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John 1:1-5
" 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 through him; and without him was not anything made that hath been made. In him was life; and the life was the light of men. And the light shineth in the darkness; and the darkness apprehended it not. "
Did you know that Jesus is THE WORD ? He came down on His Own to become flesh. The Word became flesh. Do you understand what it means that the Word became flesh ?
It obviously that Jesus is really 100% God and 100% man when He became flesh.
Let start with this one: "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God."
It was meant to be figurative. "In *the beginning was the Word,*the Word was *WITH* God, and the *Word was God*"
It's an ABSTRACT idea. Jesus said, "Heaven and earth shall pass but my words shall not pass away" meaning that his words should be eternal even if heaven and earth are gone. He was talking about his parables being used forever - that it should outlast the end of the earth and heaven (once again, it proves that souls don't last forever - heaven will pass away as Jesus claimed it will).
It's a figure of speech. It's a serious mistake to think that it was talking bouat Jesus being God or Word.