About “The Word”...
“The Word” is Father's (God's)
Message to mankind, delivered by His
Messengers (the Prophets) over the past 6000 years. Father's Message is, and ever shall be,
THE TRUTH.
From the article '
Christian Legalese':
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13.The Word – even the word “Word” has been redefined in Christianity to intentionally obfuscate its meaning and intent.
A word is a means of conveying a message. It is a form of communication. We can send word (a message) by thought (telepathy), verbally, in writing or by example.
John 1:14 And the Word was
MADE flesh (incarnated), and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only incarnated of the Father) full of Grace and Truth (Nazir in Hebrew).
God's Word is His Message to mankind, which has
ALWAYS been, and ever shall be,
THE TRUTH. When we stopped listening to God's Word
TELEPATHICALLY (through prayer, which is direct communication with God), God sent His Word through His messengers like Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph and all of the Prophets, to warn us
VERBALLY.
When we stopped listening to God's Prophets and His Spoken Word, God gave us His Word in writing. It was first given to Moses at Mt. Horeb in Sinai, and later through God's other Prophets. When we stopped listening to and/or reading and following God's
WRITTEN Word, He was left with no other option to get through to us, but to send
A FLESH AND BLOOD EXAMPLE of His Word in the form of the human+Being known as Jesus+Christ (
Matthew 21:33-46).
John 1:1 In the
Beginning was the Word (Truth - in Hebrew is Nazir), and the Truth was
with God (
NOT with Lucifer/Satan the Devil), and the Word was God.
Giving one's “word” also denotes a solemn vow to uphold their end of a Covenant/contract, just as Father (God) has done with His Word.
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Notes:
a) The Bible itself is referred to as “the Word of God” for the very reasons stated above. The Bible clearly is a
BOOK (filled with the
TRUTH about what we all
NEED to do to Live); in other words it is a
WRITTEN form of communicating God's Message to mankind (the Truth).
b) “The Word” was delivered by
ALL of God's Messengers (the Prophets), to the people, as it was delivered to them. They were all persecuted for delivering the Word/Truth, so much so that eventually no one listened to them anymore. God then
SENT His Son, Christ, to teach us by thought,
word and example “The Word”/The Truth/God's Message.
c) John 1:14 clearly states that “The Word (God's Message) was
MADE flesh”. Clearly it was in another form
BEFORE it was
MADE flesh. And we know, from dozens and dozens of examples in the
Old Covenant, that “The Word of God” was conveyed by thought (vision), by speech (spoken), by word (written) and by example
through God's Messengers, the Prophets, who then passed that message (God's Word) on to the people.
A few examples below, randomly selected from the many such references found in Scripture.
Genesis 15:1 After these things
the Word of the "I AM"came unto Abram
in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I [am] thy shield, [and] thy exceeding great reward.
Exodus 9:20-21
9:20 He that feared
the Word of the "I AM" among the servants of Pharaoh made his servants and his cattle flee into the houses:
9:21 And he that respected not the Word of the "I AM" left his servants and his cattle in the field.
Numbers 15:31 Because he hath despised
the Word of the "I AM", and hath broken His Commandment, that soul shall utterly be cut off; his iniquity [shall be] upon him.
Numbers 22:18 And Balaam answered and said unto the servants of Balak, If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold,
I cannot go beyond the Word of the "I AM" my God, to do less or more.
Deuteronomy 4:2
Ye shall not ADD unto the Word which I command you,
neither shall ye diminish [ought] from it, that ye may keep
the Commandments of the "I AM" your God which I
COMMAND you.
Deuteronomy 5:5 (I stood
between the "I AM" and you at that time, to
show you the Word of the "I AM" [Note: see the Commandments – God's Word – below, which Moses showed the people
]: for ye were afraid because of the fire, and went not up into the mount; ) saying,
5:6 I [am] the "I AM" thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage (slavery).
5:7
Thou shalt have NONE other gods before Me.
5:8
Thou shalt not make thee [ANY] graven image, [or] ANY likeness [of ANY thing] that [is] in heaven above, or that [is] in the earth beneath, or that [is] in the waters beneath the earth [neither shalt thou possess them if others make them (ch. 7:26)]:
5:9
Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them: for I the "I AM" thy God [am] a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth [generation] of them that hate [or disobey] Me,
5:10
And showing mercy unto thousands of them that love [and obey] Me and KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS.
1 Samuel 3:1 And the child Samuel ministered unto the "I AM" before Eli. And
the Word of the "I AM" was precious in those days; [there was] no open vision.
1 Samuel 3:7-8
3:7 Now Samuel did not yet know the "I AM", neither was
the Word of the "I AM" yet revealed unto him.
3:8 And the "I AM"
called Samuel again the third time. And he arose and went to Eli, and said, Here [am] I; for thou didst call me. And Eli perceived that the "I AM" had called the child.
1 Samuel 3:21 And the "I AM" appeared again in
Shiloh: for the "I AM" revealed himself to Samuel in Shiloh by
the Word of the "I AM".
1 Samuel 15:10 Then came
the Word of the "I AM" unto Samuel,
saying,
1 Kings 2:4 That the "I AM" may continue
His word which He spoke concerning me, saying, If thy children take heed to their way, to walk before Me in Truth with ALL their heart and with ALL their soul, there shall not fail thee (said He) a man on the throne of Israel.
