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The word “forward” is a directional word that means “ahead”. It is a word that leads to an END result.
For example, Jesus said to Pontious Pilate when he asked if Jesus was a King of the Jews, “to this END I was born.”
In other words, one of the reasons for why Jesus was born was to be made a King higher than the kings of the earth, according to Psalm 89:27.
And the word “foreward” is a short introduction in a book.
And John 1:1 is a perfect example of both words. For you see, the Greek word translated as the verb “was”, is in the imperfect tense which describes an action that is on-going or not yet completed.
In other words, when a word of PROPHECY is first spoken at the beginning, the prophecy is on-going until God completely fulfills His prophecy.
This will all become perfectly clear as you read all of the chapters in this book called “John 1:1 Made Simple”.
Preface
All of the glory for the inspiration of this book goes to Almighty God the Father and His Son, our Lord Jesus Christ.
For you see, it was the Holy Spirit who showed me a way to explain John 1:1 in such a way that even a small child can understand the true sound Bible God INTENDING meaning.
So then, I am going to show you what God showed to me and then leave it up to you to decide if this study is from the TRUE God, our Father in Heaven, or from the FALSE god of this present world, Satan, the Devil.
Let me begin by saying that the terms used in the Bible to describe the TRUE God and the FALSE god are better understood as the only TRUTHFUL God and the LYING god.
For you see, the term “false” god or false gods is somewhat deceiving, in that, the term false gods might lead some Christians to wrongly believe that Satan and the fallen angels are not REAL living creatures or beings who are worshiped by pagans.
So then, when you see the words, the “only TRUE God” then read those words in your mind and understand as the only TRUTHFUL God who cannot lie.
And when you see the words, false gods in the Bible, then understand that they are REAL beings who are being wrongly worshiped.
In other words, they are LYING spirits of Satan and the fallen angels that desire people to worship them.
I am going to start chapter 7 of Book 1 using the chapters of my older book called “John 1:1 Made Simple” with a Table of Contents like you might see in a book.
In other words, chapter 7 of Book 1 will be like a book within a book.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1. The READER'S DIGEST INTERPRETATION!
CHAPTER 2, WHY GOD CREATED MANKIND!
CHAPTER 3. WHO OR WHAT is the WORD in JOHN 1:1?
CHAPTER 4. Is the WORD a PRE-EXISTING Son of GOD?
CHAPTER 5. Is Jesus Almighty God OR a GOD Under Him?
CHAPTER 6. The TRUE Meaning of Foundation of the World!
Chapter 1.
Chapter 1.
The Reader’s Digest Interpretation!
The Reader’s Digest Interpretation!
Let us begin chapter 7 of Book 1, which is from my old book called “John 1:1 Made Simple!”
We will begin by reading John 1:1 in SECTIONS.
In other words, John 1:1 is written in three parts or three phrases, which Bible teachers label as John 1:1 a, John 1:1 b, and John 1:1 c.
And in this chapter, I will explain one section at a time in the LIGHT of the WHOLE word of Almighty God.
But before we dig deeper into the word of Almighty God to explain how and why this chapter or book teaches the SOUND Biblical God INTENDED meaning of John 1:1, I will give my “drive through fast food” readers a short condensed summarized “Reader’s Digest” interpretation of John 1:1.
And then, for my readers who are TRULY seeking the truth of the WHOLE word of Almighty God, I will explain WHY and HOW I arrived at this interpretation.
Here is the short answer, so to speak.
John 1:1 a.
“In the beginning was the Word,…”
To me, this first phrase in John 1:1 “a”, means that in the beginning there was the Word.
Not just any word, but THE Word, a SPECIFIC word of PROPHECY that God spoke forth out from His mouth to bring into existence.
John 1:1 b.
“…and the Word was with God,… ”
And the Word was WITH God. Or more correctly translated and understood, the Word was TOWARD the Almighty God.
For you see, the definite article “the” was not translated before the word God.
And thus, I added the word “Almighty” to clarify the direction that the Word of PROPHECY was headed TOWARD.
And that prophecy was fulfilled at the cross and resurrection of Jesus when the GLORIFIED Son of God was RECEIVED up into heaven to be SEATED WITH or beside his God and Father on Yahweh’s throne.
So then, the prophecy was TOWARD this goal of Go;s HUMAN Son to JOIN God on His throne.
John 1:1 c.
“…and the Word was God.”
And the Word was GOD! In other words, the Word of prophecy that was in the beginning, which was headed TOWARD the Almighty God’s right hand, was the PROPHECY of a NEW God under and subject to his God, who will replace the LYING god of this present world.
The Word was God in the same way that in Genesis 1:3,4 the WORD was LIGHT.
And light came into existence where there was no light in the fallen world that had become darkness and void.
In other words, the Word in John 1:1 is the word of PROPHECY.
And thus, the “prophecy” was for there to be a God who would JOIN God to sit on the right hand of Yahweh in the world to come to rule in the NAME Yahweh for 1000 years in the world to come UNTIL Yahweh put all His enemies under the feet of His Lord and Christ.
To say this another way, John 1:1 c should have been translated as “…and the word was a God”.
For you see, Almighty God the Father is the God OF His Christ, Jesus, who He MADE both Lord and Christ, according to Acts 2:36.
That was the short answer of the “Reader’s Digest” condensed summarized version of John 1:1 made simple.
And if you desire to understand why and how I arrived at this interpretation, then I implore you to continue reading ALL of the chapters of sections in chapter 7 taken from my older book called “John 1:1 Made Simple” in the order that I have written them.
You will not want to MISS any of the chapters, for each chapter has a buried treasure that God has hidden in His word, the Holy Bible.
In the next chapter, we will focus on John 1:1 a to show my readers and seekers of the truth that the “beginning” in John 1:1 is NOT the very beginning in the eternity past as some Christians ASSUME.
Section 2 of Chapter 7 of Book 1
Section 2 of Chapter 7 of Book 1
Also CHAPTER 2 of John 1:1 Made Simple!
Also CHAPTER 2 of John 1:1 Made Simple!
WHY GOD CREATED MANKIND!
WHY GOD CREATED MANKIND!
In order to truly understand the God INTENDED meaning of John 1:1 and the rest of the Bible, then you need to understand WHY God created man and the Son of Man a little lower than the angels.
Once you understand why God created the human race in the first place, then you will know and understand that the “beginning” in John 1:1 and in Genesis 1:1 is NOT the original beginning of all of creation in the eternity past.
So then, before we dig deeper into understanding the God INTENDED meaning of John 1:1, phrase by phrase, let us read Psalm 8:1-6 from the Kings James Version of the Bible.
Psalm 8:1-6.
“O LORD our Lord, how excellent is Your NAME in all the earth! Who had set Your glory above the heavens.
Psalm 8:2. Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings You have ordained strength BECAUSE of Your enemies, THAT (Or in order THAT) You might STILL the enemy and the avenger. (Who we all agree is Satan and the fallen angels.
Or more correctly, the fallen Elohim or fallen gods who rebelled against Yahweh to become the Creator’s enemies)
Psalm 8:3. When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;
Psalm 8:4. What is MAN, that You are mindful of him? And the Son of MAN, (Who we all agree is a PROPHECY of Jesus, according to Hebrews 2:5-9) that You visit him?
Psalm 8:5. For You have MADE him a little LOWER than the angels, (Speaking of the human Jesus during the days of his flesh), and (You) have CROWNED him with glory and honor. (Speaking of Almighty God highly exalting the Son of MAN, Jesus, AFTER the cross and resurrection to MAKE His human Son both Lord and Christ, according to Acts 2:36, Philippians 2:8-11, Romans 1:3,4, Revelations 5:12, John 17:2, and many other verses of Scripture)
Psalm 8:6. You MADE him to have dominion over the works of Your hands; You have put all things under his feet:”
Now, just mere common sense teaches us that since the angels existed BEFORE God created the first man Adam, then that means that there were AGES of God’s creation that existed BEFORE the BEGINNING in Genesis 1:1.
