I. John starts off from the beginning. V1-5
A. Meaning from the beginning of creation.
1. This is so important we must start breaking down words here:
a. This word “beginning” is important. (GK is ar-khay and comes from the
Gk word archo which means beginning, but the form used means
both “beginning” and “ruler”)
b. Now the reason this is important. (These two words not only suggest a
beginning of something, but a ruler as in the world from the beginning
was established that had rules by which the creation had to obey)
- Rule pointing to the Word. (Look at GK magistrate, power, rule Look at Rom. 1:18-25)
c. This is important. (It suggests intelligent design to not only create, but to
have an order in which it was to run by)
d. Argument intended to demonstrate that living organisms were created in more or less their present forms by an “intelligent designer.” Intelligent design was formulated in the 1990s, primarily in the United States, as an explicit refutation of the Darwinian theory of biological evolution. Building on a version of the argument from design for the existence of God, proponents of intelligent design observed that the functional parts and systems of living organisms are “irreducibly complex” in the sense that none of their component parts can be removed without causing the whole system to cease functioning.
2. We find this in Gen. 1:1 as well:
a. The word “beginning” in Gen. 1:1. (Heb. is ray-sheeth and it is an
interesting word, it means “beginning” but it carries with it a much
deeper message)
1). John found Yashua in the beginning of creation
b. Look at Isa. 46:9-10. (This word carries with it the understanding of
not only a beginning, but there was an end in mind “He declares the
end from the beginning” and what His will is will be carried out)
c. So this gives us the understanding. (He never intended for the world we
live in at present to be an everlasting world, He created it with and end
in mind)
d. Look at Ps. 102:25. (It is spelled out here, long ago He established the
earth, but they will perish, meaning the heavens and the earth)
e. It gets deeper here. (In the Hebrew we find the Alepth and Tov right
after the Elohim in Gen. 1:1, In the beginning Elohim Alepth Tov
created)
f. In that verse we find what was speaken in Ps. 102:25. (And it says from the
beginning I created the earth with an end in mind, and says I AM the
beginning and the end, we find the Gospel message in the first verse of
Scripture)
g. We find Yashua saying this in Rev. 1:8. (I am the Alepth and Tov the
Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end)
1). Rev. 1:8 was writer close to the same time as the Book of John. (Yashua
tells John who He is and where He was found in creation)
2). Look at Rev. 3:14. (The beginning of creation of Eloheem)
3. Now back to John 1:1. (In the beginning was the Word and the Word was
with Elohim and the Word was Elohim)
a. The word “Word”. (GK is log-os and carries with it several
understandings that are important for us to look at, and will help us
understand what is being discussed)
b. The first is. (It can mean a message or a deed and can means teaching of
or about Yahweh)
c. The second. (It is a reference to Yashua himself as He is the prophetic
word Himself, in this case the Log-os is not only from Elohim, but
in this case He is Elohim)
d. The third. (This log-os is the Word or message to be carried to the
congregation and is the only thing to be taught)
e. The fourth. (It is also used for the Bible as in Log-os of Elohim or the
Word of God)
f. If we look at Gen. 1:3. (The word “said” in Hebrew is amar, amar is a
verb and it means it is an action word. This separates it from something
that is idly spoken, this word means when spoken something happens)
g. In this case. (Yahweh amar and there was light that was on the earth,
so it is inconceivable to think of Yahweh speaking and nothing
happens)
1). Look at the word “with”. (GK is pros and can mean “by the side of”
with the understanding that “Eloheem and Aleph Tov” are beside
one another, or Father and Son)
2). The Rt word of “with”. (GK is pro and can mean that the Father and
the Son were before the beginning of the creation)
4. The Word was with Eloheem and the Word was Eloheem:
a. This word “Eloheem”. (Heb. found in Gen. 1:1 is in a plural form and we
find this same thing in Gen. 1:26)
b. The word “Eloheem” is the same. (But also adds the Let Us, In Our
image and likeness thus driving home this idea of Father, Son, and
Holy Spirit)
c. This word is interesting. (It can also mean judges which would give the
idea of establishing the truth)
5. John 1:4-5 we need to look at:
a. The word “life” and is important. (GK it is zoe and it means our present
existence and can refer to our eternal existence)
b. Look at Luke 16:25. (In this passage the word “lifetime” is zoe and is
clearly pointing to Lazarus’ existence prior to his death)
c. But look at Matt. 7:14. (There is only one way that leads us to life “zoe”
in eternity or eternal life)
d. So this life. (The word zoe is translated according to the context of what
is being talked about)
e. It says in John 1:4. (That Yashua is life, and that life is in Him, life is
both seen and measured by Him)
f. His life is the light of man. (GK is phos and it man to illuminate or to
make manifest, but is made up of two RT words)
1). The first is fah-ee-no. (This word means to lighten and to show)
2). The second is fay-mee. (It means to show or to make known ones
thoughts and can mean to speak or to say)
g. Look at Gen. 1:2. (The Heb. word for darkness is kho-shek and it means
darkness, but also misery, destruction, and evil, so misery, destruction
and evil was over the face of the earth)
1). Look at Ex. 10:21-22. (There was a darkness that could be felt, or a
misery, sense of destruction and evil that could be felt)
h. So what is being said here is. (That Yashua is the source of life, and no
one can find life or know what life is without Him)
i. Now think about this. (If the world is devoid of His presence then no one
would be able to even know what life is, or where to find life)
j. Look at 2 Thess. 2:1-12. (Could it be what is being talked about is the
light of life is removed for this period allowing the darkness to once
again be felt as in Ex. 10:21-22)
k. Let’s think about this in the creation. (The earth was dark, evil, miserable,
and destruction on the face of the earth)
1). Then Yahweh spoke light. (This word “light” in Heb. is ore and means
illumination, but it also means clear and happiness telling us that the
light can be felt as well)
2). Now look at Gen 3:8-11. (They partook of the fruit and then they hid
from the light when they heard Him coming)
3). Look at Gen. 3:11-20. (Only as man allows to be exposed to the light
can he find covering for his present state)
4). Look at 1 John 1:5-10. (We must walk with Him in the light to have
fellowship with one another)