The Pre-existing Word
Author |
Matthew |
Mark |
Luke |
John |
Theme |
The King of the Jews |
The Servant of the Lord |
The Ideal Man |
The Messiah is Deity |
Written to |
Jews |
Romans |
Greeks |
Greeks |
| Concepts | Why the Kingdom is not set up. |
Command given, carried out. |
Chronological, Human Development |
What Yeshua said. |
The Pre-existing Word
 | John 1:1 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 came into being by Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being. |
| John 1:14 And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth. |
The ancient Jewish Aramaic
translation of Genesis 1:1, as found in "Targum Neofiti," which dates before
Yeshua was born reads as follows,
"In the beginning, with wisdom (hebrew Khokhmah), the Son and Memra of the L-RD, created and perfected the heavens and the earth."
| Memra - Aramaic for Word |
| Devar - Hebrew for Word |
| Logos - Greek for Word |
The Word is a Biblical Jewish concept, not a Greek philosophical concept.
In the Targum translation, the ancient Rabbis undoubtedly describe the Mashiach. They describe the Mashiach as being co-existent with G-d, i.e. he is G-d Himself. Further, they use some important titles to describe the Mashiach. These are (1) Wisdom, (2) Son of G-d, and (3) Word or Memra of G-d.
Messiah
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