And since Psalm 8:1-6 clearly teaches us that God made man and the Son of man BECAUSE of His ENEMIES,
That means that Satan and the fallen angels became the enemies of God BEFORE God created the first man Adam.
Let us take a closer look at Psalm 8:1-6 to see what else we can learn.
Please read the LITERAL translation of verse 1 that is translated as “O LORD our Lord” in the SINGULAR in the KJV.
Here is the LITERAL translation of Psalm 8:1.
“Yahweh, Lords of us, what noble NAME of You in all of the earth. Who gives You Your splendor on the heavens.”
Please notice that the literal translation says Lords of us or our Lords in the plural. And yet, BOTH Gods have the SAME NAME, Yahweh.
In other words, there are TWO Lords, and both Lords, as in, both Gods, have the same NAME.
However, one Lord, who is called by the NAME of Yahweh, that Lord gives Yahweh GLORY or splendor in the heavens, which is also plural.
To say this another way, the LORD is Yahweh, the Creator, who PROPHESIED for there to be another Lord under and subject to Yahweh the Creator to JOIN Him on His throne.
And that second Lord is the highly exalted Son of MAN, Jesus, who was MADE both Lord and Christ by his God and Father AFTER the cross and resurrection, according to Acts 2:36 and many other verses of Scripture.
And thus, the human Son of God was GIVEN a NEW NAME that is higher than any other name after the cross and resurrection, according to Philippians 2:8-11.
Now, if you are not a brand-new Christian, then you might have heard the teaching among Christians called the “GAP Theory”.
The “GAP Theory” explains that God did NOT CREATE the earth as a wasteland Genesis 1:1,2.
But rather, something happened to CAUSE the earth to become void and without form as described in Genesis 1:2.
And most Christians believe that Lucifer coerced one third of the angels to wage a WAR against God’s throne, according to Revelation 12:7-9 and many other passages of Scripture, such as Deuteronomy 4:32.
And thus, we believe that the surface of the earth was destroyed during that WAR and the WRATH of Yahweh to bring an end to the war.
But the enemies of God blasphemed His NAME, according to Psalm 74:10 and Isaiah 48:9-14.
In other words, Lucifer falsely accused Yahweh of creating him with a rebellious sinful nature.
Please read the in-depth studies under the heading called **Q-0. WHY ARE WE HERE?-IS GOD AT WAR?**
But for now, the mere fact that God created man and the Son of MAN for the PURPOSE of silencing His ENEMIES, proves beyond any shadow of a doubt that the “beginning” in John 1:1 is NOT the original beginning in the eternity past when God created the entire Universe.
But rather, the beginning in John 1:1 is ANOTHER beginning called the FOUNDATION of the world when God RESTORED the earth to be inhabitable once again.
And then, on the sixth day God created the first man Adam and PROPHESIED the second Adam to be the LIGHT.
Again, I have other studies with all of the verses of Scripture to show that the foundation of the world does NOT mean the original creation of the earth.
Please read the study called Q-5 What Does the FOUNDATION of the World TRULY Mean?
But again, for now, let us continue with the next chapter in the book “John 1:1 Made Simple”.
Scroll down read chapter 3 where we will take a closer look at the true sound Biblical meaning of the Greek word “logos” that is translated as the Word on John 1:1 with a capital “W”, which misleads Christians to wrongly believe that the “logos” is a separate divine being who was with God in the eternity past.
Section 3 of Chapter 7 of Book 1.
Section 3 of Chapter 7 of Book 1.
SECTION 3.
SECTION 3.
WHO or WHAT is the WORD in JOHN 1:1?
WHO or WHAT is the WORD in JOHN 1:1?
In chapters 1 and 2, we focused on the first phrase in John 1:1, “In the beginning”.
And we learned that the beginning in John 1:1 and in Genesis 1:1,2 is NOT the original beginning in the eternity past as church TRADITION wrongly assumes.
Now, here in chapter 3, we will take a deeper look at the verb “WAS” and at the Greek word “logos” that is translated as the Word with a capital letter “W” instead of the lower case “w” to say the “In another beginning was the word”.
The Greek word “en” that is translated as the verb “was” in the past tense in English is actually in the IMPERFECT tense in Greek.
The imperfect tense of a verb describes that past action or state that is ON-GOING.
In other words, the word or the SAYING is not completely fulfilled.
Here is how E-Sword defines the Greek word “en” that is translated as the verb “was” in John 1:1 all three times.
G2258
ἦν
ēn
ane
Imperfect of G1510; I (thou, etc.) was (wast or were): – + agree, be, X have (+ charge of), hold, use, was (-t), were.
And here is how the English dictionaries define the meaning of the imperfect tense. The emphasis is mine.
The imperfect tense of verbs is used in describing action that is on-going.
Synonyms: Continuous tense, imperfect, progressive, progressive tense.
Types: Present progressive, present progressive tense a tense used to express action that is on-going at the time of utterance.
Past progressive, past progressive tense a progressive tense used to describe on-going action in the past.
Future progressive, future progressive tense a progressive tense used to express action that will be on-going in the future.
Type of: Tense, a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time.
For example, in John 18:37, when Pontious Pilate asked Jesus if he was a King, Jesus said, “To this END was I born and for this CAUSE, or for this REASON, I came into this world.”
To say this another way, one of the reasons for why Jesus was begotten by God was to be made a King of kings and a Lord of lords to rule for Yahweh in the name of Yahweh for 1000 years in order to JUDGE the fallen angels.
And that part of the word, as in, the word “of PROPHECY” that was in another beginning at the foundation of the world or AGE is still on-going and in the process of being completely fulfilled.
My point is that the Word in John 1:1 was NOT always capitalized to make it appear that the Word is a divine eternal being who was supposedly with God at His side.
And, in fact, by capitalizing the “logos” as the Word, it wrongly leads some Christians to assume that the Word is Almighty God Himself. That is the belief of church TRADITION.
And, according to the doctrine of the Trinity or the Trinitarian INTERPRETATION of John 1:1 c, the so-called Word that is wrongly capitalized has MISLED them to WRONGLY believe that the word is a so-called pre-existing God the Son.
Please read the in-depth study called V-24. Is the Word in John 1:1 a Divine Being?
But for now, let us look at some simple FACTS found in the Bible itself.
First of all, nearly all of the earlier English translations before the King James translation did NOT capitalize the “word” as the Word.
And those earlier translations use the pronoun “it” to clearly show that the word is the spoken word that came forth out from the MOUTH of Almighty God.
Further on in this chapter you can read some other translations.
Also, the English word “Word” in John 1:1 is translated from the Greek word “logos” and it always means SPEECH and thoughts that are SPOKEN.
It never means a divine being. Here is how E-Sword defines the Greek word “logos”. The emphasis is mine.
G3056
λόγος
logos
log’-os
From G3004; something said (including the thought); by implication a topic (subject of discourse), also reasoning (the mental faculty) or motive; by extension a computation; specifically (with the article in John) the Divine Expression (that is, Christ): – account, cause, communication, X concerning, doctrine, fame, X have to do, intent, matter, mouth, preaching, question, reason, + reckon, remove, say (-ing), shew, X speaker, speech, talk, thing, + none of these things move me, tidings, treatise, utterance, word, work.
Total KJV occurrences: 330.
