The Breach Part 12

In John 1:1 where it says, “In the beginning was the Word,” the root from which we get our translation for “Word” is “Logos” which means “the thought or concept.” It has the double meaning of “thought” and “speech.” Now a “thought expressed” is a “word,” or “words.” Isn’t that wonderful and beautiful? John says the concept of God was expressed in Jesus.

And Paul says the very same thing in Hebrews 1:1-3, “God, Who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, hath in these last days spoken unto us by His Son, (Logos),

Whom He hath appointed heir of all things, by Whom also He made the worlds; Who being the brightness of His glory, and the express image of His Person, and upholding all things by the word of His power, when He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high.”

God became expressed in the person of Jesus Christ. Jesus was the Express Image of God. Again in John 1:14, “And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt amongst us.” The very substance of God was made flesh and dwelt amongst us.

The great Spirit-God unto Which no man could approach, Which no man had seen or could behold was now tabernacled in flesh and dwelt among men, expressing the fullness of God to men.

John 1:18, “No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, Which is in the bosom of the Father, He hath declared Him.” God, Who on occasions would manifest His presence by the cloud or pillar of fire that struck fear in the hearts of men; this God, Whose heart characteristics were made known only by revelation of words through the prophets, now became Emmanuel (God with us) declaring Himself.

The word, “declare,” is taken from the Greek root which we often interpret as exegesis, which means to thoroughly explain and make clear. That is what the Living WORD, Jesus, did. He brought God to us, for He was God.

He revealed God to us with such perfect clarity that John could say about Him in I John 1:1-3, “That Which was from the beginning, Which we have heard,” (Logos means speech), “Which we have seen with our eyes, Which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of Life;

(for the Life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and shew unto you that Eternal Life, Which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us;) that Which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us:

and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with His Son Jesus Christ.” When God was truly revealed, He was manifested in the flesh. “He that hath seen Me hath seen the Father.”

Now back in Hebrews 1:1-3 we made note that Jesus was the express image of God. He was God expressing Himself in man to man. But there is something else to note in these verses, especially verses 1 and 2, “God, Who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, hath in these last days spoken unto us by His Son.”

I want you to notice here in the margin of your Bible you will see a correction. The word, “by” is not a correct translation. It should be “IN.” Not, “by.” It then reads correctly, “God spake in times past unto the fathers IN the prophets by means of the Word.” I Samuel 3:21b, “For the Lord revealed Himself to Samuel in Shiloh by the Word of the Lord.”

That brings out I John 5:7 perfectly, “The Spirit and Word are ONE.” Jesus revealed the Father. The Word revealed the Father. Jesus was the Living Word. Praise God, today He is still that Living Word.

When Jesus was upon earth He said, “Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in Me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of Myself: but the Father that dwelleth in Me, He doeth the works.” John 14:10.

Here it is most evidently set forth that the perfect manifestation of God in the Son was by the indwelling Spirit manifesting in Word and works. That is exactly what we have been teaching all along. When the bride will get back to being a Word bride, she will produce the very works that Jesus produced.

The Word is God. The Spirit is God. They are all ONE. One cannot work apart from the other. If one truly has the Spirit of God, he will have the Word of God. That is how it was with the prophets. They had the indwelling Spirit of God and the Word came to them. That is how it was with Jesus. In Him was the Spirit without measure and the Word came to Him. (“Jesus began both to do and TEACH.” “My doctrine is not My own, but the Father’s That sent Me.” Acts 1:1; John 7:16.)

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