The Greek Word Logos

Okay, so this word is just a little important to Christianity. The Greeks used this word for a lot of things: it could mean "word", "underlying order," or "speech," or "discourse." The most common use of the word was the use "discourse."

Now we flip back and forth between the beginning of the Gospel of John and the beginning of the Book of Genesis. Okay, so God "speaks" and creation begins. The "Logos" was with God at the beginning and nothing was created without Him. So, in my mind, metaphorically speaking, this principle of the Logos, made flesh, is the "speech" of God.

That's my argument. Now, if my knowledge of Greek serves, this is a good word for our Savior. He is the "discourse" of God or "word" of God given to man in the Scriptures, he is the "speech" that started Creation, and he is an "underlying order" to our world. I am unsure of the Hebrew parallel, but I believe it would be Torah, which means "instruction."

As a final note, I realize that I am making use of Jewish principles in ways that Jews do not. I have mentioned two famous anti-Jewish philosophers, and I know from experience that Jewish people do not feel fondly of Christians. I am sorry, but I'm not attempting to pervert Judaism, but outline my sort of whacky way of viewing the world using principles taught to me by several Jews who have been very influential in my life. I hope my Jewish readers, assuming there are any, can forgive me a little.