Christ the Eternal Word

[Thompson, Darryl]

Christ the Eternal Word

     In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the
Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were
made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. John
1:13.  

     Christ, the Word, the only begotten of God, was one with the
eternal Father,--one in nature, in character, in purpose,--the only
being that could enter into all the counsels and purposes of God. "His
name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The
everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace." His "goings forth have been
from of old, from everlasting." And the Son of God declares concerning
Himself: "The Lord possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his
works of old. I was set up from everlasting. . . . When he appointed the
foundations of the earth: then I was by him, as one brought up with him"
(Isa 9:6; Micah 5:2; Prov. 8:22-30).  

     The Father wrought by His Son in the creation of all heavenly
beings. "By him were all things created, . . . whether they be thrones,
or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by
him, and for him" (Col. 1:16). Angels are God's ministers, radiant with
the light ever flowing from His presence, and speeding on rapid wing to
execute His will. But the Son, the anointed of God, the "express image
of his person," "the brightness of his glory," "upholding all things by
the word of his power," holds supremacy over them all (Heb. 1:3).  

     Christ was God essentially, and in the highest sense. . . . The
Lord Jesus Christ, the divine Son of God, existed from eternity, a
distinct person, yet one with the Father. He was the surpassing glory of
heaven. He was the commander of the heavenly intelligences, and the
adoring homage of the angels was received by Him as His right. . . .  

     There are light and glory in the truth that Christ was one with the
Father before the foundation of the world was laid. This is the light
shining in a dark place, making it resplendent with divine, original
glory.  

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