In the beginning
Apr 9
John 1: The Word Became Flesh
1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2He was with God in the beginning.
3Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. 4In him was life, and that life was the light of men. 5The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it.
In the first few verses of John 1, we read the famous passage about Jesus where he is described as being the Word of God. The word beginning is used twice in the first two verses. John wishes to establish that Jesus was there right from the beginning, from before the creation of the earth and the universe. Not only was he being in the beginning but in order for him to have been there in the beginning he must be God. And so we see that he was not only with God and that he was God. In Revelation chapter 19 we read that Jesus is again called the Word of God and that this time he is seen as being the rider on the white horse who comes to tread the winepress of the wrath of the Almighty God. Jesus is referred to as the word of God all the way through the Scriptures in the New Testament.
John continues to say that without Jesus nothing was made that has been made. And so we see that there is a joint creation between the father and son and the spirit. In Genesis we read that God said let us make man in our image. The ice that is being referred to clearly refers to God the Father as well as Jesus Christ and by inference also the Holy Spirit. Verse four tells us that Jesus is the source of life and that life was the light of men. What does it mean when he refers to the light of men because he is referring to it in the past tense? If the word had said the light among men, I would have understood it easier but it says it was a light of men (past tense). I think I’m going to have to go and do some study on this and possibly write tomorrow.