Ok, calling for a bit of a mulligan last week. Ended up getting sick and just didn't finish well last week with that and putting down of Glenn. That being said, let's pick up where we left off:
So who or what is this Word? We established "the Word" has always been around and seeing that He is described as God in this passage as well, we can confirm this is Christ. Strong's definition is simply log'-os; from G3004; something said (including the thought); by implication, a topic (subject of discourse), also reasoning (the mental faculty) or motive; by extension, a computation; specially, (with the article in John) the Divine Expression (i.e. Christ):—account, cause, communication, × concerning, doctrine, fame, × have to do, intent, matter, mouth, preaching, question, reason, + reckon, remove, say(-ing), shew, × speaker, speech, talk, thing, + none of these things move me, tidings, treatise, utterance, word, work. John references this term for Christ a few more times (John 1:14, 5:7, & Rev 19:13). So how does this differ from the role of the Spirit in the OT and the writing of scripture? 2 Tim 3:16 says it was given by inspiration of God. This means that God, yes the 3 fold person, was there giving the word of scripture to only unveil to Christ in His fullness to us. Look at 2 Peter 1:16-21. The OT was written in effect to show us the path and to give us the only path, Christ only, to the fullness of salvation. So yes, the Word, Christ, has always been and came to restore God's promises in our lives because there was no other way, and He loves us that much. Seems like so much for the first few verses. I hope this is blessing you!
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