DAD'S RAMBLINGS -- OUR ETERNAL SAVIOR

DAD'S RAMBLINGS – OUR ETERNAL SAVIOR

"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God." (John 1:1-2)

As John began his Gospel, he wanted to make sure that the reader would under- stand that the One he would be writing about was not just a man; He was and is God. The word translated "was" is in the Greek an imperfect tense. That means something that was in the past but continues into the future. He is still God.

This thought is also found in John's Revelation of Jesus, where he wrote by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, "Grace to you and peace from Him who is, and who was, and who is to come" (Revelation 1:4b). Jesus himself revealed Himself as "the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end" (Revelation 1:8).

"In the beginning" raises the question: Which beginning? It was not the beginning of the Godhead, since God had no beginning. God always existed. I think that John makes it clear that he is writing in terms of the beginning of Creation for several reasons.

The first consideration is that the phrase "in the beginning" strikingly uses the same phrase as Genesis 1:1 – "In the beginning, God...." The second consideration is that, just as in Genesis 1:1, John immediately identified his subject as the Creator– "All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made" (vs. 3).

Jesus did have a time of beginning as a human here on earth, as John wrote in verse 14, "The Word became flesh." The word translated "became" is in the Greek aorist tense which indicates something that happened at a point in time. He took upon Himself human form as an event but is ever alive because of the Resurrection. We serve a Savior who had no beginning, is alive today, and always will be in the future. All glory to Him, our eternal Redeemer.

"I serve a living Savior, He's in the world today. I know that He is living whatever men may say." The Word – the Lord Jesus Christ – is God and ever shall be. All praise to His holy Name.

Love, Dad