Christ is in the Bible from beginning to end.
He is the A to Z of God’s written Word. In the last chapter of the Bible He
says, ‘I am the Alpha and the Omega. The Beginning and the End, the First and
the Last’ Revelation 22:13. He is what every letter in the Bible is all about. Indeed,
all the letters of the Bible form Him. For the wall of sound proclaims Him. As
the Father draws them, His sheep hear the Word, and by the Spirit enter His enclosure
(John 10:4.)
The first wall of sound in the world was made
by the triune God, i.e., Father, Word, Spirit. As recorded in the first chapter
of the Bible, God, the Creator of the heavens, the earth, and all therein said,
‘Let there be light.’ When the Word became flesh He said, ‘I am the light of
the world’ John 8:12. God’s Word illuminates. ‘In Your light we see light’
Psalm 36:9b. Letters are the light particles of the Word.
The eternal Word is the chief cornerstone
which God laid when time began. ‘In the beginning was the Word, and
the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the
beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him
nothing was made that was made’ John 1:1-3. And He is the cornerstone to which
the whole world and everything in it is to be aligned. ‘For it stands in
Scripture: “Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone, a cornerstone chosen and
precious, and whoever believes in Him will not be put to shame. So the honour
is for you who believe, but for those who do not believe, “The stone
that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone,” and “A stone of
stumbling, and a rock of offense.” They stumble because they disobey the
word, as they were destined to do.’ 1 Peter 2:6-7.
Words without Christ are bricks without
straw. To construct sentences with no thought of Christ is to build walls of
sound on sinking sand, edifices that will be washed away with a mighty roar. ‘For
it is written: “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise; the intelligence of the
intelligent I will frustrate”’ 1 Corinthians 1:19. This does not mean that
everything we write is to be about Christ. It means simply that we ought to be
aware that Christ reads everything we write. Therefore, every letter, word, and
sentence we write should be written with Him in mind. For, ‘We destroy
arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and
take every thought captive to obey Christ’ 2 Corinthians 10:5.
What does the Word of God say about God the
Word? ‘For from Him and through Him and for Him are all things.’ Romans 11:36a.
After writing about the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus, John concludes
his Gospel with these carefully chosen words, ‘Now there are also many
other things that Jesus did. Were every one of them to be written, I suppose
that the world itself could not contain the books that would be written.’
John 21:25. Hating every word uttered by the Word that became flesh, they killed
Him. But God raised every letter of the Word by bringing Jesus to life. Yes, honour
Him, even with every letter of the alphabet.
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