And out of the 330 times that the Greek word “logos” is translated, it is only translated as Word with a capital “W” seven times in the New Testament in the KJV.
And four of those seven times is in John chapter 1:1, 14. The other three times are in 1 John 1:1, 1 John 5:7, and Revelation 19:13.
And, by the way, 1 John 5:7 is known to be a later ADDITION to the original text.
Please go ahead right now and take 10 minutes to watch this short video by a well known Trinitarian Bible teacher.
Now, in all honesty, would Christians interpret the Greek word “logos” translated as the “word” without being capitalized to literally mean a divine being.
For example, when you read the phrase “they preached the word” in the Bible, do you interpret the “word” to mean a divine person?
No, of course not. You understand the word to literally mean the gospel of Jesus Christ or the Scriptures.
We always understand the “word” to be speech, or something spoken.
The literal translation that I use is the Online Greek Interlinear Bible, and it translates the Greek word “logos” as the SAYING of God.
Here is John 1:1-5,14 from the LITERAL translation.
“In beginning was the SAYING and the SAYING was TOWARD THE God and God was the SAYING.
John 1:2. THIS was in beginning TOWARD THE God.
John 1:3. ALL through SAME BECAME and apart from SAME became NOT YET ONE which has BECOME (Now to ME, I am seeing that this verse is speaking of THE ALL of every NEW CREATURE who has become created IN Jesus Christ.
I personally do NOT see this verse speaking of the creation of the entire universe in eternity past)
John 1:4. In SAME life was and the life was the LIGHT of the humans. (Or in the spoken and the written word of God is the LIGHT or the understanding of eternal life.
In other words, God PROPHESIED for LIGHT to be some 6,000 years ago and that prophecy was FULFILLED almost 2,000 years ago when the human Son of God was BORN of the Virgin Mary.
God visited that child morning by morning and taught him the Scriptures.
It is the SCRIPTURES that give LIGHT to the world. And now, WE are the light of the world preaching the Gospel of Jesus ANOINTED)
John 1:5. And the LIGHT in the darkness is appearing and the darkness it not down got (Or the darkness did not understand the gospel of Jesus Christ)...
...John 1:14. And the SAYING flesh became as booths (Or an tabernacles or dwells in us or among us) and we gaze the esteem (Or the glory of him) esteem (Or the glory of him) as of only GENERATED beside Father full of grace and truth.”
Again, my point is that the LITERAL translation and all the earlier translations do NOT capitalize the word “word” as “Word”.
And they also do NOT use the pronoun “him” to SWAY the reader to believe that the “LOGOS” is a so-called God the Son, the second person of a Godhead Trinity God.
So, to me, I see that the earlier translators were HONEST in their translations to let us know that the SPOKEN “LOGOS” or the SPOKEN word or the SPOKEN SAYING of God became flesh and NOT a so-called God the Son became flesh.
Another thing that I want to point out is that the English word “THINGS” is NOT in the original Greek text in verse 3.
So then, to me, the ALL through SAME BECAME. And apart from SAME became NOT YET ONE which has BECOME is speaking of God’s NEW CREATION of new CREATURES.
And Jesus is the FIRST or the BEGINNING of God’s NEW creation made in the IMAGE of God.
Are not we all created in Jesus Christ? So then, WITHOUT Jesus there would be NO new creation created in Jesus Christ.
Please read the study GE-15, #2. God’s NEW CREATION CREATED in Jesus CHRIST!
Also, please read the study called O-18. Is Jesus the Creator or a CREATION of God?
But for now, let us continue with this study in God’s word.
Here is the SIMPLE meaning of John 1:1. God prophesied His thoughts as His word of prophecy to GENERATE Himself a SON to sit on His throne beside Him.
And that was the goal of the word that was TOWARD the God when God RESTORED the earth in another beginning, the beginning of another AGE or world.
In other words, the reason that God restored the earth that became void is so that He could create man a little LOWER or INFERIOR to the angels for the purpose of JUDGING and silencing His enemy, according to Psalm 8:1-6.
And then, God prophesied in His word to EXALT those who OVERCOME Satan to be made God’s RIGHTEOUS NEW CREATION to rule and reign WITH His ONLY GENERATED Son who is beside the Father right NOW.
In other words, Jesus is the only begotten ETERNAL Son of God right now at this moment in time.
But SOON the now GLORIFIED Son of God will GENERATE us who overcome through the blood of the Lamb and the word of our testimony.
For you see, according to John 17:2, the Son of MAN, Jesus, RECEIVED POWER to give ETERNAL LIFE.
John 17:2.
“As You have GIVEN him POWER over all flesh, that he should give ETERNAL LIFE to as many as YOU have given him.”
And, at the coming of Jesus, we shall ALSO become the ETERNAL sons and daughters of Almighty God to rule and reign WITH Jesus for 1000 years in the world to come.
Again, my point is that the LITERAL translation and all the earlier translations do NOT capitalize the word “word” as “Word”.
And they ALSO do NOT use the pronouns “him”, “he” and “his” to wrongly SWAY the reader to incorrectly believe that the “LOGOS” is the so-called God the Son, the second person of a Godhead Trinity God who always existed without beginning in eternity past.
So, to me, I see that the earlier English translations and some LITERAL translations were trying to be HONEST in their translations to let us know that the SPOKEN “LOGOS” or the SPOKEN word or the SPOKEN SAYING of God is WHAT became flesh.
And that it was NOT the so-called God the Son, the second person of a Godhead Trinity God WHO became flesh or incarnated himself to become flesh.
Also, please know and understand that the English word “THINGS” in John 1:3 is NOT in the original Greek text. So then, to me, John 1:3 should read as follows.
John 1:3 correctly translated.
“ALL through SAME BECAME and apart from SAME became NOT YET ONE which HAS BECOME”
Again, Jesus is the FIRST ONE to BECOME God’s NEW creature, the FIRSTBORN of every CREATURE.
In other words, John 1:1-18 is speaking of God’s NEW CREATION of new CREATURES who are created and who are yet still BEING CREATED in Jesus Christ.
To say this another way, Jesus is the FULFILLMENT of the word of PROPHECY that Yahweh ALONE and BY HIMSELF made to become FLESH.
And WITHOUT the ANOINTED Son of MAN Jesus becoming OBEDIENT to his God and Father, then there would be NO new creation created and BEING CREATED IN Jesus Christ.
Please read the study P-6. What Does FIRSTBORN of Every CREATURE TRUL Mean?
But, for now, I want you to read some earlier translations that came BEFORE the King James translation so that you can see for yourself that earlier Christians, before the King James translation, understood that the word in John 1:1 was an IT.
They understood that the “LOGOS” of God was His SPOKEN word that came forth OUT FROM God’s MOUTH as God’s word of PROPHECY.
Tyndale Bible 1535. From an online translation.
John 1:1-5,14.
“In the beginnynge was the worde and the worde was with God: and the worde was God. (Notice that the old English word “worde” or “word” is NOT capitalized as it is the the modern translations as “Word” STARTING from the King James Version to the newest translations of today)
John 1:2. The SAME was in the beginnynge with God. (Speaking of the logos or the word was in the beginning with God not as a separate person of a Godhead Trinity.
But rather, IT was God’s THOUGHTS in the form of His words in His mind, which God spoke forth out from His mouth as PROPHECY.
Plain and SIMPLE, Jesus is the FULFILLMENT of PROPHECY.
And thus, the Son of God is the WORKMANSHIP of Yahweh the Creator)
John 1:3. All thinges were made by IT and without IT was made nothinge that was made.
John 1:4. In IT was lyfe and the lyfe was ye lyght of men
John 1:5. and the lyght shyneth in the darcknes but the darcknes comprehended it not. ...
