The eternal Word who made the cosmos pitched a tent in our streets. Eighteen verses that walk from cosmic geometry to a body you could have touched.

In this letter

- The three statements of verse 1 — was, was with God, was God

- Greek pros — face-to-face relationship

- The grammar question of the Word was God

- The double heritage of Logos — Greek philosophy and Hebrew utterance

- Katalambanō — comprehend or overcome (G2638)

- John the Baptist as witness, not light

- The maker rejected by the made

- Verse 14 as the hinge — the Word became flesh

- Skēnoō (G4637) — to pitch a tent, to tabernacle

- The Old Testament tabernacle and the New Testament incarnation

- Doxa — the glory that filled the tabernacle, now in a face

Scripture

- John 1:1-14

- Genesis 1:3 (referenced)

- Exodus 25:8-9 (the tabernacle, referenced)

Greek word studies

- Logos (λόγος, Strong's G3056) — Word, the divine principle, the creative utterance

- skēnoō (σκηνόω, G4637) — to pitch a tent, to tabernacle

- doxa (δόξα, G1391) — glory, visible presence

- monogenēs (μονογενής, G3439) — only begotten, unique, one of a kind

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