Christ, the Logos, In John 1; 1 and Also In Hebrews 4: 12-13
Jesus is the Word of God - but the understanding of this even in John 1:1, and especially in Hebrews 4: 12-13, is not found in many Christians now.
John 1: 1 ." εν αρχη ην ο λογος και ο λογος ην προς τον θεον και θεος ην ο λογος" "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God."
Hebrews 4:12-13:
ζων γαρ ο λογος του θεου και ενεργης και τομωτερος υπερ πασαν μαχαιραν διστομον και διικνουμενος αχρι μερισμου ψυχης τε και πνευματος αρμων τε και μυελων και κριτικος ενθυμησεων και εννοιων καρδιας και ουκ εστιν κτισις αφανης ενωπιον αυτου παντα δε γυμνα και τετραχηλισμενα τοις οφθαλμοις αυτου προς ον ημιν ο λογος
"For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart." Hebrews 4: 12-13
λογος is the word of God in John 1: 1 and in Hebrews 4: 12-13, and in both texts λογος. or logos.is Jesus Christ.
The literalist bias given to many in the present day denominations by disensationalism leads church people to only see "word" from logos in Hebrews 4: 12-13 as literally the Bible, and not as Jesus himself.
The literalist bias in interpreting logos in Hebrews as the Bible is similar to the bias which leads many in the dispensationalist churches to go off into what Paul calls fables in I Timothy 1: 4 and in II Timothy 4: 4 by seeing the man of sin and the temple in II Thessalonians 2: 3-4 as a single individual, probably the one man anti-Christ, and the temple as a literal rebuilt temple in Jerusalem.
The literal mind set and the theology behind that literal way of viewing scripture prevents the dispensationalist church people from understanding that Paul, having already said that the temple of God is now "ye," those who are born again in Jesus Christ, means that the man of sin occupies these believers when the falling away occurs. (see I Corinthians 3: 16-17 and I Corinthians 6: 19, as well as Stephen's statement in Acts 7: 48. God does not dwell in temples made by men but in those who are born again in Jesus Christ. John 3: 1-6). Those who are born again are beginning to have Christ in them (Galatians 4:19, Philippians 2:5, Colossians 1: 27, "...what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the gentiles: which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.")
Jesus the logos - the full revelation and manifestation of God's creative spiritual power - which many Old Testament prophets had foretold was now here on earth walking around in the form of a man. That Jesus, called by John the Logos, would enter himself into those he chose as his own. Thats what Paul is talking about in Colossians 1: 27, the hope of realizing the full glory of Christ in you.
Jesus is the Word of God - but the understanding of this even in John 1:1, and especially in Hebrews 4: 12-13, is not found in many Christians now.
John 1: 1 ." εν αρχη ην ο λογος και ο λογος ην προς τον θεον και θεος ην ο λογος" "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God."
Hebrews 4:12-13:
ζων γαρ ο λογος του θεου και ενεργης και τομωτερος υπερ πασαν μαχαιραν διστομον και διικνουμενος αχρι μερισμου ψυχης τε και πνευματος αρμων τε και μυελων και κριτικος ενθυμησεων και εννοιων καρδιας και ουκ εστιν κτισις αφανης ενωπιον αυτου παντα δε γυμνα και τετραχηλισμενα τοις οφθαλμοις αυτου προς ον ημιν ο λογος
"For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart." Hebrews 4: 12-13
λογος is the word of God in John 1: 1 and in Hebrews 4: 12-13, and in both texts λογος. or logos.is Jesus Christ.
The literalist bias given to many in the present day denominations by disensationalism leads church people to only see "word" from logos in Hebrews 4: 12-13 as literally the Bible, and not as Jesus himself.
The literalist bias in interpreting logos in Hebrews as the Bible is similar to the bias which leads many in the dispensationalist churches to go off into what Paul calls fables in I Timothy 1: 4 and in II Timothy 4: 4 by seeing the man of sin and the temple in II Thessalonians 2: 3-4 as a single individual, probably the one man anti-Christ, and the temple as a literal rebuilt temple in Jerusalem.
The literal mind set and the theology behind that literal way of viewing scripture prevents the dispensationalist church people from understanding that Paul, having already said that the temple of God is now "ye," those who are born again in Jesus Christ, means that the man of sin occupies these believers when the falling away occurs. (see I Corinthians 3: 16-17 and I Corinthians 6: 19, as well as Stephen's statement in Acts 7: 48. God does not dwell in temples made by men but in those who are born again in Jesus Christ. John 3: 1-6). Those who are born again are beginning to have Christ in them (Galatians 4:19, Philippians 2:5, Colossians 1: 27, "...what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the gentiles: which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.")
Jesus the logos - the full revelation and manifestation of God's creative spiritual power - which many Old Testament prophets had foretold was now here on earth walking around in the form of a man. That Jesus, called by John the Logos, would enter himself into those he chose as his own. Thats what Paul is talking about in Colossians 1: 27, the hope of realizing the full glory of Christ in you.
