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The same was in the beginning with God.
Explanation of John 1:2
By Brian David
This verse reinforces points in the first verse: that the divine truth was not created by or created after the divine love which it expresses. The two are one: Love has to express itself as truth to have form; truth has to express love to have substance. Love without truth is not really love at all; it’s just a feeling and a potential. Truth without love is not really truth; it’s just a concept with no goal, no use, no purpose.
"God" here represents the Lord’s desire for good; this verse then reinforces that perfect truth and perfect good were together from the beginning.
It’s also worth noting that along with the ultimate "beginning," there are also "beginnings" for each of us, marking the moments when we choose to turn away from evil and open ourselves to the Lord. This verse, then, reassures us that when we make such a beginning, the Lord’s love and the Lord’s truth will be there for us. And it also tells us that if we want to make a real beginning, we need to find that truth and cling to it as the best way to receive the Lord’s love.
Apocalypse Revealed #58
58. "And am He who lives." (1:18) This symbolically means, who alone is life, and the only source of life.
In the Word of the Old Testament, Jehovah calls Himself living and one who lives, because He alone has life; for He is love itself and wisdom itself, and these constitute life.
That there is only one life, namely God, and that angels and people are recipients of life from Him, is something we showed many times in Angelic Wisdom Regarding Divine Love and Wisdom.
Jehovah calls Himself living and one who lives in Isaiah 38:18-19, Ezekiel 5:11.
The Lord is life also in respect to His Divine humanity, because the Father and He are one. Therefore He says,
...as the Father has life in Himself, so He has given the Son to have life in Himself... (John 5:26)
Jesus said..., "I am the resurrection and the life." (John 11:25)
Jesus said..., "I am the way, the truth, and the life." (John 14:6)
In the beginning was the Word..., and God was the Word... In Him was life... And the Word became flesh... (John 1:1-4, 14)
Because the Lord alone is life, it follows that He is the only source of life. Therefore He says, Because I live, you will live also. (John 14:19)
