The Word Became Flesh

"And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth."
John 1:14

We have established the fact that Jesus was in the beginning with God, along with the Holy Spirit. In Genesis 1:1 we have God creating the heavens and the earth. The word in Hebrew used for God there is Elohim, which is the plural form of the word. He is the three-in-one God. God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. Elohim. Genesis 1:2 tells us "the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters." The Holy Spirit was there. God the Father was there. And here in the first chapter of the Gospel of John, John tells us that Jesus was there with God in the very beginning as well. In fact, John tells us that Jesus is God. So we have established that.

Now we come to this verse today. John tells us in verse 1, that "the Word was God." Here He tells us that "the Word became flesh and dwelt among us." This is speaking about Jesus Christ the Son of God. He is the one who became flesh, who left the throne room of heaven and lowered Himself and became a man. He did this as part of God's plan to reconcile mankind unto Himself. We were separated from God because of sin, but Jesus came to reconcile us to God.

The Greek word used for "dwelt" there, means to "encamp" or "tabernacled." The tabernacle of the Old Testament was covered in animal skins and looked rather ordinary from the outside. But on the inside it was adorned in gold. This is where the "chabod" was, the presence of God, the glory of God. That is the way Jesus was. He was so ordinary looking that Judas had to identify him to the Romans with a kiss. And yet, His glory "leaked out" on the Mount of Transfiguration. John was there, along with Peter and James, to witness the glory, the glory of Jesus' deity shining out through His humanity. And because of the work that Jesus did on the cross, He tore the veil in two, the veil that separated the Holy of Holies in the temple, so that now, you and I too, can behold the glory of God. We do not need a priest to go in once a year and do it for us. We can now come boldly before the throne of God. We can come daily, we can come freely, and we can come because of our relationship with Jesus. Jesus, who is full of grace and truth. Jesus spoke the truth to people, but He wasn't mean or harsh about it, but full of grace. Beloved, this day, we too can behold the glory of God. We too can come into the throne room of heaven and present our lives to God, as a living sacrifice to Him. "Lord, this day, I will live my life as a sacrifice of worship unto You." Shalom.