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The short statement in John 1:14 that “the Word became flesh” is understood by mainstream Christianity to be a declaration that the difference, the gulf  between who God is and who man is was breached, that God became man. Anyone interested in considering the many and various problems with the “G/god became man” interpretations of this verse can see the article/podcast #39 “The Word became Flesh? Why John 1:14 does NOT say that God became man ”. [1] This present article presents my developing understanding about what “the Word became flesh” does mean. Let me first state that when I say that “became flesh” in John 1:14 most likely should be interpreted metaphorically, I don’t mean that Jesus was not a real flesh and blood human being. The New Testament presents Jesus as a real human being of flesh, blood and bone, a man who told the truth that he heard from God (John 8:40).   But my view of what “became flesh” means has changed some. My previous thoughts focused on the ambi...

Listen to this article here . https://youtu.be/l6xvrQyVIh4 The words and themes that are introduced in the first verses of John’s Gospel are developed in the body of the Gospel of John. That the the Prologue's words and themes are reiterated later in the Gospel is evidence that the Prologue is about the human person Jesus of Nazareth and his ministry, not the Genesis creation. As simple as this may sound, the Gospel of John’s first sentences introduce his Gospel, not the Genesis creation. In the previous One God Report podcast episode we explored that while there are a few linguistic connections between John’s opening sentences and Genesis 1, the connections are actually very few.   And, the few words that are the same: “in, beginning, light and darkness”,   mean something different in John 1 than in Genesis 1. Light and darkness in John 1 is not the light and darkness in Genesis 1. The topic of John 1 is not the same topic as Genesis 1.   In this current episod...