Repost from Michael McElyea –
John 1:3
Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. – NIV
All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being. – NASB
I want to quickly look at two words here. *was made*/ *came into being* and the second I want to look at is *without him*/ *apart from him*
These two sound translations sound very different, I guess it depends on your paradigm. It’s true that your very own paradigm will influence the way you translate. I’m about to show you something. When I read the *original* words in Greek, my paradigm sees something beautiful and inclusive and universal and mystical.
The Greek word for *was made/came into being* is “ginomai” and it says it means to emerge from. To become; now watch this…..”to transition from one point or *realm* to another
Genesis 3:26 says God breathed out of himself into Adam (humanity) the breath of life and Adam (humanity) became a living soul. God breathed out himself what was within him, and breathed it into Humanity.
John 1:4 says in Him (Christ) was life (zoè) and that life was the light of all of humanity.
Put that word and those definitions and passages together.
Christ the creator took from what was In Him, and breathed out of himself into humanity. What was within Him *emerged* and transitioned from the eternal realm into the realm of time and space and he wrapped that word in flesh and named it Adam which means mankind.
Let’s keep going quickly.
The word for *without him/apart from him* nothing was made that was made is “choris” and it actually means separate/separated/apart/without.
Couple that with IN HIM was life and that life was the light of all mankind. And that all mankind emerged from Him.
**Listen to what this is saying**
That every single human being emerged from within Christ. It is also saying that not one human being emerged from eternity into time and space separated from Christ
There is no separation.
He is in every single human being NOW. RIGHT NOW
Every single human being is holy and priceless and precious and full of glory and honor and dignity and eternal.
Not only that, but every single person on this earth, even atheists are not separate from him, they emerged from him *fully joined* to Him eternally.
*There is no separation*
This is what the incarnation unveils.
An eternal mystical Union
John 1 it says of Jesus, “In Him was life, and the life was the Light of MANKIND. “ It then goes onto say that He “was the true Light which, coming into the world, enlightens EVERY MAN” (John 1:4,9).
Every single person
“There is… one God and Father of all who is over all and through all and IN ALL.”
(Ephesians 4:6)
Christ IS ALL, and is IN ALL.”
(Colossians 3:11)
“He who descended is Himself also He who ascended far above all the heavens, so that He might fill ALL things.”
(Ephesians 4:10)
“And He put all things in subjection under His feet, and gave Him as head over all things to the church, which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills ALL IN ALL.
(Ephesians 1:22-23)
We are the temple (1 Corinthians 6:19)
In Him we live and move and have our being (Acts 17:28)
We live inside of a Christ saturated existence. Every Bush is aflame with the fire of his presence and glory.
We live inside of loves embrace. We live inside of the divine embrace. Like fish in an ocean, we are swimming inside an endless ocean and bottomless sea of love and grace and kindness and mercy
Go into all the world and tell EVERYONE the GOOD NEWS that thanks to Jesus they’ve been fully immersed and included in the Divine Dance, plunged right into the middle of the heart of the Trinity of God and nothing can ever separate them from His love!
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