The Story-Line of Christian Precreation Rhetorolect LESSON 6: CHRISTIAN PRECREATION RHETOROLECT IN THE GOSPEL OF JOHN, THE FIRST LETTER OF JOHN (1 JOHN), THE LETTER TO THE HEBREWS, AND 1 PETER

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The Story-Line of Christian Precreation
RhetorolectLESSON 6 CHRISTIAN PRECREATION
RHETOROLECT IN THE GOSPEL OF JOHN, THE FIRST
LETTER OF JOHN (1 JOHN), THE LETTER TO THE
HEBREWS, AND 1 PETER

• The Gospel of John,
• the first Letter of John (1 John),
• the Letter to the Hebrews,
• and 1 Peter
• contain Christian precreation rhetorolect that
  focuses on Gods Son as word spoken by God.

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  the Gospel of John.

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• CHRISTIAN PRECREATION RHETOROLECT IN THE GOSPEL
  OF JOHN RECONFIGURES BIBLICAL DISCOURSE ABOUT
  WISDOM AND THE INVISIBLE AND VISIBLE SO IT
  FOCUSES ON CHRIST, GODS BELOVED SON, AS WORD

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Christian Precreation Rhetorolectin John 1
GODS SON AS THE WORD

• The Gospel of John speaks of Christ as the
  Word that was in the beginning.
• The Word was with God, it was God, and it
  brought all things into being.
• The Word was light, and it made God the Father
  known to humans, because no one has ever seen
  God.
• Resources for Christian precreation rhetorolect
  in the Gospel of John lie in Genesis, Sirach, and
  Wisdom of Solomon.
• Click to read about Gods first word in Genesis
  1.

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Hebrew Bible Resource
GODS FIRST WORD IN THE BEGINNINGin
Genesis 1

• Genesis 11 In the beginning God created the
  heavens and the earth.
• 12 Now the earth was formless and empty.
  Darkness was on the surface of the deep. Gods
  Spirit was hovering over the surface of the
  waters.
• 13 God said, Let there be light, and there was
  light.
• 14 God saw the light, and saw that it was good.
  God divided the light from the darkness.
• Click to read about Gods word in the beginning
  in Psalms, Sirach, and Wisdom of Solomon.

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Hebrew Bible and Old Testament Apocrypha
Resources GODS
WORD MADE ALL THINGSin Psalms, Sirach, and
Wisdom of Solomon

• Psalm 336 By Adonais word, the heavens were
  made all their army by the breath of his mouth.
• Sirach 243 I wisdom came forth from the mouth
  of the Most High, and covered the earth like a
  mist.
• Wisdom 91 O God of my fathers and Lord of mercy,
  who has made all things by your word,
• 92 and by your wisdom have formed man to have
  dominion over the creatures you have made,
• 94 give me the wisdom that sits by your throne,
  and do not reject me from among your servants.
• Click to read about precreation wisdom in the
  Gospel of John.

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• CHRISTIAN PRECREATION RHETOROLECT IN
• THE GOSPEL OF JOHN PRESENTS GODS SON AS THE
  WORD IN THE BEGINNING, THROUGH WHOM ALL THINGS
  WERE MADE, AND FROM WHOM CAME LIFE AND LIGHT

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Christian Precreation Rhetorolectin John 1
GODS SON AS THE WORD IN THE BEGINNING

• John 11 In the beginning was the Word, and the
  Word was with God, and the Word was God.
• 12 The same was in the beginning with God.
• 13 All things were made through him. Without him
  was not anything made that has been made.
• 14 In him was life, and the life was the light
  of humans.
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  John 1.

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Christian Precreation Rhetorolectin John 1
GODS SON AS THE WORD IN THE BEGINNING

• John 19 The true light that enlightens everyone
  was coming into the world.
• 110 He was in the world, and the world was made
  through him, and the world didnt recognize him.
• 111 He came to his own, and those who were his
  own didnt receive him.
• 112 But as many as received him, to them he gave
  the right to become Gods children, to those who
  believe in his name
• 113 who were born not of blood, nor of the will
  of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
  
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  John 1.

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Christian Precreation Rhetorolectin John 1
GODS SON AS THE WORD IN THE BEGINNING

• John 114 The Word became flesh, and lived among
  us. We saw his glory, such glory as of the one
  and only Son of the Father, full of grace and
  truth.
• 116 From his fullness we all received grace upon
  grace.
• 117 For the law was given through Moses. Grace
  and truth were realized through Jesus Christ.
• 118 No one has seen God at any time. The one and
  only Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he
  has declared him.
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  John 8-9.

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Christian Precreation Rhetorolectin John 8-9
THE WORD AS LIGHT

• John 812 Again, therefore, Jesus spoke to them,
  saying, I am the light of the world. He who
  follows me will not walk in the darkness, but
  will have the light of life.
• 94 I must work the works of him who sent me,
  while it is day. The night is coming, when no one
  can work.
• 95 While I am in the world, I am the light of
  the world.
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  John 12.

