There are such words in the Bible: “In the beginning the Word already existed…” (John 1:1) and further in the same passage we see: “But although the world was made through him (the Word), the world didn’t recognize him when he came…” (John 1:10).
I always thought that language and words, as its natural
parts, are means for communication. I often repeated to my students that if
they want to learn a foreign language, they should communicate, using this
language. But… the mentioned above passage from the Bible made me think in
other direction… How was that possible to have the Word before creation of the
world? For what kind of communication could it be used?
Surely, someone may say that it’s too theosophical question
with no relation to the real world. But I feel that some great truth lies in
the answer to this question. And it’s very practical.
Ok, let’s say it in other way. Could you imagine a word that
could create something new? Sure, you could. And it might be any situation from
a word of a command addressed to a team of workers to a key word in some
important negotiation. But all these known situations are related to some communication,
anyway.
To create a world through a word, it should be a part of a communication.
Of course, I understand that there are lots of thing I just can’t imagine at
all, due to my limited senses. I do understand that the Bible was rewritten,
revised, and translated many times. But… my mind has been just caught by this
image, this idea of the world creation with one word. Isn’t that just beautiful
and powerful?
Try to read the New Testament with this idea in mind that
Jesus Christ was God’s Word. This might give us an idea about what features
should have such a word with ability to create the world, the life. And the
first features of this kind we see in the same chapter: “So the Word became
human and lived here on earth among us. He was full of unfailing love and
faithfulness…” (John 1:14). The Word was full of Love and Faith – that’s what I
feel a creative person needs in words to follow God’s ways creating and keeping
life.
