History has a beginning. Therefore, a logical inference can be drawn, ‘If there were nothing in the past, there would be nothing today. Hence, God is before.” Unlike pagan myths, philosophies, and theories, the Scriptures give a simple, concise account of creation. They bear the stamp of truth and provides a just and elevated view of God.
The idea of the word “in” means at the present time. Specifically, “in” implies, at that present time, this hour, minute, and very moment. “in” is limited by the word “beginning.” Therefore, when God spoke His first words, time began.
The beginning of the gospel dispensation.
The beginning of a Christian experience.
It sometimes speaks of persons, the first primus, as,
“The first and the last.”
“The beginning and the end.”
The word also speaks of dignity, the first place, power, or dominion. It gives the reader a sense of preeminence, precedence, or princedom.
Also, the abstract refers to rulers, magistrates, princes, persons of influence and authority, or civil rulers. The beginning, or first power, speaks of the princes or chiefs among angels, demons, and the powers of the underworld.
It also gives the idea of the commencement or beginning of things as we know them. There have been attempts to take the word beginning to mean the everlasting or eternity past. Not so! The word brings the idea of a starting point to the table, and eternity past has no beginning.
John wrote, “In the beginning was the Word (Jesus Christ).”
1 John 1, “That which was from the beginning, which we (the apostles) have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life.”
John 1:4-14, “In him (Jesus) was life;” Verse 14, and that, “Word was made (become) flesh.”
John wrote that the apostles had heard and seen with their own eyes, looked upon, and handled the Lord Jesus, the Word of God.
The man Jesus presented Himself to us in our three higher senses: hearing, sight, and touch. To have handled is the proof of material reality. The Greek verb for “handled” means much more than to touch, to feel after, or to find.
This has been set up using the term ‘see, or seeing,’ used four times in the first three verses. Two different verbs for seeing are used. Horan (to see) and ‘theasthau;’ (to behold intelligently to signify what they were seeing.)
Translated, it would be, “The eternal Son who from eternity has entered time, we the apostles have not only handled as a material being, not only heard, not only seen with the physical eyes but have understood His meaning and significance.
1 John 1:2-3, John writes, “For the life was manifested.”
This phrase is the heart of the verse. The verb manifest in Greek indicates the fact of the incarnation of Jesus Christ. The apostles could not have heard, seen, or handled the Lord; neither could they have had any knowledge of Christ’s eternal life with the Father unless the Father was willing to reveal this mystery to them in the person of his Son and the commission of the Holy Spirit. The mystery revealed is Jesus is
1 Timothy 3:16, K.J.B. “God manifest in the flesh.” Also, Matthew 1:23 says, “And they shall call the (Jesus) name, Immanuel, God with us.”
The idea of the word “in” means at the present time. Specifically, “in” implies, at that present time, this hour, minute, and very moment. “in” is limited by the word “beginning.” Therefore, when God spoke His first words, time began.
The beginning of the gospel dispensation.
The beginning of a Christian experience.
It sometimes speaks of persons, the first primus, as,
“The first and the last.”
“The beginning and the end.”
The word also speaks of dignity, the first place, power, or dominion. It gives the reader a sense of preeminence, precedence, or princedom.
Also, the abstract refers to rulers, magistrates, princes, persons of influence and authority, or civil rulers. The beginning, or first power, speaks of the princes or chiefs among angels, demons, and the powers of the underworld.
It also gives the idea of the commencement or beginning of things as we know them. There have been attempts to take the word beginning to mean the everlasting or eternity past. Not so! The word brings the idea of a starting point to the table, and eternity past has no beginning.
John wrote, “In the beginning was the Word (Jesus Christ).”
1 John 1, “That which was from the beginning, which we (the apostles) have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life.”
John 1:4-14, “In him (Jesus) was life;” Verse 14, and that, “Word was made (become) flesh.”
John wrote that the apostles had heard and seen with their own eyes, looked upon, and handled the Lord Jesus, the Word of God.
The man Jesus presented Himself to us in our three higher senses: hearing, sight, and touch. To have handled is the proof of material reality. The Greek verb for “handled” means much more than to touch, to feel after, or to find.
This has been set up using the term ‘see, or seeing,’ used four times in the first three verses. Two different verbs for seeing are used. Horan (to see) and ‘theasthau;’ (to behold intelligently to signify what they were seeing.)
Translated, it would be, “The eternal Son who from eternity has entered time, we the apostles have not only handled as a material being, not only heard, not only seen with the physical eyes but have understood His meaning and significance.
1 John 1:2-3, John writes, “For the life was manifested.”
This phrase is the heart of the verse. The verb manifest in Greek indicates the fact of the incarnation of Jesus Christ. The apostles could not have heard, seen, or handled the Lord; neither could they have had any knowledge of Christ’s eternal life with the Father unless the Father was willing to reveal this mystery to them in the person of his Son and the commission of the Holy Spirit. The mystery revealed is Jesus is
1 Timothy 3:16, K.J.B. “God manifest in the flesh.” Also, Matthew 1:23 says, “And they shall call the (Jesus) name, Immanuel, God with us.”
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