...John 1:14. And the worde was made flesshe and dwelt amonge vs and we sawe the glory of IT as the glory of the only begotten sonne of ye father which worde was full of grace and verite.”
Geneva Bible 1560. From an online translation.
“In the beginning was that Word, and that Word was with God, and that Word was God. (This is actually the 1599 translation. The 1560 Geneva Bible translation does NOT capitalize the word “word” as being “Word” like the 1599 edition.
In other words, they CORRECTED their ERROR when Christians DEFENDED the TRUE faith)
John 1:2. This SAME was in the beginning with God.
John 1:3. All things were made by IT, and without IT was made nothing that was made.
John 1:4. In IT was life, and that life was the light of men. (Notice that all the pronouns referring back to the Greek word “logos” are the pronoun IT instead of the pronoun “him”, “his”, and “he” in the King James Version and the modern translations)
John 1:5. And that light shineth in the darkenesse, and the darkenesse comprehended IT not….
... John 1:14. And that Word was made flesh, and dwelt among vs, (and we sawe the glorie THEREOF, as the glorie of the onely begotten Sonne of the Father) full of grace and trueth.”
Matthew Bible 1535. From an online translation.
John 1:1-5,14.
“In the beginning was the word, and the word was with God, and the word was God. (Again, please notice that these earlier translations before the King James translation did NOT capitalized the Greek word “logos” that is translated as the English word “word”)
John 1:2. The SAME was in the beginning with God.
John 1:3. All things were made by IT, (Speaking of the “logos”, the spoken word or saying of God) and without it was made nothing that was made.
John 1:4. In IT (Speaking of the “logos” the spoken word or saying of God. Simply put, in the SCRIPTURES) was life, and the life was the light of men.
John 1:5. And the light shines in the darkness, but the darkness comprehended IT (Speaking of the “logos” the spoken word or saying of God that was made flesh to EXPLAIN that the Scriptures TESTIFY of him as being the Messiah.
And even then, the darkness comprehended IT) not….
...John 1:14. And the word was made flesh and dwelt among us. And we saw the glory of IT,(Speaking of the “logos” the spoken word or saying of God that was made flesh and then HIGHLY EXALTED to become the eternal Son of God) as the glory of the only begotten Son of the Father, which word was full of grace and truth.”
I could not find all eight translations online to copy and paste them for you, but they all use the pronoun IT instead of the pronouns “him”, “he”, and “his”.
Not all Christians are aware that the “LOGOS” is an IT and not a HE, UNTIL the PROPHECY was FULFILLED Yahweh PERFORMING what He SAID He would do.
Even the King James Version uses the pronoun IT for the word of God in Isaiah 55:11, which is a PROPHECY of Jesus.
Isaiah 55:11.
“So shall My word be that goes 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.”
Again, speaking of the FULFILLMENT of the prophecy made flesh to become the Son of MAN.
And then the HUMAN Son of God was anointed by God at age 29.
Then, God SENT His ANOINTED human Son INTO the world to accomplish what his God and Father COMMISSIONED him to do.
Thus, it was Jesus ANOINTED who became obedient to do all his God and Father’s WILL even to die on the cross for the joy that God SET before him to endure the cross, according to Hebrews 12:2.
And that joy that God set before His human Son was the GOAL that was TOWARD God in the beginning right before God RESTORED the earth to create man in HIS image.
Now let us read Isaiah 55:11 from the LITERAL translation and you will see that the IT, the spoken word that CAME FORTH OUT FROM the MOUTH OF God, became a HIM in the first GENERATION or generating power of God to become the HUMAN Son of God FIRST.
Isaiah 55:11.
“So he (Or more precisely IT) is becoming word OF me (Speaking of the >>Aleph Tav אֶ ת )which he (Or more precisely IT) is going forth from MOUTH of ME not he (Or more precisely NOT IT) is returning to me empty but rather he (Or more precisely IT speaking of the FULFILLED word of PROPHECY) does >>Aleph Tav אֶ ת which I desire and he (Or more precisely IT speaking of the FULFILLED word of PROPHECY) prospers which I sent him.”
Or more precisely Almighty God sent IT, and the IT was made to become flesh. The IT is referring to the prophesied word that FIRST became a human CHILD that was given the name Jesus.
God watches over His word of prophecy and then FULFILLED IT.
And thus, the seed of God’s word was MADE flesh being born of a VIRGIN who grew up to become the Son of MAN.
So then, the IT that became Son of MAN who was prophesied to be God’s ANOINTED with POWER to accomplish his God and Father’s will.
The same Son of MAN whom God HIGHLY EXALTED to FULFILL the IT, speaking of that which was PROPHESIED in God’s word spoken by the prophets.
For you see, the prophecies are written down for us to read in the Old Testament of the Holy Bible to KNOW and UNDERSTAND that the Messiah’s NAME shall be called the Mighty God WHEN the government is laid on his shoulders, according to Isaiah 9:6.
In other words, the Son of MAN, Jesus, BECAME DEITY after the cross and the resurrection.
Yahweh the Father gave the now glorified Son of MAN a NEW NAME that is higher than any other name. And I believe that the NEW NAME of Jesus is Yahweh.
I believe that Yahweh gave his FIRST begotten eternal Son his very own name to rule and reign for 1000 years in the NAME OF Yahweh.
And that is why I myself believe that John 1:1 should be read and understood as a PROPHECY where the PROPHECY at the beginning of the RESTORATION of the earth was for there to become another God to REPLACE Lucifer as the God of the whole earth.
John 1:14 should be understood as the SAYING became FLESH. Jesus said that he came FORTH OUT FROM God in John 16:27,28.
Please read the study V-43 JOHN 16:28 Jesus CAME FORTH FROM God!
But for now, please read John 16:27,28.
“For the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me, and have believed that I CAME OUT FROM God. (Or more correctly translated, because you have loved me and have believed that I PROCEED FORTH to God.
For you see, the whole CONTEXT beginning in John 13:31 all the way through to John 16:31, Jesus is talking about going to the cross, being resurrected to GO TO the Father.
Then come back into the world for forty days to show himself alive and then GO to the Father to be SEATED on His throne)
John 16:28. I CAME FORTH FROM the Father, (Again, more correctly translated, I PROCEED FORTH to the Father) and am come into the world: again, (For forty days to show himself alive never to die again. And then) I leave the world, and go to the Father.”
Now, I myself do indeed ALSO believe that Jesus knew that the PROPHECIES of the Scriptures spoke of him COMING INTO EXISTENCE in the womb of his mother.
I believe Jesus understood that God FULFILLED His SPOKEN word for a CHILD to be BORN of the Virgin Mary.
Jesus also understood that he would PROCEED FORTH to be BESIDE the Father to be seated on God’s throne.
And the Greek words translated as “came forth from” the Father can ALSO be translated as I PROCEED FORTH BESIDE the Father.
And that is EXACTLY what happened. In other words, that is exactly what was FULFILLED.
Also, the CONTEXT from John 13:31 to John 16:31 is about Jesus going to the Father.
So, in truth, the context of this verse has nothing to do with where Jesus came from, but rather where Jesus was GOING to.
Now, if one insists that the KJV has translated this verse correctly, then Jesus understood that the word he spoke or taught was Almighty God’s word that came down from heaven as the BREAD of LIFE.
That is why Jesus called himself the bread of life that came down from heaven.
The word bread in the Bibles symbolizes TEACHING. It was the TEACHING of the word of eternal life that came down from heaven which God spoke to the ear of Jesus morning by morning as he was growing up.
