John 1:1-10
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. 4 In him was life, and the life was the light of men. 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. 7 He came as a witness, to bear witness about the light, that all might believe through him. 8 He was not the light, but came to bear witness about the light.
9 The true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world. 10 He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world did not know him.
Yesterday we studied Luke 2 to see the parallels of the birth and resurrection to Life as God's First Born Son Conquering Death.
We can look at John 1 and skate past. We know this. We know the New Covenant, God seeing His Creation yesterday, today and tomorrow as good.
And we can agree God, being God, loved us without beginning and end. A Circle.
Circle of the Deep. The Biblical Writers did not go here, nor was aerial available.
Very nice. This seems too remote and perfect to intersect with us giving us a Hope and a Future. Nice - Heaven some day. Very nice.
Deliberate Plan.
When we see how specific men 0 who hid from Jesus at a critical time - would show His birth compares to the Death and Life of Jesus. We see God is deliberate. And we might think - shouldn't God be specific about Jesus the Christ? Of course, He is.
How does this relate to our lives today?
And we can tie this together by looking at the Plan of God. Jesus didn't go to the New World where scientists believe 12,000 years ago a massive asteroid striking Washington State created the Ice Age or Noah's Flood. African Mammals survive, but North America loses all large mammals and humans.
Jesus never overtly tells about the New World. Jesus hints.
10 He was in the world,
and the world was made through him,
yet the world did not know him.
Jesus did not arrive again in the Beginning of Life, Genesis. We know to be Africa where Eve's mitochondrial DNA shows we all have one common ancestor pair. The beginning of life isn't where Jesus would live and move and have His Being.
Why? I can't say for certain, but if you are looking for bones - the wilderness of Africa is filled with bones of all large and mid-size animal types. This would be an odd place for Jesus. In this extreme circle of life.
China with vast knowledge, wisdom and history. The Advanced Society in China. By 2,000 BC the Chinese knew to make bronze. They probably started by making copper in pottery kilns. China is filled with Dynasties. History sweeps from power to power. God's Plan is God's Plan.
One strip of cloth encircles the body for clothing. India is an ancient land with a continuous civilization of 5000 years.
We believe Bartholomew, who worked with Paul before Timothy, was the first to carry the Gospels out of Israel to India. Why didn't Jesus arrive in India? The Apocrypha would appeal to this amazing culture.
Why not the U.K. or Europe?
The first modern humans (homo sapiens) arrived during the Ice Age. So many tribes.
Why did God fall in Love with Israel? Why not Rome? Greece? Persia?
God called Abraham from what is now Turkey. An established man with a wife. A fairly well to do Shepherd family in a beautiful location. And Abraham traveled with Sarah to find what God would establish 'in them'.
There are a lot of comfortable people in life. Why give up a very beautiful farm, a family farm in Turkey to risk all to live - basically in a dry desert? Abraham wanted to find out about himself. Life. How to handle isolation. Droughts. Wars. Kings. To believe God had placed something within Abraham to do what God had placed in him to do.
Acts 2:2
Suddenly there came from heaven a sound like a mighty rushing wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting
Abraham was doing what we do - we act on the calling of God within us to find what we are. To answer the wild adventure of life. To grow. To have the might to withstand dry days. And this one man with his determination to believe God - was considered the father of nations and the friend of God. We learn failure and renewal in Abraham. Abraham is much to flawed to be a "man of God." And Abraham is.
Jesus has placed Himself - where He is sought. Jesus is Life called to the Living.
Father God is the Prodigal's Father running to his beloved Child to enfold, envelope and encircle. Cherish.
The Circle of Home. Eternally.
John 1
11 He came to his own, and his own people did not receive him. 12 But
to all who did receive him,
who believed in his name,
he gave the right to become children of God,
who were born,
not of blood nor of the will of the flesh
nor of the will of man,
but of God.
14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us,
and we have seen his glory,
glory as of the only Son
from the Father, full of grace and truth
And God Gave the Glory of God and His Plan of Eternity to 11 men and one of them was brave. Can you believe it?
God would trust these men with God's Plan to tell the world?
God believed Abraham would do fine. God believed Gideon would do well and prosper. God believed Peter might stop making impulsive decisions, blurting out disagreements and jump into the water to do the Will of God. God would let Thomas have his doubts filled. God entrusted His Precious Jesus and His Plan to the men who hid during Good Friday. And Holy Saturday.
God believes.
God looked into mankind in Genesis and Proverbs 8 tells us and was delighted. God believes the Light of Jesus Christ shines in His Beloved.
16 For from his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace. 17 For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
God has made Jesus Christ Known.
Abba,
We lift our cares to You. and in Jesus, we have Risen.
Even Jesus has stayed on a circular Lake called the Sea of Galilee. Doing God's Plan each day. Sometimes even 3 times crossing the same Sea of Galilee.
Let there be more Heaven on earth. For those we Love. To have known and seen and believed and live answered prayer.
To have each day pour out a Blessing. And being the Child of God to find the Blessing. Each Day knowing Your Willing Blessings.
And realistically, to see this Plan of God's is a Puzzle. God is busy interweaving to Good. God plans to save the world. This is me and you and our fathers and sons. The Generations God loves to tell us about many times.
The Plan of God is His. His Ways are not our ways. And All things are brought to Good. When we Love God and work according to His Good Plan and Future.
Let this Light shine as we have Lived and Loved in Jesus. Let this Light Shine from our hearts to the Nation. To all Nations looking to Jesus for His enduring Help and Mercy. His Astonishing Love and Love for me and for you. We Believe our Father God. All the Children of the world are His.
Thank You for Jesus. Amen.
♔ Lord Jesus Saves! †
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