JOHN THE BELOVED DISCIPLE: PART TWO.

JOHN 1;6-8- JOHN STANDS AS ONE FULLY HUMAN AN YET AUTHORIZED BY GOD TO HELP THE DARKNESS UNDERSTAND THE LIGHT. THE BAPTIST POINTS FORWARD TOWARD ONE YET TO COME WHILE THE AUTHOR POINTS BACKWARD TO ONE WHO CAME. AND HAS DEPARTED: VERSE9.
1:10-13- THE CREATION IS DIVIDED SO THAT IT DID NOT, AS A WHOLE, RECOGNIZE HIM. ONLY  THOSE BORN OF GOD IN A WAY APART FROM NATURAL ORDER HAVE BELIEVED. THE MEANING IS NOT CLEARAND WILL ONLY IN TIME BE UNFOLDED AS THE READER IS MYSTICALLY ENFOLDED!
* GLORY-BEAUTY,WISDOM,POWER OF GOD.
* GRACE- GIFT- ALL WHICH FLOWS TO US, FROM GOD.
* TRUTH- ULTIMATE REALTY-ONLY IN RELATIOSHIP TO THE LOGOS (WORD) DO WE KNOW OUR PLACE IN THE COSMOS, OUR RELATIONSHIP AND THE RELATIONSHIP OF ALL CREATION BEING DETERMINED IN  OUR POSITION RELATIVE TO HIM.
1:14-15 MANIFESTATION OF THE LOGOS IS CONFIRMATION OF WHAT HAS ALWAYS BEEN TRUE, BUT CONSTITUES A NEW ERA IN OUR IN OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR CREATOR.
1: 16-18
* MOSES HANDED ON WHAT HE HAD RECIEVED. THE LOGOS (WORD) BY WHOM ALL-EVEN THE READER CAME TO BE. AS THIS PART OF THE PROLOGUE CLOSES, WE HAVE JESUS STANDING ON BOTH SIDES THE CREATOR/ CREATION LINE. ONLY AS LOGOS HAS HE SEEN GOD; ONLY AS INCARNATE LOGOS CAN HE MAKE A DIFFERENCE. IN RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CREATOR/ CREATION.
1:19-28.
* THE SPACE ALLOTTED TO THE BAPTIST'S TESTIMONY IS A WAY OF RESTAING THE IDENTITY OF THE NOW INCARNATE LOGOS IN A WAY APPROPRIATE TO HIS FESHLY EXISTENCE.
* BEWARE OF THE LANGUAGE "THE JEWS" WHICH WAS IN REFERENCE IN JOHN TO THE AUTHORIES.
* WE HEAR WHO JOHN IS NOT; HE CAN BE ONLY  UNDERSTOOD IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE ONE TOWARD WHOM HE POINTS.- JUST LIKE THE PROPPHETS BEFORE HIM.
* WHY MOSES? JEWS INTERPRETED D WITH RAISING OF MOSES OR SIMPLY SENDING A PROPHET-LIKE-MOSES DEUT. 18:15-18.
THOMAS WANTED VISIBLE PROOF, WHICH HE FOUND IN THE CLIMAX OF THE BOOK JOHN 20;24-27,28, 29. FAITH NOW RESTS ON THE APOSTOLIC TESTIMONY. 30-31: PURPOSE OF THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO JOHN. (  NOW JESUS DID MANY OTHER SIGNS IN THE PRESENCE OF HIS DISCIPLES, WHICH ARE NOT WRITTEN IN THE "BIBLE." BUT THE PURPOSE OF JOHN'S GOSPEL WAS WRITTEN SO THAT YOU MAY  COME TO BELIEVE THROUGH HIS TESTIMONY.