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Christian Precreation Rhetorolectin John 12
THE WORD AS LIGHT

• John 1235 Jesus therefore said to them, Yet a
  little while the light is with you. Walk while
  you have the light, that darkness doesnt
  overtake you. He who walks in the darkness
  doesnt know where he is going.
• 1236 While you have the light, believe in the
  light, that you may become children of light.
  Jesus said these things, and he departed and hid
  himself from them.
• 1245 He who sees me sees him who sent me.
• 1246 I have come as a light into the world, that
  whoever believes in me may not remain in the
  darkness.
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  first Letter of John (1 John).

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• CHRISTIAN PRECREATION RHETOROLECT IN
• THE FIRST LETTER OF JOHN (1 JOHN) ASSERTS THAT
  LIFE AND LIGHT FROM GOD BECAME VISIBLE TO
  HUMANS WHEN THEY WERE MADE FLESH IN GODS SON
  JESUS CHRIST

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Christian Precreation Rhetorolectin 1John 1
THE WORD AS LIGHT

• 1 John 11 In the beginning was the Word, and the
  Word was with God, and the Word was God.
• 12 The same was in the beginning with God.
• 13 All things were made through him. Without him
  was not anything made that has been made.
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  light in 1 John 1.

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Christian Precreation Rhetorolectin 1 John 1
THE WORD AS LIGHT

• 1 John 14 In him was life, and the life was the
  light of humankind.
• 15 The light shines in the darkness, and the
  darkness hasnt overcome it.
• 16 There came a man, sent from God, whose name
  was John.
• 17 The same came as a witness, that he might
  testify about the light, that all might believe
  through him.
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  light in 1 John 2.

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Christian Precreation Rhetorolectin 1 John
THE WORD AS LIGHT

• 1 John 28 He said to them, Now draw some out,
  and take it to the ruler of the feast. So they
  took it.
• 29 When the ruler of the feast tasted the water
  now become wine, and didnt know where it came
  from (but the servants who had drawn the water
  knew), the ruler of the feast called the
  bridegroom,
• 210 and said to him, Everyone serves the good
  wine first, and when the guests have drunk
  freely, then that which is worse. You have kept
  the good wine until now!
• 211 This beginning of his signs Jesus did in
  Cana of Galilee, and revealed his glory and his
  disciples believed in him.
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  1.

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• CHRISTIAN PRECREATION RHETOROLECT IN
• THE LETTER TO THE HEBREWS ASSERTS THAT GODS SON,
  THROUGH WHOM GOD CREATED THE WORLD, IS A
  REFLECTION OF GODS GLORY, THE IMPRINT OF GODS
  BEING, AND THE POWERFUL WORD THAT KEEPS THE WORLD
  FUNCTIONING

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Christian Precreation Rhetorolectin Hebrews 1
GODS SON AS WORD

• Hebrews 11 God, having in the past spoken to the
  fathers through the prophets at many times and in
  various ways,
• 12 has at the end of these days spoken to us by
  his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things,
  through whom also he made the worlds.
• 13 His Son is the radiance of his glory, the
  very image of his substance, and upholding all
  things by the word of his power, when he had by
  himself made purification for our sins, sat down
  on the right hand of the Majesty on high.
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  rhetorolect in 1 Peter.

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• CHRISTIAN PRECREATION RHETOROLECT
• IN 1 PETER 120-21 GIVES A SUMMARY OF
• THE ROLE OF CHRIST IN GODS PLAN
• FROM PRECREATION NON-TIME
• TO THE END OF TIME

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Christian Precreation Rhetorolectin 1 Peter
CHRIST AS DESTINED BEFORE THE FOUNDATION OF THE
WORLD

• 1 Peter 120 Christ was foreknown indeed before
  the foundation of the world, but was revealed at
  the end of times for your sake,
• 121 who through him are believers in God, who
  raised him from the dead, and gave him glory so
  that your faith and hope might be in God.
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Good Work!

• In this lesson you have learned that The Gospel
  of John, the first Letter of John (1 John), the
  Letter to the Hebrews, and 1 Peter contain
  Christian precreation rhetorolect that focuses on
  Gods Son as word spoken by God.
• Resources for Christian precreation rhetorolect
  in the Gospel of John lie in Genesis, Sirach, and
  Wisdom of Solomon.
• Christian precreation rhetorolect in the gospel
  of John reconfigures biblical discourse about
  wisdom and the invisible and visible so it
  focuses on Christ, Gods beloved son, as the
  word.
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Summary cont.

• The Gospel of John speaks of Christ as the
  Word that was in the beginning.
• The Word was with God, it was God, it
  brought all things into being, it was light,
• and it made God the Father known to humans,
  because no one has ever seen God.
• The gospel of John presents Gods son as the
  word through whom all things were made, and from
  whom came life and light.
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Excellent!

• Christian precreation rhetorolect in the first
  letter of John (1 John) asserts that life and
  light from God became visible to humans when
  they were made flesh in Gods son Jesus Christ.
  
• Christian precreation rhetorolect in 1 Peter
  120-21 gives a summary of the role of Christ in
  Gods plan from precreation non-time to the end
  of time.
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THIS WAS THE SIXTH AND FINAL LESSON on the
Christian Precreation Story-Line. Time to take
a little non-time!!!!!!!! Terrific job!