The first book of the bible that I
read
after becoming a Christian
was the gospel according to John.
When I mentioned this to a friend,
he replied
that he wouldn’t recommend this
to a new Christian
because of the way it begins:
“In the beginning was the word,
and the word was with God,
and the word was God.”
I realized
that I had simply skipped over this
verse
not knowing what it meant.
I don’t understand
Then I heard a story
about a Greek philosopher
named Heraclitus of Ephesus
who lived around 500 B.C.
He said
“you can’t step into the same river
twice”
because
by the time you take the second step,
you have changed
and the waters have changed.
He saw a world in constant flux,
but
even though the waters are always
changing
and you are always changing
you are still you
and the river is still a river
He saw an underlying organizing
principle
behind it all
that he called
Logos is the “word” used three times
in John’s first verse
in the original Greek manuscripts.
Does the verse have more meaning
if it is written by replacing the
word “logos”
with its definitions?
“In the beginning was the manifested
thought,
and the motive/reason was with
God,
and the organizing principle
was God.”
I think I am starting to understand
the verse now.
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Reading furthur,
John 1:14
The Word
became flesh,
and lived
among us.
We saw his
glory,
such glory
as of the one and only
Son of the
Father,
full of
grace and truth.
The meaning is even more profound
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