I do NOT believe that the word of Yahweh was a separate divine Spirit being called God the Son, the second person of a Godhead Trinity.
For you see, Yahweh PROPHESIED in his word saying.
“I WILL BE a Father to him and he SHALL BE a Son to Me”
Jesus was GENERATED or BEGOTTEN by God in the womb of the Virgin Mary FIRST to become God’s human Son.
For you see, the spoken word of PROPHECY was FIRST generated or MANIFESTED by the Holy Spirit to become the HUMAN Son of MAN that was conceived in the womb of the Virgin Mary by the POWER of God.
Then after the ANOINTED Son of MAN accomplished all the WILL of his God and Father.
Almighty God THEN GENERATED, BEGOTTEN or MANIFESTED his human Son from the dead and highly exalted the resurrected Son of MAN to become God’s ETERNAL Son, the FIRSTBORN among MANY brethren.
Please read Hebrews 1:5.
“For unto which of the angels said he at any time, You are my Son, THIS DAY have I BEGOTTEN you? And again, I WILL BE to him a Father, and he SHALL BE to me a Son?”
Please read the three-part study O-14. hen Did Jesus BECOME God’s ETERNAL Son? Part 1.
And for all the other verses that SEEM to be saying that Jesus is the creator please read the following studies under the SUBJECT heading **P-0. Jesus is NOT the Creator!**
For you see, it is the incorrect INTERPRETATION of the incorrect “translation” of those verses that cause them to seem like Jesus is the creator.
But once you understand that the English word “THINGS” is NOT in the original text in any of those verses, then you can clearly see that the creation that is spoken of in those verses is God’s NEW CREATION or NEW CREATURES that are BEING CREATED in Jesus Christ.
Now, I know that I got ahead of myself, but I believe hearing things more than just one time helps us to remember what we are ACTUALLY being taught in the Bible ITSELF.
This concludes chapter 3 and in chapter 4 we will take a closer look at John 1:1 b, the second phrase, and the Word of WITH God.
What does that phrase TRULY mean in the LIGHT of the WHOLE word of Almighty God? Scroll down and continue reading chapter 4 of the book called John 1:1 Made SIMPLE!
Chapter 4.
Is the Word a Pre-existing Divine Son of God?
Let us begin chapter four by reading the first two verses in John chapter one from a literal word for word translation that I use in the Online Greek Interlinear Bible.
The emphasis is mine. The highlighted words in orange refer to Almighty God the Father.
John 1:1,2 from the LITERAL translation.
“In (a) beginning was the SAYING, and the SAYING was TOWARD the God, and God was the SAYING.
John 1:2. THIS was in (a) beginning TOWARD the God.”
I want to draw your attention to the Greek word “pros” that is translated as the English phrase, the SAYING was “TOWARD” THE God, as opposed to the King James Version, which says, the Word of WITH God in John 1:1 b.
When something is in the direction moving TOWARD something else, then it is not yet WITH that something else until it REACHES where it was headed TOWARDS.
For example, a baseball pitcher throws a baseball TOWARD the catcher’s mitt.
And while the ball is in the hand of the pitcher, the ball is not WITH or in the catcher’s mitt.
The ball has not reached its destination, but rather, when it is thrown, it is headed TOWARD the catcher’s mitt. That is what the Greek word “pros” means.
Now, to me, the INTENDED meaning of the Apostle John using the Greek word “PROS” in John 1:1 was NOT that the word was WITH God.
In other words, I do not believe that the Apostle John intended for the word to be understood as a separate person named the Word.
And thus, a divine being named the Word, alongside of God was NOT the INTENDED meaning of the Apostle John’s words.
For you see, whenever the Apostle John INTENDED to mean that another person was WITH someone else, then he used the following four Greek words.
John used the Greek word “PARA”, the Greek word “AUTOS”, the Greek word META, and the Greek word “SUNERCHOMAI or SYNERCHOMAI” when referring to a person being with another person in the same place. I will abbreviate this Greek word as (Sun.)
Here are ALL the verses in the gospel of John that have the English word “WITH” in them.
Notice that the Apostle John uses DIFFERENT Greek words other than the Greek word “PROS” when he intends to mean that a person is by the side of another person.
In other words, the Greek word META and PARA can mean by the side of a person where the word “with” means in the presence and company with another person.
But they also can mean with a person, as in, FOR a person or supporting a person.
And, as you will notice, not one single time does John use the Greek word “PROS” when he INTENDS to mean that a person was WITH another person by being by their side in their presence.
John 1:39, they abode WITH him. (Para)
John 3:2, except God be WITH him. (Meta)
John 3:22, he tarried WITH them. (Meta)
John 3:26, he that was WITH you. (Meta)
John 4:27, he talked WITH the woman. (Meta)
John 4:40, he would tarry WITH them. (Para)
John 6:3, he sat WITH his disciples. (Meta)
John 6:22, Jesus went not WITH his disciples. (Sun.)
John 6:66, many of his disciples went back and walked no more WITH him. (Meta)
John 7:33, yet a little while I am WITH you. (Meta)
John 8:29, he that sent me is WITH me. (Meta)
John 9:37, he that talks WITH you. (Meta)
John 9:40, the Pharisees which were WITH him. (Meta)
John 11:16, let us go that we may die WITH him. (Meta)
John 11:31, The Jews then which were WITH her. (Meta)
John 11:33, the Jews also weeping which came WITH her (Sun.)
John 11:54, Jesus continued WITH his disciples. (Meta)
John 12:2, Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table WITH him. (Sun.)
John 12:8, the poor you always have WITH you. (Meta)
John 12:17, the people that were WITH him. (Meta)
John 13:18, he that eats bread WITH me. (Meta)
John 13:33, yet a little while and I am WITH you. (Meta)
John 14:9, Have I been so long WITH you. (Meta)
John 14:16, he shall give you another Comforter that he may abide WITH you. (Meta)
John 14:17, he dwells WITH you. (Para)
John 14:23, and make our abode WITH him. (Para)
John 14:25, These things have I spoken unto you being yet PRESENT WITH you. (Para)
John 15:27, you have been WITH me from the beginning. (Meta)
John 16:4, I was WITH you. (Meta)
John 16:32, I am not ALONE because the Father is WITH me. (Meta)
John 17:5, I had WITH you. (Para)
John 17:12, I was WITH them. (Meta)
John 18:1, he went WITH his disciples. (Sun.)
John 18:2, Jesus often resorted (Or met) there WITH his disciples. (Meta)
John 18:18, Judas also which betrayed him stood WITH him. (Meta)
John 18:26, Did I not see you in the garden WITH him. (Meta)
John 19:18, Where they crucified him and two others WITH him. (Meta)
John 19:33, and of the others which were crucified WITH him. (Meta)
John 20:24, But Thomas. One of the twelve, called Didymus, was not WITH them. (Meta)
John 20:26, and Thomas WITH them. (Meta)
John 21:3, we also go WITH you. (Sun.)
So then, to me, John never INTENDED his words in John 1:1,2 to mean that the word is another separate person who was with God at His side in the eternity past.
The TRUE INTENDED meaning of the Greek word “PROS” by the Apostle John in John 1:1,2 is that the word was TOWARD THE God.
As in, the word of prophecy was WITHIN God’s thoughts BEFORE the foundation of another AGE of the earth having a DIRECTION or GOAL that the spoken word of prophecy would BECOME.
And that direction or goal was that God’s human Son, Jesus, would become HIGHLY EXALTED to BECOME the God of the whole earth. To rule and reign FOR Yahweh, in the NAME of Yahweh the Father for 1000 years so that Yahweh can JUDGE Satan and the fallen angels BY the MAN whom He ORDAINED and raised from the DEAD, according to Acts 17:29-31.
