The 1 John 1:1 Beginning

https://www.pcog.org/articles/3838/the-1-john-1-1-beginning

Meditate on the history of God before creation.

By Gerald Flurry

1 John 1:1

God has helped me to more deeply understand a dimension of John 1:1 and why Herbert W. Armstrong went back to it time and again. He always returned to the “beginning of the movie” in John 1:1, even more so than he did the two trees in the Garden of Eden. What is covered in this verse ties directly into the key of David vision in Revelation 3.

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God” (John 1:1). This is about the Word and God, predating even Genesis 1:1.

However, if we examine what is written in 1 John, we see that the Apostle John adds something that goes beyond what John 1:1 is talking about. “That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life” (1 John 1:1). Here John is talking about the beginning, but not the beginning of creation. He never uses the word creation. He is emphasizing the beginning of something further back.

At the end of the verse, John wrote, “… our hands have handled, of the Word of life.” He is explaining how he and the other disciples were personally involved with the Word, interacting with Him in the flesh. It wasn’t just Jesus Christ who was there with them—it was the Spokesman for the Godhead! They were absolutely mesmerized by the fact that the Word from heaven was on Earth spending time with them; it moved them profoundly!

This is a vision we need in our minds! It is all about us handling the Word of life and the miracle of eternal life, which is the most real life there is! It really is amazing that we have the very same Word of life today!