“The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.”
John 1:14
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Connection with God's meal at Abraham's tent
The LORD who ate curds and calf under Abraham's tree would one day come to stay: "The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us." On the evening of the resurrection, when His friends could not believe it for joy, Jesus asked for broiled fish "and ate it in front of them" (Luke 24:43).
Read the whole studyConnection with kindness and faithfulness
When Abraham's servant blessed God for His kindness and faithfulness (Genesis 24:27), he used the Hebrew pair chesed and emet. John reached for that pair when he described Jesus as "full of grace and truth". Three verses later he wrote that "grace and truth came through Jesus Christ" (John 1:17).
Read the whole studyConnection with Jacob's prayer
Jacob thanked God for kindness and faithfulness he did not deserve (Genesis 32:10). In Hebrew those are chesed and emet, the pair God proclaimed as His own character to Moses (Exodus 34:6). John saw that same grace and truth in Jesus, the Word who made His dwelling among us.
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Make a sanctuary so I may dwell among them — the Word became flesh and tabernacled among us
“And they are to make a sanctuary for Me, so that I may dwell among them.”
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