To say this another way, the SPOKEN word that came forth out from the mouth of God as God’s word of prophecy came to pass just as God said it would.
God SPOKE the END from the BEGINNING.
Or more correctly, in “A” beginning was the prophecy, and the prophecy was TOWARD the God, and the word, as in, the spoken word of the PROPHECIES of God was “A” God.
And every Christian agrees that Jesus is CALLED God by title in Hebrews 1:8,9.
And we all agree that Almighty God the Father is the God OF Jesus.
And we also know that the highly exalted Son of MAN, Jesus, will rule and reign for 1000 years in the world to come on his Father’s throne.
But what some Christians have not seen is that at the END of the Millennial reign of Jesus, the Son of God will STEP DOWN from ruling as the God over the whole earth and COMMIT the ruling of the earth back into his God and Father’s hands.
Here is 1 Corinthians 15:28 from the Message Bible.
“When everything and everyone is finally under God’s rule, the Son will STEP DOWN, taking his place with everyone else. Showing that God’s rule is absolutely comprehensive, a perfect ending!”
When we truly consider the WHOLE word of Almighty God, then we can clearly see that Yahweh the Creator MADE the Son of MAN, Jesus, both Lord and Christ AFTER the cross and resurrection, according to Acts 2:36 and many other verses of Scripture.
For example, Romans 1:3,4 clearly teaches us that Jesus was declared to be the Son of God with POWER THROUGH the Eternal Spirit perfecting holiness BY the RESURRECTION.
Romans 1:3,4.
“Concerning His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord, which was MADE of the seed of David according to the flesh;
Romans 1:4. And declared to be the Son of God with POWER, according to the spirit of holiness, BY the RESURRECTION from the dead:”
As you can clearly see, the Bible ITSELF teaches us that it was after the cross and resurrection when the HUMAN Son of God became the FIRSTBORN of every CREATURE made in the IMAGE of the invisible God.
And thus, the TRUE sound Biblical meaning of the phrase in Colossians 1:15, “the firstborn of every creature” means the firstborn from the DEAD, the first born among many BRETHREN.
And now, we who believe in Jesus are being conformed into the IMAGE of the Son of God.
And according to 1 John 3:2, at the coming of Jesus, we shall be made like him, for we shall see him as he is.
So then, ask yourself WHY God MADE His human Son, Jesus, to become the Lord of the Sabbath.
We will learn the answer to that question as we take a closer look at John 1:1 c in the next chapter.
To continue reading chapter 5 is the book called “John 1:1 Made SIMPLE!”, please scroll down.
Chapter 5
Is Jesus Almighty God or a God Under Yahweh?
In other words, does John 1:1 c teach us that Jesus is Almighty God Himself in the flesh as some Christians dogmatically demand that we must believe in order to be saved.
Or did the Apostle John INTEND his words to be understood that Yahweh fulfilled His word of PROPHECY?
And thus, that word of prophecy was a God who would rule in the world to come as God’s faithful WITNESS to JUDGE Satan and the fallen angels guilty as charged some 12,000 years ago.
Let us read John 1:1 c to refresh your memory.
John 1:1 c.
“…and the Word WAS God.”
Now, church TRADITION teaches that John 1:1 c means that since the Word was made FLESH and the Word was God, then TO THEM that proves that Almighty God Himself became FLESH.
And they argue, what else could it possibly mean seeing that the Old Testament clearly teaches us that there is only ONE God.
And thus, in the minds of both Trinitarian Christians and the Oneness Pentecostal Christians, Jesus has to be Almighty God Himself in the flesh.
But in the minds of Biblical Unitarian Christians, we see the “Word” in John 1:1 is the “word of PROPHECY spoken out from the MOUTH of Almighty God”.
And then, God PERFORMED His own spoken word. And thus, to us as Biblical Unitarian Christians, the spoken “word” of prophecy was MADE flesh FIRST in John 1:14.
John 1:14.
“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,) full of grace and truth.”
John 1:14 does NOT say that God was made flesh!
John 1:14 does NOT say that God the Son was made flesh!
John 1:14 does NOT even say that the Son of God was made flesh!
John 1:14 SAYS that the “logos” was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
And then, the HUMAN Son of God was MADE a Lord, a King, and a God over the whole earth DURING the world to come WHEN his God GIVES him the FIRST DOMINION, according to Micah 4:6-8.
Simply ask yourself WHEN the Apostles of Jesus BEHELD the glory of Jesus as being the only begotten Son of Almighty God, the Father?
Keep in mind that THEY beheld his glory, and that the Apostles of Jesus did not even know Jesus when he was born.
They did not meet Jesus until God SENT His ANOINTED human Son into the world.
And thus, they did not behold the glory of Jesus during the days of his FLESH.
Also, keep in mind that John 7:39 clearly teaches us that during the ministry of Jesus that he was NOT YET GLORIFIED.
John 7:39.
“(But this spoke he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was NOT YET GLORIFIED)”
And thus, the INTENDED meaning of the Apostle John in John 1:14 could NOT mean that the Apostles of Jesus saw the glory of Jesus during the days of his FLESH.
For you see, Jesus was not yet glorified until AFTER the cross and resurrection.
Therefore, the phrase in John 1:1 c, “…and the Word WAS God” cannot mean that the Word was LITERALLY the Almighty God Himself who then manifested HIMSELF to become flesh.
The Apostles of Jesus did NOT teach that Jesus is Almighty God Himself in the flesh. That teaching is a made-up church TRADITION.
And what some Trinitarian Christians do not tell their followers is that there is no definite article “the” in front of the Greek word “theos” like there is in John 1:1 b, “…and the Word was TOWARD the God…”
And thus, the INTENDED meaning of John 1:1 c is, “…and the SAYING was a god.”
Now, some Christians come unglued, so to speak, when they hear other Christians teaching that Jesus is a god who is under and subject to his God and Father.
But that is what the Bible ITSELF clearly teaches us in SIMPLICITY.
Did not Jesus tell Mary Magdalene to NOT TOUGH him because he has not yet ascended to his God and Father?
Please read John 20:17.
“Jesus said unto her, Touch me NOT; FOR (Or BECAUSE) I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to MY God, and your God.”
And then in Luke 24:39,40 we see the now GLORIED Son of MAN, Jesus descending back down from heaven that very SAME day that God raised him from the dead.
And that same day in the evening Jesus told his disciples to TOUCH him.
But earlier that same day in the morning, Jesus told Mary Magdalene to NOT TOUCH him.
And the reason Jesus gave Mary Magdalene to NOT TOUCH him was he had not yet ASCENDED to his God and Father.
So, to me, the Son of MAN Jesus ascended into heaven to his God and Father as a mortal human being.
God then GLORIFIED His human Son by CHANGING his mortality to the Divine nature of IMMORTALITY either on the way up into heaven, or in a TWINKLING of an eye right after Mary Magdalene left to tell his brethren that he is ascending to his God and Father.
And then, the now GLORIFIED and HIGHLY EXALTED Son of MAN, Jesus, descended back down to the earth to SHOW himself ALIVE, never to die again.
Please read Luke 24:39,40.
“Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: HANDLE me, (Or TOUCH me) and see; for a spirit has not flesh and bones, as you see me have. (But just hours before, Jesus told Mary Magdalene to NOT TOUCH him.
And thus, something happened to Jesus that morning AFTER he ascended up into heaven to his God and Father)
Luke 24:40. And when he had thus spoken, he showed them his hands and his feet.”
So then, when you compare the accounts in the four gospels, then you will see that this was the SAME day that Jesus told Mary Magdalene to NOT TOUCH him.
