Cosmic Reason: God's Word Logos For Jesus

John’s use of the Greek term logos for Jesus connects Jesus not only to the account of Genesis 1, but ties into the Universe itself. The Greek principle of Cosmic Reason is the idea that the earth is orderly, which we can see today through our ability to measure things in the study of science (Harris, 2014). This thought is not new to recent Christianity however, but has been around for quite some time thanks to John. Van Der Kooi points out the Calvin’s theory was a continuation of John’s use of the term logos, pointing to how the Holy Spirit breathes life into the world, and maintains its order (2016). Calvin posited that God’s Word, or Jesus created and maintains the order of the Universe, as well as served as its Creator (Van Der Kooi, 2016). This ties him to the creation in Genesis 1, as well as shows Jesus as the maintainer of Cosmic Reason, or order (Harris, 2014). …show more content…
As a final example of the depth of this word choice, I would like to mention how St. Augustine viewed this choice. He saw it as a view of Jesus’ divine and incomprehensible nature (Michielin, 2010). Augustine believed that without Jesus’ imposing of sight through the earthly order of things, that the Bible, as well as the Lord’s mysteries could not be seen (Michielin, 2010). Augustine believed that without Jesus becoming flesh and coming down to our level, we would not be able to see the Glory of God (Michielin, 2010). Our view of the Word, as well as the order imposed by our Creator, were wholly dependant on God’s compassion in sending the Word to us as flesh and blood (Michielin, 2010). John’s choice of word at the beginning of his Gospel created an entire world of information we otherwise may not have