The Life Was Manifested

Everything which is related to this life and creation and people has a beginning. The only one who does not have a beginning is God. He has no beginning, He has no ending. He always has been; He is, and He always will be. He is the self-existent One. From eternity to eternity He is God. But what is truly wonderful is what it says here; “That which was from the beginning”. What beginning is the Apostle talking about? Is it the beginning of God’s purposes in eternity past, or is it the beginning of Jesus’ coming into this fallen world of sin? Or is it some other beginning which we will have to try to discover? Well, we are told in verse 1, that Jesus Christ our Lord, when He came into the world, is here called by John – “The Word of Life”. And, in verse 2 we find these amazing words: “The Life was manifested…” In other words, a beginning was made. It was the beginning of the manifestation of eternal life in the dimension of time and space. But we can confidently say that this first verse in 1st John is speaking of the manifestation of the pre-incarnate Son of God. It is speaking of the incarnation of the Son of God, but not of that only. It is speaking of things that are spiritually manifested to us as believers in our Christian experience of fellowship with Him.