1 Kings 6:11-14
6:11 And
the Word of the "I AM" came to Solomon, saying,
6:12 [Concerning] this house which thou art in building,
if thou wilt walk in My Statutes, and execute My Judgments,
and keep ALL My Commandments to walk in them; then will I perform My word with thee, which I spoke unto David thy father:
6:13 And I will dwell
among the children of Israel, and will
not forsake My people Israel.
6:14 So Solomon built
The House, and finished it.
1 Chronicles 10:13 So Saul died for his transgression which he committed against the "I AM", [even] against
the Word of the "I AM",
WHICH HE KEPT NOT, and also for asking [counsel] of [one (a medium) that had] a familiar spirit, to enquire [of it];
Psalm 18:30 [As for] God, His Way [is] Perfect:
the Word of the "I AM" is tried: He [is] a buckler to all those that trust in Him.
Jonah 1:1 Now
the Word of the "I AM"came unto Jonah the son of Amittai,
saying,
Jonah 3:1-3
3:1 And
the Word of the "I AM" came unto Jonah the second time,
saying,
3:2 Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee.
3:3 So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the Word of the "I AM". Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city of three days' journey.
Amos 3:1 Hear
this Word that the "I AM" hath
spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up from the land of Egypt, saying,
Hosea 1:1-2
1:1
The Word of the "I AM" that came unto Hosea, the son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, [and] Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel.
1:2
The beginning of the Word of the "I AM" by Hosea. And the "I AM" said to Hosea, Go, take unto thee a wife of whoredoms and children of whoredoms: for the land hath committed great whoredom, [in departing] from the "I AM".
Joel 1:1
The Word of the "I AM" that came to Joel the son of Pethuel.
Micah 1:1
The Word of the "I AM" that came to Micah the Morasthite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, [and] Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.
Isaiah 1:10
Hear the Word of the "I AM", ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the Law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah.
Isaiah 2:3 And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the "I AM", to the House of the God of Jacob; and He will teach us of His Ways, and we will walk in His paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the Law, and
the Word of the "I AM"from Jerusalem.
Isaiah 5:24 Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, [so] their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the Law of the "I AM" Lord of hosts, and despised
the Word of the Holy One of Israel.
Jeremiah 1:1-10
1:1 The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that [were] in
Anathoth in the land of Benjamin:
1:2 To whom the Word of the "I AM" came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign.
1:3 It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, unto the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah the son of Josiah king of Judah, unto the carrying away of Jerusalem captive in the fifth month.
1:4 Then the Word of the "I AM" came unto me,
saying,
1:5 Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, [and]
I ordained thee a Prophet unto the nations.
1:6 Then said I, Ah, Lord "I AM"! behold, I cannot speak: for I [am] a child.
1:7 But the "I AM" said unto me, Say not, I [am] a child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and
whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak.
1:8 Be not afraid of their faces: for I [am] with thee to deliver thee, saith the "I AM".
1:9 Then the "I AM" put forth His hand, and touched my mouth. And the "I AM" said unto me, Behold,
I have put My Words in thy mouth.
1:10 See,
I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down,
to build, and to plant.
Daniel 9:2 In the first year of his reign I Daniel understood by books the number of the years, whereof t
he Word of the "I AM" came to Jeremiah the prophet, that He would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem.
Zephaniah 1:1
The Word of the "I AM" which came unto Zephaniah the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hizkiah, in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah.
Ezekiel 1:3
The Word of the "I AM" came expressly unto Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the hand of the "I AM" was there upon him.
Ezekiel 6:1-2
6:1 And
the Word of the "I AM"came unto me, saying,
6:2 Son of man, set thy face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them,
Ezekiel 7:1-2
7:1 Moreover
the Word of the "I AM" came unto me, saying,
7:2 Also, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord "I AM" unto the land of Israel; An end, the end is come upon the four corners of the land.
Haggai 1:1 In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, came
the Word of the "I AM" by Haggai the Prophet unto Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, saying,
Zechariah 1:1 In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, came the Word of the "I AM" unto Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet, saying,
Malachi 1:1-3
1:1
The burden of the Word of the "I AM" to Israel by Malachi.
1:2 I have loved you, saith the "I AM". Yet ye say, Wherein hast Thou loved us? [Was] not Esau Jacob's brother? saith the "I AM": yet I loved Jacob,
1:3 And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness.
Substitute “the Message” or “the Truth” for “the Word” in the referenced verses above and it conveys the exact same meaning.
...the Word of the "I AM"…
...the Message of the "I AM"…
...the Truth of the "I AM"…
It should be self-evident that
NONE of the verses referenced above are claiming that Jesus is God.
It should likewise be self-evident that neither is John 1:1.
John 1:1 In
the Beginning was the Word (
Truth - in Hebrew is Nazir), and the Truth was
with God (
NOT with Lucifer/Satan the Devil), and the Word was God.
John 1:14 And
the Word was MADE flesh (incarnated), and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only incarnated of the Father) full of Grace and
Truth (Nazir in Hebrew).