Before anything was created, the aleph-beit was there, for all things were made through and by it. This is in Jewish tradition, but it also seems to be said by the writers of the Christian bible:
And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth. John 1:14
For by him (the Word…the aleph-beit…made flesh) all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him. Col 1:16
…but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son (the Word…aleph-beit…made flesh), whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he (YHVH) created the world. Heb 1:2
These statements don’t actually say that the Word created the world from personal will…but that creation came about through and for the Word, BY another source.
So who created the world?
In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. Gen 1:1
…and to bring to light for everyone what is the plan of the mystery hidden for ages in God who created all things Eph 3:9
"Worthy are you, our Lord and God (in greater context, this is clearly YHVH alone), to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your (YHVH’s) will they existed and were created." Rev 4:11
Question:
Is the aleph-beit part of YHVH? Is the aleph-beit YHVH in human form?
Thoughts on the question:
The aleph-beit seems more from the mind of YHVH, in a sense, perhaps it could be defined as the thought clothed in something physical or with form. Rather than actually being YHVH. Though certainly, the will and thought of someone are very closely connected with that actual person, the will and thought are not usually considered to BE the person, but to be FROM the person. This seems to be a generally accepted pattern.
A thought that remains in the mind is barren. A thought that is clothed in a physical container can act in the physical world. For example, if someone had a thought to build a bridge across a river, in order to make it easier to access what was on the other side…that thought would have to be expressed in some sort of plan before it could be executed as a physical reality. The plan is not the person who had the thought of it…the plan rather came from the person, it is not PART of the person. Neither is the physical bridge part of the person who had the thought to build it.
Messiah, described as the Word made flesh, seems similar to this plan of the bridge builder. Through and by the plan the bridge is constructed. This seems to fit what the writer of Ephesians says:
To me, though I am the very least of all the saints, this grace was given, to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ, and to bring to light for everyone what is the plan of the mystery hidden for ages in God who created all things, so that through the church the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly places. Eph 3:8-1
The expression ‘the church’ is elsewhere described as the body and bride of Messiah…in other words, part of Messiah, or part of ‘the plan’. So those who ‘abide in’ Messiah as the ‘last Adam’, the ‘spiritual Adam’…instead of remaining in the first Adam, who is dust and who will be consigned to dust…they become, from free will, part of the spiritual Adam clothed in the physical. They become part of the ‘plan’, or to take it one step further, part of the aleph-beit. It is through the aleph-beit that the world was created. Could it be through the aleph-beit (those who are grafted in and those who are natural branches, ruled by the ‘head’ which is Messiah) that the world will be re-created?
It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh is no help at all. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life. John 6:63
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