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God and Scripture
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Introduction
In the Gospel according to John, many stories have been revealed regarding the existence
of God in the world and His becoming through the Flesh. The factor that people did not
recognize God at the beginning of the world has been unfolded in these scriptures as well. This
paper aims to get through the scriptures and understand the meaning of the revelations of God in
new manners. The three essential methods will have to be discussed under the lens of these
scriptures of John. In his scriptures, John has always put up the claim of understanding God and
having faith in him properly. Through these scriptures, people get to know that this Universe was
not self-existent; instead, it had been created. In the scriptures of John, faithful followers of God
get an idea about the primary understanding of the benevolence of God.
According to the Gospel of John, God is the only omnipotent being who has created the
Earth, Sun, Moon, and all other components of the entire universe. Apart from that, this paper
will shed its light on the interpretation of the Biblical Scriptures of John through the three
methods like Historical criticism, canonical approach, and narrative criticism. In John 1:1, the
author has begun the proceedings with the understanding of God through the term Word. This
term signified Jesus Christ, and this also means the fact that God had existed from the very
beginning of the universe. In the Old Testament, Jesus Christ had appeared as God. On the other
hand, His appearance proved to be the human reincarnation of God as well. The hermeneutical
theology deals with the existence of God from the beginning of the universe and how it has
changed from time to time.

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Interpretation of the Gospel according to John using Historic criticism
Historical criticism has been used to analyze John 1:1-5. The entire analysis of this
section of the gospel is centered on the fact of how God and Jesus Christ has been portrayed in
the Bible and the Scriptures. The omnipotent powers of God have been appropriately portrayed
in this section. The Gospel has opened with the sentence, “In the beginning was the Word, and
the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” (John1:1). Therefore, this line signifies the
importance of God in the universe (Green, 2011: 56). The use of the term word has meant the
significance of the opening section of the Book of Genesis, where God has created the world
with the power of His speech. The Word or the Greek word logos has signified the fact of God’s
omnipotent power, where he could create and order the life of creatures on this earth. John 1:2
has also highlighted the importance of God by stating, “the Word became flesh and lived among
us, and we have seen his glory, the glory as of a father’s only son, full of grace and truth.”
Therefore, this verse suggests that God is the torchbearer of faith and truth in life (Spellman,
2014: 88). It also suggests that Jesus of Nazareth was the embodiment of the Word of God. Thus,
Jesus Christ was truly believed as the human embodiment of the omnipotent God.
As a part of God’s existence or His Word, Jesus Christ had the liability of carrying out all
the creative works of God that are also life-giving as well. Jesus Christ’s resurrection also
signifies His triumphant outcome from the jaws of death through crucifixion. This aspect
explains why John 1:3-5 has looked into the interpretation of the Bible from the beginning of the
Word and how it began the universe in different ways (Green, 2011: 56). The Word or Jesus
Christ lived among human beings, and this is one of the most significant factors to understand
that the glory of Jesus Christ has been very much important for all human beings in the world.
The Gospel, according to John, is regarded as the most metaphysical of all the four Gospels.

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Therefore, it will be very crucial for God to look after His children or all the human beings in
this world. The dwelling of God with all the people of the earth is symbolic of the fact that God
and Jesus Christ are always there to look after the ordinary people of the world by all means
(McGlasson, 2019: 39). In John 1: 3-5 it has also been revealed that Jesus Christ was entirely
God because He was the external Word. In the New Testament, Jesus Christ’s entity had been
affirmed as God Himself since He was able to show to the world that He was the real power in
the universe, but his powers were not recognized or acknowledged by the ordinary people.
The explanation of John has been very crucial and sufficient to discuss his contribution to
Christianity through verses 1: 1-5. The hermeneutical basis of these verses makes way for the
better interpretation of the historical construction. The historical development of this method is
critical since the scholars have discussed this verse based on the relationship between the Old
and New Testament (Hiebert, 2009: 29). The Gospel of John had been mainly written in the
latter part of the first century. The Bible and its verses could be read and interpreted in several
ways to be precise. This Gospel of John had been written in the interest of a particular number of
people who belonged to Christianity. All the forms of analysis have their strong and weak points
and are likely to bring out different perspectives of interpreting the Bible (Powell, 2018: 89). The
Word and the light of God are significant factors to be discussed in this matter. The Gospel of
John has been one of the most credible sources to analyze the importance of Biblical theology in
a particular manner. In this part of the Gospel, the author aims to make the readers understand
the importance of Greek philosophy.
In the further description of the situation, it is also shown that the Jewish people have not
been given the proper respect that they should have been given. The tradition of the early church
should be considered in this matter properly to locate the traces of the historical significance. The