I was reading John…

Jhn 1:1  In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

Jhn 1:2  The same was in the beginning with God.

Jhn 1:3  All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.

Jhn 1:4  In him was life; and the life was the light of men.

The trouble with this ‘gnostic’ gospel is that it is trying to prove something that later will gather faithful believers. But there was no science grammar at the time so the writer of John (probably John himself), used word play. Luckily we have Strong’s concordance.

So what seems nonsense is actually saying that an expression created Heaven. The expression said: “I give you God”, and God wielded the power of the expression. In the beginning God held all power.

Next we see the expression created our physical world -not heaven or God, but his purpose was to give life to the species of mankind. Some say the expression came to be only, and when man was saved -in the person of Jesus. But yea, we have to agree, the expression’s main job was the creation and salvation of Adam’s race.

IMHO, the introduction to John was to someday prove that the variables, Heaven, Son of God, Father, Holy Spirit, Free redemption / Rapture, were all true and linked together as a certainty, not requiring any other text comparison.

The Messiah / Word, was human. To be human, he exposed himself to (know) sin. Being human he tasted death and judgment just like any man. He was born and resurrected by the Holy Spirit, the same power held by God in the beginning (see above). Thus Christ pioneered a pathway for each one of us born of women to also be resurrected with him, for eternity. And he poured out the Spirit on all who believed that they might know and seize this path / fact / opportunity.

In some way, John was telling us salvation is real, is logical, and really happened all those centuries ago. This chapter is one of my favorite chapters and it’s mathematically beautiful.

So you may say to me, preacher man, show us the Spirit that will save us! Can it be seen and felt? Were one to believe should I do a wonder? Nay, it is rather that ‘your sins are forgiven’ -it is a feeling that you are washed clean, not from me, but from the Holy Spirit which blesses me and you, and will be with you.