In the Beginning was the Word…and it was Spoken

All things were made by him" John 1: These verses, when properly understood, confirm and expand upon the conclusions reached in the last section.

However, this passage is the one most widely misunderstood to teach that Jesus existed in heaven before his birth. A correct understanding of these verses hinges on appreciating what "the Word" means in this context. It cannot refer directly to a person, because a person cannot be "with God" and yet be God at the same time.

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The Greek word 'logos' which is translated "word" here, does not in itself mean 'Jesus'. It is usually translated as "word", but also as: But this does not mean that it refers to the man, Jesus. The German Luther version speaks of "das Wort" neuter ; the French Segond version speaks of "la parole" as feminine, showing that "the word" does not necessarily indicate a male person. In the beginning God had this 'logos'. This singular purpose was centred in Christ.

We have shown how God's Spirit puts His inner thoughts into operation, hence the connection between His Spirit and His word see Section 2. As God's Spirit worked out His plan with men and inspired His written Word from the beginning, it thereby communicated the idea of Christ in its working and words. Christ was the 'logos' of God, and therefore God's Spirit expressed God's plan of Christ in all its operations. This explains why so many Old Testament incidents are typical of Christ. However, it cannot be over-emphasized that Christ in person was not "the word"; it was God's plan of salvation through Christ which was "the word".

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Notice that the 'logos' is about Christ, rather than him personally. When Christ was born, this "word" was turned into a flesh and blood form - "the word was made flesh" John 1: Jesus personally was 'the word made flesh' rather than "the word"; he personally became "the word" through his birth of Mary, rather than at any time previously.

The plan, or message, about Christ was with God in the beginning, but was openly revealed in the person of Christ, and the preaching of the Gospel about him in the first century. Thus God spoke His word to us through Christ Heb. Time and again it is emphasized that Christ spoke God's words and did miracles at God's word of command in order to reveal God to us John 2: Paul obeyed Christ's command to preach the Gospel about him "to all nations": Eternal life was only made possible for man through the work of Christ John 3: The full revelation of that offer only came after the birth and death of Jesus: We have seen how God's prophets are spoken of as always existing Luke 1: The parables of Jesus revealed many of these things; he thereby fulfilled the prophecy concerning himself, "I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world" Matt.

It was in this sense that "the word was with God We are now in a position to consider in what sense "the Word was God". Our plans and thoughts are fundamentally us.

My goal is simplicity and to achieve this, I aim to use as few words as possible in the explanation. This is like putting the cart before the horse because it does not establish the exact time frame John writes about.

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To determine the time frame I began by seeking to understand the meaning of the Greek word translated as beginning i. I hold no animosity toward Bible translators and have the greatest regard for them. The reason for this translation is the context; in John 1: At first there was news spreading about the coming Messiah. In fact so anticipatory was the mood amongst Jews that it was not unusual for families to have an empty seat at certain meals, especially Passover, just in case Messiah should happen to visit them.

With all of this immediate proof why would any reasonable person insist that John 1: The spiritual life that was experienced amongst Jews that were truly the seed of Abraham, by virtue of the sincere faith during the months, weeks and days preceding the appearance of Jesus as promised Messiah must have been awesome.

This is why John 1: The message of the Christ was infused with the Presence of Yahweh and the true believers, Jew and Gentile alike, knew what it meant because they felt a genuine spiritual life and this spiritual life came to them by revelation of the truth in scripture, which even proselytes to Judaism could hear read every Sabbath in synagogue.