Chapter 1.1.10 The metaphor of the alphabet
- Contents
- Section 1: How we got the Bible
- Part 1.1: God invented an alphabet
- Chapter 1.1.10 The metaphor of the alphabet
- Part 1.1: God invented an alphabet
- Section 1: How we got the Bible
The form of each letter has been considered in the previous chapters. Now the metaphor of each letter will be explored in order. But who put the alphabet in order if it merely evolved as some would claim? With Hebrew each letter is also a number. There can be no mistake which order they follow.
Genesis proclaims that God spoke and created the heavens and the earth. In order to speak, he had to have words. But the words are a part of God since they existed before he created anything. Furthermore, all the words of God are referred to in the singular as The Word. [1] The Word of God is THE eternal God who created all things. [2] John did NOT get this doctrine from a Greek philosopher as so many claim. It is the direct result of understanding that since words were used before creation, the Word must be God.
Since the Word IS God, all the things that make the Word of God must also be God. The Letters also predate creation. Individually and in combination forming the various words of God, they reveal God. It can be said, in an esoteric sense to BE the Son of God since it is both the words and the Word which make God known. [3] No man other than Christ could reveal God to man.
Each letter is a metaphor which speaks of God. As with any metaphor, the actual expression has primary and secondary meanings. The primary meaning is derived from the strokes and is associated with a first event.
References
- ↑ Ps 119:105 Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
- ↑ Joh 1:1 ¶ In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. Joh 1:2 The same was in the beginning with God. Joh 1:3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
- ↑ Joh 1:18 No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared [him].
