The Binding Agent

His name is The Word of God (Revelation 19:13). To a 21st Century audience, Jesus’ title comes across differently than it would have to an audience of John’s contemporaries. A 1st Century audience familiar with the nuances of Greek would have heard several sentences packed into that title “Word of God.”

“Word” (Logos) is the thing by which all other things hang together. It is the binding agent of the universe; the lynch pin that makes things function as intended. We simply cannot know Jesus apart from an understanding of His nature, which is to make all things work as God designed them to work.

Once He is received, the Word becomes the most effective medicine and nourishment a person can ever find. He turns us from enemies into friends, from trash to treasure, from orphans to children. Once we know Him as The Word, we can respond to any weapon, enemy, trouble, persecution, or problem with His name. He is the promise.

—Hunger, December 28, available here