In the beginning ...

It is very interesting to note that "In the beginning ..." was no religion, and no humans, but only what is stated as "the Word". A bit of etymological studies would show that this word as derived from the Greek word, logos, has a range of meanings which include the idea, or discourse, or topic, "what is declared, a thought, declaration, aphorism, a weighty saying, a dictum, a maxim".

So interesting to know that this precedes humanity. The great question is, "WHO" brought up this logos? And upon the answer, or response, comes the great divisions of the world, whether it be among men, or in education, or in philosophy.

The greatest of all presuppositions is the FACT of the presupposed thought. No wonder Descartes ended up with "I think, therefore I am"! Yet, he singularly missed the point that person had to be in existence before the Logos existed. And if he had read his scriptures more diligently, he would have learned that thought was the emission of a Person, who did not leave it to the inventions of man to decipher this thought or idea or dictum, but who decided to be the embodiment of all that thought encompassed.

I find my identity in this Person. If we were to continue reading in the gospel of John, it says in verse 14 that this "Word was made flesh". This word refused to be an abstraction, but engaged in the daily grind of humanity, to redeem it from meaninglessness to relationship with He who gives meaning.