Jesus Did Not Create Planet Earth, A Commentary on John 1:9-13
To hear the One God Report podcast of this written text, for Part 1 click here . For Part 2, click here . The Prologue of the Gospel of John is best understood as introducing the man Jesus the Messiah from Nazareth and summarizing his ministry. As we saw in our previous podcast, in John 1:6-8 the author told us that the prophet John the Baptizer was sent by God, but was not the light. The Baptizer came to bear witness to the true light that was coming into the world, the man Jesus (John 8:12, 12:46). The author continued in John 1:9: This was the true light, which enlightens everyone , coming into the world . In John 1:9, the light is a metaphor or symbol for the man Jesus Christ. It would be silly for the author to be comparing John the Baptizer with a pre-incarnate divine figure or abstract concept. Rather, this Gospel contrasts and clarifies the relationship between John the Baptizer and the man Jesus Christ. The Baptizer was not the light, the man Jesus of Naz