The Almighty Pantokrator

The Almighty Pantokrator

Revelation 1:8, “I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty (pantokrator 3841).”

 God is the pantokrator i.e. the absolute and universal sovereign.  He is also the kurios (2962) i.e. the supreme authority and He has declared that He is the beginning and the ending.  He declared this to St. John the revelator and He is also saying it to us today because in Hebrews 13:8 He declares that He is, “Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today, and forever.”  We are so finite that we think sometimes of only the here and now. 

Christian musicians sometimes feel like they are alone and are surrounded by godless people who are in control of everything. We must always remember that God is absolute and universal sovereign.  Sees from the beginning to the end of everything that is or has happened in the entire universe.  Christian musicians never have to fear leader shift because Jesus Christ is always the same.  He doesn’t change His mind about music and musicing.  The earthly pastoral team or the church board may shift from musical fad to fad every time the winds of worldly likes and dislikes change.  That will have a tendency to trouble you, since the church treasurer is the one who signs your paycheck. 

They may kick you clear out to the street, but there is a day of reckoning coming for such people.  They may blame you for all of the church’s troubles, but God is never fickle or false, so hang in there and concentrate on being a good and faithful musical servant of Jesus Christ.