| From Thought to Logos |
| Written by Jason DeMars | |||
| Monday, 12 October 2009 11:04 | |||
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Before the beginning God had a thought or a plan in mind that he wanted to accomplish. It was a thought then 'in the beginning' he expressed that thought and it became logos. "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." John 1:1 -2. The word here is from the Greek logos and it means a thought expressed. First it was a thought then it is expressed and becomes a word. It's not the thought by itself, but it is the thought plus the expression of that thought. In the beginning was the logos but before the beginning it was just a thought. Before the beginning God dwelt alone then when he began to create he expressed his thoughts and the logos came forth. The word in the beginning does not mean eternity. First, the Almighty Spirit dwelt alone in eternity, before the beginning, with his thoughts in his mind. After he finished counseling with himself he began to express the thoughts. This was the beginning of the logos. You cannot separate the mind of a man from the man, neither can you separate the thoughts of God from God. They are one. Before the beginning God had a thought or a plan in mind that he wanted to accomplish. It was a thought then 'in the beginning' he expressed that thought and it became logos. "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." John 1:1 -2. The word here is from the Greek logos and it means a thought expressed. First it was a thought then it is expressed and becomes a word. It's not the thought by itself, but it is the thought plus the expression of that thought. In the beginning was the logos but before the beginning it was just a thought. Before the beginning God dwelt alone then when he began to create he expressed his thoughts and the logos came forth. The word in the beginning does not mean eternity. First, the Almighty Spirit dwelt alone in eternity, before the beginning, with his thoughts in his mind. After he finished counseling with himself he began to express the thoughts. This was the beginning of the logos. You cannot separate the mind of a man from the man, neither can you separate the thoughts of God from God. They are one. We can certainly see that John 1:1 is not speaking of a second person of God, but rather of God revealing his own thoughts. The logos is the self-revelation of the Almighty Invisible Spirit. Many interpret these verses to say 'in the beginning was Jesus and Jesus was with God and Jesus was God.' However, take this to 1 John 1:1 -2 in the light of the truth of the oneness of God. "That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life; (For the life was manifested, and we have seen [it], and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us;)." According to this verse the word God in John 1:1 can be replaced with the Father. We see it as saying this, 'In the beginning was the word and the word was with the Father and the word was the Father.' If we replace the word with Jesus or Son we then get a Jesus only doctrine of God. However, the truth of these verses is that the word or logos is God's self-revelation and not a second person of the Trinity. "So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper [in the thing] whereto I sent it." Isaiah 55:11. The word of God is his revelation of himself and not a second person of the Godhead. The Old and New Testaments do not speak of several persons of God, but they speak of the one true God who works in different ways to reveal himself. He manifested himself in the OT through angels, temporary theophanies, spiritual manifestations like a fire and a cloud, a whirlwind, prophets, kings, priests, even a hand that wrote on a wall in Babylon. He also by supernatural intervention created a little embryo in the womb of a virgin of Israel, of the tribe of Judah and the seed of David. This child was born and named Jesus, he was the Son of God. He was anointed of God and was the perfect man whom God used to express his divine nature. Now, he works through his Church, the body of Christ to manifest himself. All these manifestations are the word/revelation of God being made known. It's not thousands of words of God, but it's the word of God. It's God's plan, purpose, mind, thoughts and counsel revealed or expressed to mankind. The word was God the Father's revelation not Jesus Christ, but the same word became flesh and tabernacled among us in the person of Jesus Christ. Jesus is the word made manifest in flesh. The word was expressed temporarily in the different theophanies God used during in the Old Testament Scriptures, but the word became a man in Jesus of Nazareth. He became the permanent tabernacle and manifestation of the word of God. Whatever means God uses to express himself is the word or logos of God. [Note: The LOGOS is not one for one with Jesus, the Son of God. 'The word was God' not the Son of God, but Jesus was the flesh and tabernacle of the LOGOS. I John 1:1 tells us that the LOGOS is ETERNAL LIFE. Jesus tells us that the Father has life IN himself and has GIVEN to the Son to have life in himself. He has given the same eternal life to all children of God. The LOGOS is the very anointing that emanated from Yahweh in the beginning. It could take the form of the Spiritual or Word Body of the Almighty Spirit who covered all space and time. The LOGOS also took other forms like the pillar of fire and cloud or the shekinah glory of Yahweh. That same LOGOS came in Spirit form, like a dove, upon and took up Its Tabernacle in Jesus when he was anointed at 30 years of age for his ministry. Though the LOGOS is not the Son the life/spirit of Sonship is in the LOGOS. Similar to a SEED, all other seeds that come forth will come from that one ORIGINAL SEED. The Son of God was typed/revealed in the OT times in the LOGOS; Melchisidec, the Angel of the Covenant, The PROPHET coming to Abraham in the days of Lot, etc. That spirit of Sonship was expressed in the LOGOS during the OT, but it was simply the manifestation of God and it 'was God', there was no distinct individual called the Son of God during t hose times. The Father-Son relationship was not yet in existence. The relationship was still a plan in the mind of the Father, but when Jesus was born the spirit of Sonship came forth from the LOGOS and was breathed into Jesus just as the breath or spirit of life was breathed into Adam. Then that Father- Son relationship began to be fulfilled. If the ORIGINAL SEED is the LOGOS and all seeds come from the ORIGINAL then all of the Bride of Christ are predestinated seeds and come forth from that one ORIGINAL SEED, the LOGOS. We were all glorified with Christ Jesus in the LOGOS before the foundation of the world. About the Author: Jason DeMars is the founder of Present Truth Ministries, a ministry dedicated to proclaiming the message that William Branham proclaimed and was vindicated in the sight of Islam and all religions.
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