AND THE WORD WAS GOD

1. Read carefully, “In the BEGINNING was the WORD, and the Word was WITH GOD, and the WORD WAS GOD” [John 1:1] Where was God before the beginning, my son asked. This question defines our innermost desire to search out deep things of God, “It is the glory of God to CONCEAL a thing: but the honour of kings is to SEARCH out a matter” [Proverbs 25:2] God is INVISIBLE, ETERNAL and SELF-EXISTING, He had no ORIGINATION and no END. He is the summation of EXISTENCE, in Him is everything that ever WAS, IS and will ever BE, “For IN HIM WE LIVE, and MOVE, and HAVE OUR BEING; ...“ [Acts 17:28] Before the BEGINNING, God WAS and everything now SEEN and UNSEEN were in Him. Now to the BEGINNING which some erroneously refer as the BIG BANG, but in reality was God’s move  and set the boundaries of same in TIME, “Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast CREATED ALL THINGS, and FOR THY PLEASURE they are and were created” [Revelation 4:11] There was a BEGINNING and by necessity an END, when God shall JUDGE and RECONCILE all things to Himself, “That in the dispensation of the FULNESS OF TIMES he might GATHER TOGETHER ALL THINGS IN ONE ALL THINGS IN CHRIST, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him” [Ephesians 1:10]

2. Let’s go a little bit further, “In the BEGINNING was the WORD, ...” meaning God stepped out of Himself and did so in the WORD. The WORD is the pristine revelation of God and by the WORD the WORLDS were framed, both visible and invisible, “Through faith we understand that the WORLDS WERE FRAMED BY THE WORD of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear” [Hebrews 11:3] Unseen worlds were designed and brought into existence by the WORD, diverse spiritual dominions and entities after their kind. To these the WORD was first revealed, the fulness of God, in a manner Spirits may comprehend, “And again, when he bringeth in the FIRSTBEGOTTEN into the world, he saith, And LET ALL THE ANGELS OF GOD WORSHIP HIM” [Hebrews 11:6] No angel had seen God but heard Him and the same, which is the WORD was revealed in SPIRIT, the FIRSTBEGOTTEN, for the purpose of WORSHIP. This is very important, God will not allow any other to be worshipped except Himself, as it is written: “For THOU SHALT WORSHIP NO OTHER god: for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a JEALOUS GOD” [Exodus 34:14] Angels which received the FIRSTBEGOTTEN as God and worshipped as commanded were approved as Sons of God but there were dissenters who denied Him, “And there was war in heaven: ... and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him” [Revelation 12:7-9]

3. Here is where it gets a little confusing for the intellect, “.. and the WORD WAS WITH GOD, ...” The preposition WITH as used here illustrates the MYSTERY of the GODHEAD; God stepped through ETERNITY into TIME yet retained His throne in ETERNITY, “And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but HE that CAME DOWN FROM HEAVEN, even the SONWHICH IS IN HEAVEN” [John 3:13] God made Himself known to angels in the FIRSTBEGOTTEN and to us in the ONLY BEGOTTEN; one was SPIRIT and the other FLESH, “And the WORD WAS MADE FLESH, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the ONLY BEGOTTEN of the Father,) ..” [John 1:14] Let us be careful not to be deceived, the same who hoodwinked angels is in the world, “Beware lest any man spoil you through PHILOSOPHY and VAIN DECEIT, after the TRADITION of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ. For IN HIM DWELLETH all the FULNESS OF THE GODHEAD bodily” [Colossians 2:8-9] Those who propagate three distinct personalities in the Godhead deceive you, there is only one God; revealed to angels in the FIRSTBEGOTTEN, manifest to us in the ONLY BEGOTTEN SON, , “... Who being the BRIGHTNESS OF HIS GLORY, and the EXPRESS IMAGE OF HIS PERSON, ... “ [Hebrews 1:1-3] Be not distracted by those who profess the FATHER but deny the SON, the SON is the FULNESS of the FATHER revealed, “But AS MANY AS RECEIVED HIM, to them GAVE HE POWER TO BECOME the SONS OF GOD, even to them that believe on his name:” [Join 1:12]

4. In conclusion, “... the WORD WAS GOD”; the WORD was God from ETERNITY through TIME and back to ETERNITY, “And without controversy great is the MYSTERY OF GODLINESS: God was MANIFEST IN THE FLESH, justified in the Spirit, SEEN OF ANGELS, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, RECEIVED UP INTO GLORY” [1 Timothy 3:16] The WORD which was in the BEGINNING and seen of angels, was WITH God and WAS God when He appeared to us in Jesus Christ; Him I present to you as the only hope of reconciliation with God, “For ALL HAVE SINNED, and come short of the glory of God; Being JUSTIFIED FREELY BY HIS GRACE through the REDEMPTION that is in CHRIST Jesus” [Romans 3:23-24] Friend, SIN is not necessarily what you do, it is who you are; we were all born in SIN. It does not matter how low you have fallen, God shall FORGIVE and turn your life around if you accept His offer of reconciliation through Jesus Christ, “... times of this IGNORANCE God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to REPENT: ... he hath appointed a DAY, in the which HE WILL JUDGE THE WORLD in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; ...” [Acts 17:30-31] That DAY is so close, when Christ shall JUDGE the world in righteousness,. REPENT NOW and accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Saviour amen.