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Wednesday 28 February 2024

Jesus has the title The Word of God

 The Lord Jesus Christ, in Revelation 19, where he is shown in robes drenched in the blood of those judged by God, is given the title “The Word of God”: That is ‘Word’ as in the phrase ‘the judge’s WORD is final’. “In this context, ‘word’ refers to the judge's decision, ruling, or verdict. It means that whatever the judge says or decides is the final authority and cannot be challenged or overturned.” (ChatGPT) So Jesus has the title which shows he is God’s decision about each person which is the final authority each person’s life, which cannot be challenged or overturned. What Jesus not only says in judgement but also does, is that Word of God, of God the final and ultimate judge, even beyond the grave. This is glory Jesus also previously had with God before the world began. The Word of God. Besides this we have 1 John 1:1 which was written when Jesus was ascended, but John relates this Word of Life title back to when Jesus was there in body constantly with the disciples too. “That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked at and our hands have touched—this we proclaim concerning the Word of life.” It shows that in John’s Gospel prolog, John 1:1ff he did indeed consider the Word of John 1:1, which became flesh (John 1:14), to be identified as Jesus. “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning.” … “The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.” John clearly continues this teaching in his epistle as was quoted above, 1 John 1:1 “That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked at and our hands have touched—this we proclaim concerning the Word of life.”