in the promise of the woman's seed; we see Him typified in the ark of Noah; we walk with Abraham as he sees Messiah's day; we dwell in the tents of Isaac and Jacob, feeding upon the gracious promise; we hear the venerable Israel talking of Shiloh; and in the numerous types of the Law, we find the Redeemer abundantly foreshadowed. Prophets and kings, priests and preachers, all look one way - they all stand as the cherubs did over the ark, desiring to look within, and to read the mystery of God's great propitiation.

Still more manifestly in the New Testament we find our Lord the one pervading subject. Here you stand upon a solid floor of gold; for the whole substance of the New Testament is Jesus crucified, and even its closing sentence is bejewelled with the Redeemer's name.

CHARLES SPURGEON

Ko Sisu Kalaisi ‘a e ‘Alifa mo e ‘Omeka ‘o e Tohitapu. Ko e kaveinga fisifisimu’a ia ‘o e ngaahi peesi tapu; mei he kamata ki he faka’osi, ‘oku nau fakamatala’i Ia. ‘I he fakatupu, ‘oku tau vakai ko e tokotaha Ia ‘i he Tolu-Taha’i-’Otua; ‘oku tau ma’u ha ‘ata ‘o Ia ‘i he palomesi ‘o e hako ‘o e fefine; ‘oku tau mamata ‘iate Ia ‘i he taipe ‘o e ‘a’ake; ‘oku tau fononga mo ‘Epalahame ‘i he’ene ‘amanaki ki he ‘aho ‘e hoko mai ai ‘a e Misaia; ‘oku tau nofo ‘i he teniti ‘o ‘Aisake mo Sekope, ‘o ‘inasi ‘i he’ene tala’ofa; ‘oku tau ongona ‘a e munomuna ‘a ‘Isileli kau ki Sailo; pea ‘i he ngaahi fakataipe ‘o e Lao, ‘oku tau mamata ai ki he fakamelomelo ‘o hotau Huhu’i. Ko e kau palofita, ngaahi tu’i, kau taula’eiki mo e kau malanga - na’a nau sio taha pe ki ai - na’a nau tutu’u kotoa pe ‘o hange ko e kau selupimi ‘o e ‘a’ake ‘o e kovinanigte, ‘enau ‘unaloto ke vakai ki loto, pea ke lau ‘a e misiteli ‘o e ngaue fakaofo mo lahi ‘a e ‘Otua ‘i hotau fakamo’ui. 

Pea ‘i he Fuakava Fo’ou, ‘oku tau ma’u ai ha kaveinga fisifisimu’a mo lahi fau. ‘Oku tau tu’u ‘i he makatu’unga ‘oku fakava’e koula mo pau ‘aupito; ‘io, ko e kakano kotoa ‘o e Fuakava Fo’ou, ko Sisu mo hono kalusefai pea na’a mo e tapuni ‘o e tohi, ‘oku fakateunga’aki ‘a e huafa ‘o e Huhu’i ‘o mamani.