>>3393965

John is commenting on Gen 1

God "said [אמר] let there be light. אמר = 'said, word'. But is also means 'lamb'.

When John the Baptist said, "Behold the Lamb of God" some people heard him say, "Behold the Word of God".

No man has seen God, nor can they. [1] He is like the water to fish and the air to birds. We are in him, so we cannot see him.

Jesus is the physical manifestation of the invisible God to make the Father known. By his word, works, life, death, resurrection and indwelling Spirit, we can know the invisible God.

This is why he is called the 'Son'. The word create ברא is the son [בר] who spoke and created the heavens and the earth [א].

The Son IS the Word because he is the revelation of the invisible God. [2]

[1] Joh 5:37 And the Father himself, which hath sent me, hath borne witness of me. Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his shape.

[2] Joh 14:7 If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him.

>>3394422

A better picture is that of a checkerboard.

The white squares represent the father which no man has seen or can see. The black squares are physical/things. Jesus (the black squares) is the physical manifestation of God (the white squares). They are the same but different.

The Spirit is the line between them (hovering over the face of the waters).

This is just another allegory, but perhaps a better picture.