In the beginning..God
Posted: August 25th, 2009, 9:26 am
This morning during my time in the word, I was looking at John 1. Although I have read and studied it time and time again, I realized that I will never fully comprehend what is truly being said.
So much of our thought rest on the activity of Jesus of Nazareth, failing to understand that unless we can grasp His pre-existence of eternity past,
( John 1:1 Philippians 2:5-11; Col. 1:15-20 ) the works He done while in the flesh loose so much of its value.
The word we use is the Greek word Logos. For the Greek philosophers it carried the meaning of Universal Wisdom, thinking John was proclaiming Jesus as an organizing principle behind the universe.
Jewish people took the word to fit Jewish Law or God's wisdom bringing all things together through the law. Therefor Jesus came to bring all things together through the wisdom of God, the Law.
John was declaring something completely different that neither the Greek philosophers or the Jewish teachers conceived. The word becoming flesh and dwelling among man "revealing to us the full character of God ( John 1:14,17,18 )
Just that realization that sometmes hits you. There was a time when Jesus of Nazareth did not exist. There would come a time when Jesus of Nazareth would no longer exist (the man) but there has never been a time nor will be when THE WORD did not nor will not exist.
So much of our thought rest on the activity of Jesus of Nazareth, failing to understand that unless we can grasp His pre-existence of eternity past,
( John 1:1 Philippians 2:5-11; Col. 1:15-20 ) the works He done while in the flesh loose so much of its value.
The word we use is the Greek word Logos. For the Greek philosophers it carried the meaning of Universal Wisdom, thinking John was proclaiming Jesus as an organizing principle behind the universe.
Jewish people took the word to fit Jewish Law or God's wisdom bringing all things together through the law. Therefor Jesus came to bring all things together through the wisdom of God, the Law.
John was declaring something completely different that neither the Greek philosophers or the Jewish teachers conceived. The word becoming flesh and dwelling among man "revealing to us the full character of God ( John 1:14,17,18 )
Just that realization that sometmes hits you. There was a time when Jesus of Nazareth did not exist. There would come a time when Jesus of Nazareth would no longer exist (the man) but there has never been a time nor will be when THE WORD did not nor will not exist.