So, to me, the obvious answer to what happened when Jesus ASCENDED into heaven to his God and Father that Sunday morning was that God GLORIFIED His human Son and GAVE him a NEW NAME.
And in that new name that God gave to Jesus is ALL power and authority, according to Matthew 28:18.
Now, some Christians may argue that Thomas called Jesus his God by saying, my Lord and my God.
And thus, they wrongly concluded that Thomas knew that Jesus was Almighty God Himself, because there can only be ONE God.
Therefore, to Trinitarian Christians, Jesus has to be Almighty God Himself.
And the reason that they get so defensive when Biblical Unitarian Christians teach that the human Jesus was made to become a god, is because they have not been taught the WHOLE word of Almighty God.
But rather, they have only been taught what their own church denomination teaches by taking verses OUT of CONTEXT.
In other words, they have not truly understood that WE are given the SAME promise that Almighty God the Father gave to His Son, Jesus.
Please read John 17:11-26. I implore you to not just simply “skim” through this passage of Scripture having the attitude, “Oh, I have read that a hundred times before”.
You may have read OVER it 1000 times before. But have you TRULY comprehending what Jesus is teaching us?
Please read and STUDY John 17:11-26.
“And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to You. Holy Father, keep through Your own name those whom You have given me, THAT (Or so THAT) they may be ONE, as WE are.
John 17:12. While I was with them in the world, I kept them in Your name: those that You gave me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the Scripture might be fulfilled.
John 17:13. And now come I to You; (Or now I am coming to You) and these things I speak in the world, that they might have MY JOY fulfilled in themselves. (What joy is Jesus talking about? To me, it is the joy that God SET before Jesus to ENDURE the cross, according to Hebrews 12:2.
In other words, the joy that God set before Jesus was the PROMISE of eternal life and to dwell in the house of God forever, according to Psalm 16:10,11, Psalm 17:15, and Acts 2:28.
And Jesus gives to us who believe those SAME things that God gave to him)
John 17:14. I have given them Your word; and the world has hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. (In other words, we who believe in Jesus are NOT of the world in the SAME WAY that Jesus is NOT of the world)
John 17:15. I pray not that You should take them out of the world, but that You should keep them from the evil.
John 17:16. They are NOT of the world, even as I am not of the world. (Again, Jesus is teaching us that WE who believe in Jesus are NOT of the world in the SAME WAY that Jesus is NOT of the world.
Therefore, when Jesus said in John 8:24, “You are from beneath; I am from above: you are of this world; I am not of this world”.
Jesus did NOT mean that he pre-existed in heaven and came down out of heaven above.
But rather, Jesus means that he was BORN of God from above and the unbelieving Jews will remain dead in their sins until they BELIEVE and are BORN of God from above.
In other words, BEFORE we believed in Jesus we ALSO were from BENEATH and OF THIS world.
For you see, being from beneath means that we used to be the children of the Devil.
But after we believed, we are no longer of the world)
John 17:17. Sanctify them through Your truth: Your word is truth. (And a lot of church TRADITION is FALSE)
John 17:18. As You have SENT me into the world, even so have I also SENT them into the world. (Again, in the SAME WAY that the God of Jesus SENT him into the world, Jesus SENT his disciples INTO the world.
Therefore, when John 3:16 says that God sent His only begotten Son INTO the world, it does NOT mean that God sent His so-called pre-existing Son down from heaven into the world.
But rather, John 3:16 means that God received His ONLY begotten Son from the DEAD to be SEATED on His throne during the world to come.
Please read the study John 3:16 PROVES Jesus Was RECEIVED up into Heaven!
It was the human Son of God whom God ANOINTED and sent him OUT into the world just like Jesus anointed his disciples with the Holy Spirit and power from on high before he sent them out into the world to preach the gospel)
John 17:19. And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth. (Or through their faith in the word of God, and more particularly, the gospel of salvation)
John 17:20. Neither pray I for these alone, but for them ALSO which shall believe on me through their word; (So then, everything that Jesus prayed in this prayer is speaking to and about us who BELIEVE the true gospel of Jesus Christ)
John 17:21. That they ALL may be ONE; as You, Father, are in me, and I in You, that they ALSO may be ONE in us: that the world may believe that You have sent me. (So then, when Jesus said in John 10:30 that he and the Father are ONE, that does NOT mean that Jesus was saying that he is one and the self-same God as the Father.
But rather, it means that Jesus is one in AGREEMENT and UNITY with his God and Father)
John 17:22. And the GLORY which You GAVE me I have GIVEN THEM; that they may be ONE, even as WE are ONE: (So then, the SAME GLORY that the God of Jesus gave to His human Son, Jesus, in John 17:5 he gave as PROPHECY.
And in the same way, Jesus has given to us who believe as a PROMISE that we will receive the SAME GLORY as God GAVE him when we see Jesus at his coming if we endure unto the end.
In other words, if Jesus being ONE with his God and Father means that Jesus is Almighty God Himself, then when Jesus returns, we who believe will ALSO be made ONE with the Father.
And thus, that means that WE will become ALMIGHTY God like Jesus, according to the way Trinitarians Christians INTERPRET Jesus being ONE with the Father in John 10:30.
But we all know that we will not become Almighty God when WE become ONE with the Father and Jesus.
And thus, no Christian should dogmatically demand that John 10:30 means that Jesus is saying that he is Almighty God Himself by saying that he and the Father are ONE)
John 17:23. I in them, and You in me, that THEY may be made perfect in ONE; and that the world may know that You have SENT me, and has loved them, as You have loved me. (The Greek word translated as “SENT” means that God COMMISSIONED His human Son before He sent the Son of MAN, Jesus out into the world to preach the kingdom of God is at hand.
The English word “commission” means to give authority and power to someone to enable them to accomplish the task that they are given to accomplish)
John 17:24. Father, I will that they ALSO, whom You have given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my GLORY, which You have GIVEN me: (Or that You PROMISED to give to me before the world to be) FOR (Or BECAUSE) You loved me before the foundation of the world.
John 17:25. O righteous Father, the world has not known You: but I have known You, and these have known that You have SENT (Or COMMISSIONED) me.
John 17:26. And I have declared unto them Your name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith You have loved me may be in them, and I in them.”
The Greek word translated as the “world” also means the AGE. So then, the phrase “Before the foundation of the world” could just as easily be translated as “Before the foundation of the AGE”.
In other words, when the Bible speaks of the foundation of the “world” it does NOT mean the very being of the creation of the Universe in the eternity past.
But rather, it means the RESTORING of the surface of the earth to begin ANOTHER AGE called this PRESENT world.
I will explain what I mean by this in the following chapter. To continue reading chapter 6 in the book called “John 1:1 Made SIMPLE!”, please scroll down.
Chapter 6
The TRUE Meaning of the Foundation of the World!
Does the phrase “the FOUNDATION of the world” mean the original creation of the earth in the eternity past? What does the Bible ITSELF teach us?
Some Christians may wonder, what does the foundation of the world have to do with the true sound Biblical meaning of John 1:1?
You see, we really only have two possible interpretations of John 1:1-14.
#1. The Trinitarian and Oneness Pentecostal interpretation that Almighty God Himself became flesh.
And thus, if a Christians interprets John 1:1 c to mean that the Word is Almighty God HIMSELF, then they must interpret every other verse of Scripture to AGREE with their INTERPRETATION of John 1:1-14 that Almighty God incarnated HIMSELF to become flesh.
#2. The Biblical Unitarian interpretation of the spoken word of prophecy was made to become flesh.
And thus, if we interpret John 1:1 c to mean that the human Son of MAN, Jesus, was made to become a god under and subject to his God and Father, then we must interpret every other verse of Scripture to AGREE with that INTERPRETATION of John 1:1-14.
