The Word—the Logos In the “beginning” was the Word—the Greek word being Logos, meaning Spokesman. The Logos is the Spokesman for the Godhead. Therefore, He came to Earth with a message. The first chapter of John makes that undeniably clear. Yet how many understand that? Please try to comprehend this: The phrase “the Word was with God” does not refer to place or space; it means He was with Him spiritually. He was with Him in unity. He was in submission to God for all eternity. He set the example for all people of how to submit to the one now called the Father! We understand that there are two beings but one absolute Godhead. Two beings, with one in submission to the other. It worked this way for all eternity. God then wanted to expand this way of life to include other spirit beings. So God created the angels and gave them an opportunity to do an amazingly wonderful work. But one third of the angels rebelled. Lucifer and these angels declared war against their Creator (Isaiah 14:12‑14; Revelation 12:3-4). Such a thing had never happened before! Satan really believed he could make a way other than God’s way work successfully—that somehow he could rebel against God and could make his way of competition work. Look at the results in Genesis 1:2: “And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep”—destruction! The other two thirds of the angels were able to witness that destruction and to see by the fruits of Lucifer’s rebellion that his way didn’t work. We also must learn these lessons! Compare that with what is happening in God’s Church today. Many have become Laodicean, or lukewarm, and it won’t work. They ought to know that. They were taught that it wouldn’t work, but most of them don’t believe that. The evidence is all around them—they can’t do the work of God, because they’re in a state of rebellion. Despite the angelic rebellion, God still wanted to expand His beautiful way of life. God saw that the angels were not capable of ruling this Earth and the universe. The only way to achieve that goal was for God to recreate Himself in man. After Lucifer became God’s adversary, God came in human form and spoke to John and the other disciples about the Father and the Son. It was not just God and the Word anymore, although they still fulfill these roles too. The Son is still the Spokesman. It is, however, a Father-Son relationship now—a family relationship! Why the change? Why would God want us thinking of Him in family terms? Not just as God, but as Father and Son? The reason, as you will see throughout this book, is profound: It is because He is now opening up His family to human beings! This is very deep, and you are going to have to really concentrate to comprehend this incredible truth! The angels were never given the opportunity to be members of the God family. As it says in Hebrews 1, God never called the angels His sons. But when referring to man, He uses terms such as Father, Son, family, children, sons of God, bride of Christ. This is something dramatically new and wonderful! Think about this opportunity! God and the Word became Father and Son—and the family of God is now opened up to all humanity! That is something impossible to imagine without God’s help! It is too awesome, too wonderful, to understand unless God helps you. John used the Word four times in his writings: John 1:1, 14; 1 John 1:1; Revelation 19:13. Let’s look at the three remaining verses.
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