THE GREAT
CHRISTIAN GOSPEL_________________________________
JOHN 1, 1-5
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v.1
1
the Word was with God,
and the Word was God.
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The Gospel of Jesus Christ is a New Beginning.
The "Old" beginning is gone. Ihe "New" beginning had begone.
The old OT creation story becomes a myth, in the reflections of
the NT perspectives. The "Word" Logos is not Moses and not the
Pharisee law. The "Word" Logos is more than that: God himself.
In the beginning
was the Word, and the Word was with God,
and the Word was God.
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The Gospel of Jesus Christ is a New Beginning.
The "Old" beginning is gone. Ihe "New" beginning had begone.
The old OT creation story becomes a myth, in the reflections of
the NT perspectives. The "Word" Logos is not Moses and not the
Pharisee law. The "Word" Logos is more than that: God himself.
v.2
2
the beginning.
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The identity of the "Word" Logos.
The Word-Logos-God identity is the identity and beginning
of the New Creation Story. The Beginnings of the things is
this now, and that of the old, like in the OT.
John is not reaching back to the "old" stuff. The "old" stuff
is not what we are talking about any more.
He was
with God in the beginning.
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The identity of the "Word" Logos.
The Word-Logos-God identity is the identity and beginning
of the New Creation Story. The Beginnings of the things is
this now, and that of the old, like in the OT.
John is not reaching back to the "old" stuff. The "old" stuff
is not what we are talking about any more.
v.3
3
without him
nothing was made
that has been made.
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What we see here is the shifting of focus of the creation story.
Not the "day"(s) are important any more, not the diverse style of
the created living things. Not the "things" themselves, but the
power of God through the "Word" Logos understanding.
The OT materialism of "things" and "days" are the old stuff.
The Word, the Logos, the God is the new stuff of spiritualism.
Re-discover God for the present. That's the new beginning.
Through him
all things were made; without him
nothing was made
that has been made.
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What we see here is the shifting of focus of the creation story.
Not the "day"(s) are important any more, not the diverse style of
the created living things. Not the "things" themselves, but the
power of God through the "Word" Logos understanding.
The OT materialism of "things" and "days" are the old stuff.
The Word, the Logos, the God is the new stuff of spiritualism.
Re-discover God for the present. That's the new beginning.
v.4
4
that life was the light
of men.
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It's not easy to explain the john text, at all.
It's Greek philosophical terms have their own rootedness
in then-time understanding of phrases, logical-linguistics.
The Word-Logos is "Him" as much as God is "Him" of masculin terms.
The "life" is more like enlightenment, as "light" as wisdom, as it is
the Logos itself.
Through the new beginnings, the new enlightenment was created, and
its new wisdom is the form of this new spirit-science as the torch, lightening
up the path for men to walk on.
In him
was life, and that life was the light
of men.
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It's not easy to explain the john text, at all.
It's Greek philosophical terms have their own rootedness
in then-time understanding of phrases, logical-linguistics.
The Word-Logos is "Him" as much as God is "Him" of masculin terms.
The "life" is more like enlightenment, as "light" as wisdom, as it is
the Logos itself.
Through the new beginnings, the new enlightenment was created, and
its new wisdom is the form of this new spirit-science as the torch, lightening
up the path for men to walk on.
v.5
5
but the darkness has not
understood it.
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John introduces the dualism into Christian understanding as part
of it. There is "light" and there is "darkness" at the same time.
Definitely this is not the continuation of the Pharisee Law and not
Judaism as well and not of their one dimension materialism of facts
finding realism by law and Mosaic "eye-to-eye" reasoning of the Middle
Eastern terms.
There is a new beginning here. We see the Christ message is breaking
out from the Middle East and taking off to another level of understanding
carrying the Jesus-magnet away from the isolation of Pharisee law and
its materialism.
The light
shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not
understood it.
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John introduces the dualism into Christian understanding as part
of it. There is "light" and there is "darkness" at the same time.
Definitely this is not the continuation of the Pharisee Law and not
Judaism as well and not of their one dimension materialism of facts
finding realism by law and Mosaic "eye-to-eye" reasoning of the Middle
Eastern terms.
There is a new beginning here. We see the Christ message is breaking
out from the Middle East and taking off to another level of understanding
carrying the Jesus-magnet away from the isolation of Pharisee law and
its materialism.
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