John 1/14"the Word became flesh"
The Greek word "logos" was a loaded word, full of meaning about "something greater" in which everything had its genesis and existence. John selected a word that already had meaning for the culture and attached it to the Person of Christ. This was radical, for something powerful yet impersonal to suddenly have a face and a name, an anchor in someone real and alive. "Logos" used in this way speaks of Christ's pre-existence, deity, and power interwoven and inseparable from his humanity.
Now consider the phrase "became flesh." The Incarnation, as it's known in theology. An illustration that helps me understand "the word became flesh" is to think about a funnel. A funnel has a wide opening at the top, and a narrow opening at the bottom. The funnel is used to transfer a fluid or a flowing solid material from a bulk state into a specific container. Consider the wide opening as open to receive the boundless, infinite nature of God poured into the frailty and weakness of one specific person.
The concept of a specific person being the "Logos" is reinforced by the phrase in v.14 "made his dwelling with us." This is the same word "tabernacled" from the days of the Tabernacle or the Tent of Meeting that Moses and the Israelites used to worship God. The Tabernacle was *unremarkable in external appearance but inside dwelt the Shekinah glory.* Not only did the Logos become flesh and blood, but He pitched his tent among us. God camped out with His people.
A) the Theory became tangible --------- *Charmin*
B) the Invisible became incarnate ------- *God con carne*
C) the Lofty was made lap-size -------- *infant*
D) the Idea became an infant ----------- *Isaac, the child of the promise to Abraham*
1 Cor 3/16 --- 2 Cor 6/16 ---- Romans 9
multitudes of people who were "not yet" were made "flesh" through the promise
TRUTH BECAME A PERSON ------ the central truth
Colossians 2/9 "For in him all the fullness of deity dwells in bodily form." **the essence of God clothed in mortal flesh**
