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John 1:14 is Speaking of the GLORIFIED Jesus Begotten from the DEAD!
***What Does John 1:14 TRULY mean?
Here is John 1:14 from the KJV. “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.”
Notice that the Word was MADE FLESH! It does NOT say that God Himself was made flesh and REMAINED fully God having two natures at the SAME time during the days of God’s flesh. It says the “LOGOS” was made FLESH!
Also, the disciples of Jesus beheld the GLORIFIED Jesus who was BEGOTTEN from the DEAD to be made both Lord and Christ after the cross and resurrection, according to Acts 2:36.
For you see, according to John 7:39 and Luke 24:26, Jesus was not yet GLORIFIED to ENTER into GLORY, until after he suffered and died on the cross!
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What Does John 1:14 TRULY Mean?
Does John 1:14 Mean the God BECAME Flesh?
Did God HIMSELF Become the Son of MAN?
Let us begin this Verse Study by reading John 1:14 from the LITERAL translation translated from the Textus Receptus.
Here is John 1:14 from the LITERAL translation.
“And the SAYING became FLESH and tabernacles in us. And we beheld his glory as the only GENERATED BESIDE the Father, full of grace and truth.”
So then, the Greek word “logos” that was MADE to become FLESH was “translated” as the Word.
And that translation as the Word is found in the KJV and most of the MODERN translations of the Bible starting with the New International Version in 1978.
But the literal translation above was published in 1889 from the Textus Receptus and the translators used the 1769 AUTHORIZED King James Version as well.
And in this literal translation the Greek word “logos” is translated as the SAYING became FLESH.
In other words, ALL translations clearly say that “something” was made to become FLESH.
So then, the CONTROVERSY is WHAT was MADE FLESH?
#1. Was Almighty God Himself made FLESH?
#2. Was a pre-existing God the Son made FLESH?
#3. Was a SEPARATE Divine being named the Word made FLESH?
#4. Was the Holy Spirit made FLESH?
#5. And if any of the above four choices was made FLESH, did God REMAIN fully God having two natures at the SAME time, one Divine, and one human DURING the days of HIS FLESH?
#6. Was the Word made FLESH, as in, was the spoken word of PROPHECY fulfilled to be made FLESH?
#7. And if the Word was made FLESH, then was the Word the SAYING of Almighty God, as in, the SPOKEN word that came forth out from the mouth of God?
Now let us read the immediate CONTEXT starting at verse 11 so that you can see that choice number 7 is the God INTENDED meaning of John 1:14.
John 1:11-14.
“He came unto his own, and his own received him not.
John 1:12. But as many as RECEIVED him, to them gave he POWER to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on (Or INTO his NAME):
John 1:13. Which (Or WHO) were born, (Or GENERATED, as in, BORN-AGAIN) NOT of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but OUT of God. (In other words, man did not choose how we would be saved.
But rather, we are born-again because of the will of God, who chose the foolishness of PREACHING to save whosoever BELIEVES the words of God to be GENERATED by God or OUT of God.
For you see, it is the SPIRIT that quickens us to be BORN or REGENERATED by the Spirit and God is a Spirit, according to John 4:24, John 6:57,63, and John 3:3-8)
John 1:14. And the SAYING became FLESH and (Now, the SAYING) tabernacles in us. And we beheld his glory as the only GENERATED BESIDE the Father, full of grace and truth.”
Now, the CONTEXT of John 1:14 is about BECOMING the sons of God by God GENERATING us or CREATING us as His NEW creature of righteousness.
And 1 Peter 1:23 teaches us that we are BORN-AGAIN by the word of God.
And 1 John 5:18,19 teaches us that we are GENERATED OUT of the Almighty God.
Here is the LITERAL translation of 1 John 5:18,19.
“We have perceived that all of the ones being GENERATED OUT of the God sins not, but the ones being generated OUT of the God is keeping himself and the wicked one does not touch him.
1 John 5:19. We know that we are OUT of the God and that the whole world lies in wickedness”
So then, to me, John 1:14 means that the SPOKEN word of PROPHECY was made to become FLESH by Yahweh watching over His word of PROPHECY to PERFORM it according to Isaiah 9:6,7.
Isaiah 9:6,7.
