RomeSweetHome wrote:In various parts of the Bible it refers to Jesus the Son of God as "the Word of God."
Yep, it's a title that he bears. It's not an ontological reference.
In Revelation 19:13, John sees the risen Lord Jesus in heaven and says, "The name by which he is called is The Word of God."
No problems there. Nothing to disagree with.
Similarly, in the beginning of John's gospel we read, "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God" (John 1:1).
I see no reference to Jesus there. Where is he?
It is clear that John is speaking of Jesus here, because in verse 14 he says, "And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, full of grace and truth; we have beheld his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father."
Gee, that only tells me that the word
became Jesus - it doesn't tell me that the word
already was Jesus!
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