20. According to Hebrews 1:2, God made the worlds by His Son and that, taken with John 1:1-14, proves that the Son was physically WITH the Father in the beginning, because the Son took part in the creation.
We have four things to consider here in context: “God,” “the Word,” “the Son,” and “the beginning.” First, let’s read Hebrews.
1 God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,
2 Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;
We can’t help but acknowledge that according to this passage, God indeed made the worlds by His Son. How does this tie in with “the Word” and “the beginning?” As everyone would agree, at the time God made the worlds, the “Word” had not yet been made flesh. This harmonizes with John 1:1-14.
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us,”
Word in John 1:1 is derived from the Greek word Logos. According to Strong’s Concordance, Logos (Word) is “something said … Thought … The Divine Expression (i.e. Christ).”
So God made the worlds by His Son, but prior to being made flesh, the Son was the Word that was with God in the beginning. Moving backwards in time, we should be able to trace this through the Old Testament and find references to God making the worlds by His Word, His Divine Expression. Psalms 33:6 is one such reference…
By the word of the LORD were the heavens made…
Well, we appear to be on course. We still have God making the heavens by the Word, which was to subsequently be made flesh. But let’s read the rest of the verse…
Now this puts a little different perspective on things. If we are on target, the LORD in Psalms 33:6 would be the same God as in Hebrews 1:2, and the Word would be the same Word that was made flesh in John 1:14 and the same Son “by whom also he made the worlds.”
To really understand this, though, we need to keep moving backwards until we find God making the worlds by His Word. To see what happened in the beginning, we’ll have to go to the written record of the actual beginning…
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
Okay, this is the beginning John was talking about in John 1:1—“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” Here is where we need to find God making the worlds by His Word, His thought, His Divine Expression.
And God said, Let there be light…
Genesis 1:6
And God said, Let there be a firmament…
Genesis 1:9
And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear…
Genesis 1:26
And God said, Let us make man…
Remember Strong’s definition? The Word in John 1:1 is “something said…thought…Divine Expression”
Now, let’s go to John 1:1 & 14 with the proper understanding of Logos:
14 And the Word (Divine Expression) was made flesh, and dwelt among us,”
Jesus really confirmed that the Word was God Himself (God is a Spirit) in John 6:63: “It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.”
Turning again to Hebrews 1:1-3, we find the “Divine Expression:”
2 Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;
3 Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person…
Jesus is not the second person of some Trinity. He is the brightness of God’s glory and the express image of God’s person, God expressed in flesh.