“For unto us a CHILD is BORN, (Notice that a CHILD is prophesied to be born FIRST and THEN) unto us a son is given: (And, according to John 3:14,15, it was the Son of MAN who was lifted up on the cross) and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his NAME shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. (In other words, according to the PROPHECIES, the Son of MAN shall be called by the NAME or the TITLE of the Mighty God WHEN the government is laid on his shoulders during the world to come)
Isaiah 9:7. Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will PERFORM this.”
Notice that it is Yahweh who PERFORMS His own spoken word of PROPHECY to bring what He Himself prophesied to come into being.
With that in mind, let us go back to John 1:1-14 to learn WHY the phrase “and the Word WAS God” does NOT means that God HIMSELF literally BECAME FLESH in John 1:14 as church TRADITION dogmatically demands that Christians MUST believe in order to be saved.
Now, if Trinitarian Christians were CONSISTENT in interpreting that the Word was Almighty God HIMSELF, then EVERYTHING that exists was made of, created by Almighty God Himself LITERALLY becoming EVERYTHING.
And that would mean that YOU are Almighty God in the FLESH.
And that animals are God, trees are God, everything that exists is God.
But this is NOT the God intended meaning of John 1:1,14. For you see, those verses are being taken OUT of the CONTEXT of John 1:2-13.
Let me show you what I mean.
John 1:1-14 from the LITERAL and the KJV.
“In (a) beginning was the SAYING, and the SAYING was TOWARD THE God, and God was the SAYING. (Now, to me, the God INTENDED meaning of John 1:1(c) is that the PROPHECY says that a God will be SEATED BESIDE the Father.
But church, Trinitariam church, TRADITION dogmatically demands that the ONLY possible meaning of John 1:1(c) is that the Word always existed as Almighty God Himself as the second person of the Godhead Trinity God.
And thus, to them, it was Almighty God the Son who BECAME flesh but REMAINED the fully Almighty God having TWO natures at the SAME time, one Divine, and one human DURING the days of his FLESH.
However, they are NOT CONSISTENT in their man-made interpretation all the way through John 1:2-13 to say that Almighty God HIMSELF BECAME everything that He MADE)
John 1:2. The SAME (Speaking of the SAYING that was God) was in (a) beginning TOWARD THE God.
John 1:3. ALL things were MADE by him; (In other words, according to the KJV translation, EVERYTHING was MADE by the SAME, the SAYING that WAS God in a beginning that was TOWARD THE God.
Now, if the Word WAS God can ONLY mean that God HIMSELF BECAME or was MADE to become in John 1:14, then EVERYTHING that was MADE must ALSO mean that God HIMSELF BECAME all of the THINGS that are MADE. For you see) and WITHOUT him (The Word that WAS God HIMSELF) was NOT anything MADE that was MADE. (In other words, if John 1:14 MUST mean that God HIMSELF BECAME FLESH, then Trinitarian Christians must be consistent in their own personal “interpretation” of John 1:1,14 taken OUT of context to also interpret that God HIMSELF BECAME everything that was MADE.
But that is NOT the God INTENDED meaning of John 1:14, according to the CONTEXT in John 1:2-13)
John 1:4. In him was LIFE; (Or more correctly, in the SAME, speaking of in the SAYING, the “logos”, the word, as in, in the spoken word of PROPHECY was LIFE) and the LIFE was the LIGHT of men. (In other words, in the WORDS spoken by Jesus is the means by which ALL who BELIEVE can receive ETERNAL LIFE, according to John 5:24)
John 1:5. And the LIGHT shines in darkness; and the darkness COMPREHENDED it NOT.
John 1:6. There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.
John 1:7. The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the LIGHT, that all men through him (The LIGHT of the world who spoke the WORDS that lead unto eternal LIFE) might BELIEVE.
John 1:8. He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light. (Now, to me, this verse can be interpreted in two ways.
The first way is to interpret the pronoun “he” as referring back to John the Baptist who was NOT the light referring to Jesus.
The second way is to interpret the pronoun “he” as referring to the LIGHT that all men through him might BELIEVE.
And thus, Jesus is the LIGHT, but he is NOT that TRUE LIGHT who is Almighty God DWELLING in Jesus.
In other words, John the Baptist bore witness of Jesus, who was the LIGHT of all men.
