John 1:14-18
And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth. ( John bore witness about him, and cried out, “This was he of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me ranks before me, because he was before me. ’”) For from his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace. For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. No one has ever seen God; the only God, who is at the Father's side, he has made him known.
He took on our form and content. He entered fully into the state of man, into our flesh and would become our sin, though He was sinless. John reaffirms this by identifying Jesus by name. The divine did become a man. He breathed the air of creation and felt the earth beneath His feet. He occupied space and time. He did this so we could enter His divinity, so heaven and earth would be joined. The wedding feast of the Bride of Christ will be a celebration beyond compare.
The same glory that filled the Tabernacle and Temple now filled the Son of Man. From the Father comes grace and truth in the man Jesus.
John alludes to the Alpha and Omega, the beginning and end, in describing Jesus as the one before him that would be following.
The law was actually a grace given by God. It was a revelation from God that disclosed how to approach His throne and our distance from His presence. It would allow the grace and truth of Jesus to be understood.
This translation says Jesus is at the Father's side. The underlying Greek says He was in the Father's bosom., which may more accurately describe the relationship between Father and Son. It is within our hearts that the Father and Son come to abide in the heart of the believer.
Until Jesus came, no one actually saw God. Jesus came so the blind would see.
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