Again, the Biblical Unitarian interpretation of the whole Bible is that the spoken word of PROPHECY was FULFILLED by Almighty God who PERFORMED His word to be MADE flesh first.
And then, after the human Son of God obeyed all that his God and Father asked him to do, Almighty God HIGHLY exalted him to become a god to rule for Yahweh in the name of Yahweh for 1000 years.
And then Jesus will step down from ruling as God over the whole earth and commit the ruling of the earth back into the hands of his God and Father, according to 1 Corinthians 15:20-28.
In other words, Almighty God the Creator chose to use HUMANS and the Son of a Human as His WITNESSES to JUDGE Satan and the fallen angels.
And thus, it was the human Son of God that the God of Jesus MADE to become the Lord of the Sabbath of Yahweh after the cross and resurrection.
And when Jesus reigns for 1000 years WITHOUT having any WARS, then that will be the final piece of evidence that God will use to convict Satan and the fallen angels, GUILTY as charged!
So then, according to the word that was prophesied in the beginning, a CHILD would be BORN first. Hence, the word was made FLESH.
And then, a Son would be GIVEN, speaking of the Son of MAN, Jesus, being given on the cross for the one sacrifice for the sins of the world.
And then, WHEN the government is laid upon his shoulder, his NAME shall be called the Mighty God.
Therefore, the word in John 1:1 refers to the word of PROPHECY and NOT a Divine being who was with God at the side of God in the eternity past as Trinitarian Christians claim.
Also, the beginning in John 1:1 was ANOTHER beginning of another AGE.
In other words, there are THREE AGES or three WORLDS that Yahweh made for humans to inherit.
We are living in the first age that God made AFTER the previous age of the ANGELS. This first age is called “this PRESENT world” by Jesus in Matthew.
Jesus also talks about the world to COME in that same verse of Scripture.
The world to come is the AGE of the 1000-year reign of Jesus.
And the third age is when God creates a NEW earth and a NEW heaven. And that age or world will be for all eternity.
So then, it was AFTER the cross and resurrection that Yahweh MADE His human Son, Jesus, both Lord and Christ, according to Acts 2:36.
That was when the Apostles of Jesus SAW the GLORY of the only begotten Son in John 1:14.
And when Yahweh glorified His human Son, He GAVE Jesus as NEW NAME.
And, according to Philippians 2:8-11, that new name of Jesus is higher than any other name.
And I believe that the new name of Jesus is Yahweh’s own name.
For you see, it was after the cross and resurrection that the God of Jesus GAVE him all power and authority to even raise the dead at his coming and give eternal life to whosoever Jesus finds worthy.
And one of the main reasons for WHY Yahweh did all of this is to JUDGE the world, or to judge the AGE by the MAN whom He raised from the dead, according to Acts 17:19-31.
In other words, Yahweh chose to make mankind AND the Son of MAN a little lower than the angels to STILL His ENEMIES, according to Psalm 8:1-6.
Psalm 8:1-6.
“O LORD our Lord, how excellent is Your NAME in all the earth! WHO has set Your glory above the heavens. (The LITERAL translation of this PROPHECY reads, Yahweh, our Lords, how excellent is the NAME of You in all of the earth!
WHO gives you glory in the heavens. And Jesus came in the NAME of Yahweh to give his God and Father glory.
And the REASON for Yahweh making His HUMAN Son both the Messiah and Lord to JOIN Yahweh on Yahweh’s throne for 1000 years is found in the following verses of Scripture)
Psalm 8:2. Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings You have ordained strength, BECAUSE of Your ENEMIES, that You might STILL the enemy and the avenger.
Psalm 8:3. When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have ordained;
Psalm 8:4. What is man, that You are mindful of him? And the Son of MAN, that You visit him? (In Isaiah, we read another prophecy about God visiting the Son of MAN morning by morning to teach him.
And by the age of 12 years old, the Scribes were amazed at the knowledge that the child Jesus had without them teaching the Scripture to him)
Psalm 8:5. For You have made him a little LOWER than the angels, (Or more correctly, You have made him a little lower than the Elohim or the gods, speaking of Lucifer and the fallen gods, as well as the gods who remained faithful to Yahweh) and (You) have crowned him with glory and honor.
Psalm 8:6. You made him to have dominion over the works of Your hands; You have put all things under his feet:”
So then, clearly, Jesus is the WORKMANSHIP of Yahweh who performs His own spoken word of PROPHECY to FULFILL what He said He would do or what would happen.
And thus, the Word in John 1:1 is the word of PROPHECY, and the word that was prophesied is that his NAME shall be called Yahweh our RIGHTEOUSNESS, the God of the whole earth.
And seeing that the Creator who created Jesus is the God of Jesus, then that makes Jesus to be a God under and subject to his God and Father.
And that is exactly what was and still is being FULFILLED.
Now, some hardcore dogmatic Trinitarian Christians might argue and say, “what about John 1:2,3 brother Mark?”
Do not those verses of Scripture teach us that Jesus is the Creator of everything that exists in the entire Universe?
The short answer is NO! And I will show you WHY I say that Jesus did NOT create everything that exists in the next book called, Does John 1:1-5,14-18 Teach That Jesus is the CREATOR?
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In future chapters of Book 1, I will show WHY God created mankind in the first place.
So be sure to look for my next chapter called Book 1 Chapter 8 Seeing the BIG PICTURE of God’s PLAN!
In that chapter, we will take even a CLOSER look at the true sound Biblical God INTENDED meaning of the phrase, “God GAVE His only BEGOTTEN Son”.
In other words, I will show you the Scriptures that prove John 3:17 should be translated as “God so loved the world that He RECEIVED His only BEGOTTEN Son” for the purpose of SEATING His HUMAN Son on His throne to rule in PEACE for 1000 years during the world to come.
And for further and more in-depth studies on this subject of Jesus being created to STILL the enemies of Yahweh and who the TRUE Jesus is, please read the studies called D-25. A NEW LOOK at JOHN 1:1-In the BEGINNING, and D-28. The PRE-ADAMIC LUCIFERIAN FLOOD!
Thanks for reading, and may God bless you richly as you continue to seek the TRUTH of the WHOLE word of Almighty God.
And to me, the truth concerning who Jesus TRULY is, according to the Bible ITSELF, is the Biblical Unitarian view of Jesus.
Once Christians, Jews, Muslims, and even atheists understand the REASON that Yahweh CREATED the Son of MAN, Jesus, was to have DOMINION over the work of Yahweh’s hands.
And after you understand that the REASON that Yahweh did that is to STILL His ENEMIES, Satan and the fallen angels.
Then you can understand that God made His human Son to become “a” Lord, “a” King, and “a” God, under and subject to his God and Father in order to JUDGE Satan and the fallen angels.
For a deeper understanding of this WAR that Lucifer and one third of the angels waged against the throne of Almighty God, please read the studies under the subject category called Q-0 Why Are We Here? Is God at WAR?
More studies are coming in this SHORTER Biblical Unitarian view of who Jesus is according to the WHOLE word of God.
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For further and more in-depth studies on this subject of Jesus being created to STILL the enemies of Yahweh, please read the studies called D-25. A NEW LOOK at JOHN 1:1, In the BEGINNING!
And also read the study called D-28. The PRE-ADAMIC LUCIFERIAN FLOOD!
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Thanks again for reading, and may God bless you richly as you continue to seek the TRUTH of the WHOLE word of Almighty God.
And to me, the truth concerning who Jesus TRULY is, according to the Bible ITSELF, is the Biblical Unitarian view of Jesus.
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