17主是“话”,这话就是永远的神(一1)。为着完成神永远的定旨,祂采取了两个步骤:第一个步骤是成为肉体,成了在肉体里的人(14),作神的羔羊,为人成功救赎(29),将神向人表明出来(18),并将父显给祂的信徒看(十四9~11);第二个步骤是死而复活,化身成为那灵,使祂能将自己分赐到信徒里面,作他们的生命和一切,并使祂能产生神的众子,就是祂的许多弟兄,为要建造祂的身体,就是召会,神的居所,以彰显三一神,直到永远(圣经恢复本,约二十22注1)。 17The Lord was the Word, and the Word is the eternal God (1:1). For the accomplishing of God’s eternal purpose, He took two steps. First, He took the step of incarnation to become a man in the flesh (v. 14), to be the Lamb of God to accomplish redemption for man (v. 29), to declare God to man (v. 18), and to manifest the Father to His believers (14:9-11). Second, He took the step of death and resurrection to be transfigured into the Spirit that He might impart Himself into His believers as their life and their everything, and that He might bring forth many sons of God, His many brothers, for the building of His Body, the church, the habitation of God, to express the Triune God for eternity. (John 20:22, footnote 1)