Rhapsody 16 August 2012

JESUS:THE INCARNATE WORD OF GOD

In the beginning was the Word,and the Word was with God ,and the word was God. The same was in the beginning  with God. All things were made by him, and without him was not anything made that was made....And the Word was made flesh,and dwelt among us,(and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the begotten of the Father) full of grace and truth (John 1:1-3,14)

Just as no other apostle  gave us revelation of the church like Paul, no one gave the Church the revelation of the Person of Jesus like John. He was the closest to the Master, and as you study his writtings, you'll discover Jesus in a way no other desciple describes Him.

While Matthew and Luke began their Gospels by tracing the earthly geonology of Jesus, John's gospel declares His divinity. He was the first apostle to give us a glimpse into Jesus' eternal personality, explycitly stating that Jesus Christ is the Word that pre-existed the beginning of creation and by whom all things were created (John 1:1-3). He was known as the Word, Wisdom, or the Voice of the Lord in the Old Testament.

Throughout the generations of man, no one -not even the angels -ever saw the One called "Jesus" until He was born in a manger. So where was he all the while? He was in the bosom of the Father: "No man hath seen God at any time, only the begotten Son,which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him" (John 1:18). Just as the word of man is in him until he speaks, no one ever saw the Word because He was in God.

God reavels Himself through His Word (Hebrews 1:3), and Jesus is the exact representation of His personality. He is  "....the Voice of the Lord God.." that Adam and Eve heard walking in the garden (Genesis 3:8). He is the Wisdom that David and Solomon wrote so passionatley about. So his birth was such a marvel they had ever seen (Luke 2:13-14). Suddenly, they were looking at the Creator of the universe, the Acient of days...wrapped in swaddling clothes, the Word in heaven had visited men in the flesh! Every step Jesus took was the Word of God revealed , He was the Word personified.