And Jesus bore witness of the TRUE LIGHT, who is Almighty God the Father DWELLING in him)
John 1:9. That was the TRUE LIGHT, which lights every man that comes into the world. (For you see, in the SAYING is LIFE and the LIFE is the LIGHT)
John 1:10. He (The TRUE LIGHT) was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not. (Now, if you do not agree that the second interpretation is a valid possible interpretation.
And that Almighty God was in the world by DWELLING in the Son of MAN, Jesus.
Then know and understand that the Greek word “dia” translated as “by” him in the KJV ALSO means FOR him and FOR the SAKE of him.
In other words, the world was made FOR Jesus to INHERIT, according to Hebrews 1:3)
John 1:11. He came unto his own, and his own received him not. (Again, both interpretations are valid. Yahweh came unto His own by His Holy Spirit speaking to the prophets in the Old Testament.
And in these last days, it is STILL Yahweh speaking to His own THROUGH His Son, according to Hebrews 1:1.
In other words, to reject the Son is to REJECT the Father, according to John 5:23,24, 1 John 2:23-26, and 2 John 1:9)
John 1:12. But as many as RECEIVED him, to them gave he POWER to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his NAME (Or INTO his NAME. And again, BOTH interpretations are valid. For you see, as many as receive the Son ALSO receive the Father.
And, according to John 5:22-27, and Matthew 28:18, John 17:2, and John 7:37-39, it was the Father who GAVE all power and authority to His Son to give the Holy Spirit to as many as received Jesus to become the sons of God, BECAUSE he was the Son of MAN.
And, according to Isaiah 62:2-5 and Philippians 2:8-11, the Son of MAN, Jesus, was given a NEW NAME by Yahweh, the Father, that is above every other NAME except for Yahweh, the God of Jesus)
John 1:13. Which (Or WHO) were born, (Or GENERATED, as in, BORN-AGAIN) NOT of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but OUT of God. (In other words, man did not choose how we would be saved.
But rather, we are born-again because of the will of God, who chose the foolishness of PREACHING to save whosoever BELIEVES the words of God to be GENERATED by God or OUT of God.
For you see, it is the SPIRIT that quickens us to be BORN or REGENERATED by the Spirit and God is a Spirit, according to John 4:24, John 6:57,63, and John 3:3-8)
John 1:14. And the SAYING became FLESH and (Now, the SAYING) tabernacles in us. And we beheld his glory as the only GENERATED BESIDE the Father, full of grace and truth.”
#1. It does NOT say that Almighty God became FLESH. That is the Oneness Pentecostal “interpretation” of John 1:1,14 being taken OUT of its CONTEXT.
And that “interpretation” contradicts Numbers 23:19, and Hosea 11:9, which clearly teach us that God is NOT a MAN, and neither is God the Son of MAN, the Holy One in the midst of the people, who will execute the WRATH of Almighty God.
#2. It does NOT say that a so-called pre-existing God the Son became FLESH. That is the Trinitarian “interpretation” of John 1:1,14 being taken OUT of its CONTEXT.
And that “interpretation” contradicts Numbers 23:19, and Hosea 11:9, which clearly teach us that God is NOT a MAN, and neither is God the Son of MAN, the Holy One in the midst of the people, who will execute the WRATH of Almighty God.
#3. It says that the “logos” which is the SAYING of God was MADE to become FLESH.
It does NOT say that the word was made FLESH having TWO natures at the SAME time, one Divine nature, and one human, DURING the days of his FLESH.
That is another man-made doctrine that BOTH Oneness Pentecostal Christians and Trinitarain Christians wrongly teach.
Now, it is TRUE that Jesus had two natures. The Son of God’s FIRST nature was HUMAN.
And then, God CROWNED His human Son with glory and honor to RECEIVE the Divine nature of IMMORTALITY after to cross and resurrection.
And that is the TRUE sound Biblical meaning of John 1:14.
Please be sure to read my next Verse Study on Psalm 89:27, the FIRSTBORN Son of God.
Psalm 89:27.
“Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth.”
This is a PROPHECY saying that God WILL make the MAN whom he FOUND to become His FIRSTBORN Son.
And God prophesied that He would make his firstborn HIGHER than the kings of the earth, which is speaking of us who believe being made kings, lords, and gods under and subject to Jesus, who is a King, a Lord, and a God under and subject to his God and Father, the Creator.
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? **.
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