John now introduces us to the Lord Jesus Christ in his current capacity as seen and proclaimed by man's religions, that of Advocate. The Advocate was first introduced by Job in 16:19 where we fine this using the ESV: Job 16:19 of 18-22 "O earth, cover not my blood, and let my cry find no resting place. Even now, behold, my witness (Adovcate, Strong's dictionary H5707 translated witness from H5749 restored, reduplicated, Jesus used Comforter, Councilor, Mediator, John parakletos.) is in heaven, and he who testifies for me is on high. My friends scorn me; my eye pours out tears to God, that he would argue the case of a man with God, as a son of man does with his neighbor. For when a few years have come I shall go the way from which I shall not return." Now lets hear what John has to say about our Advocate. This will cover the following verses as broken down in this fashion: 1-2; 3-6; 7-11; and 12-14, before John breaks in with our not loving the world.
1John 2:1-2 "My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: and he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world." (KJV)
1John 2:1-2 "My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world." (ESV)
1John 2:1-2"My darling children, the reason I write these things to you is so that you will not [1]believe a lie about yourselves! If anyone does believe a [1]distorted image to be their reality, we have Jesus Christ who [2]defines our likeness [3]face to face with our Father! He is our [4]parakletos, the one who endorses our true identity, being both the source and the reflection of the Father's image in us! (Get the picture?) (The root of all sin is to believe a lie about yourself. The word sin, is the word, [1, G266 from G264 hamartanō, sin, from G1 and the base of G3313] hamartia, from (G1) a or ha, means negative or without form and (G3313) meros, a portion or form, thus to be without your allotted portion or without form, pointing to a disorientated, disorientation, distorted image, bankrupt identity; the word (G3313) meros, is the stem of morpe, as in 2Corinthians 3:18, the word (G3339)metamorphe, with form, which is the opposite of (G266) hamartia - without form. Sin is to live out of context with the blueprint of one's design; to behave out of tune with GOD'S original harmony. Jesus(G2424) the righteous(G1342), iesoun xriston dikaion; the word [2, G1343 from G1342 dikaios, meaning equatable, innocence] dikaiosune, righteousness is from the stem word (G1349) dike, composed of two parties finding likeness in each other. The preposition (G4314 translated as, with, is a strengthened form of G4253 pro, in front of) pros, suggests a face to face presentation. [look at John 1:1] The word, (G5875) [4, G3875] parakletos, comes from para, a preposition indicating close proximity, a thing proceeding from a sphere of influence, with a suggestion of strong union of place of residence, to have sprung from its author and giver, originating from, denoting the point from which an action originated, intimate connection; and kaleo, meaning to properly identify by name, to surname. Jesus introduced the Holy Spirit in the same capacity: (G3875) parakletos, meaning close companion, kinsman [John 14:16 Jesus describes the Holy Spirit using this word]. Sadly this word has been translated as 'advocate' as if Jesus needs to persuade Father to like us and possibly forgive us! When Father knows us better than we know or understand ourselves. GOD requires no advocate to stand in for us! He knows us as Christ-ones!) Jesus is our [1]at-one-ment, he has conciliated (exonerated) us to himself and has taken our sins and distortions out of the equation totally and forever. What he has accomplished is not to be seen as something that belongs to us exclusively; the same at-one-ment includes the entire [2]cosmos! (The word, [1, G2434] hilasmos, means to conciliate, to bring about atonement, which is from hileos, gracious, merciful. Also reminds us of the word hilaros, meaning cheerful, joyous, hilarious! the word, [2, G2889 from the base of G2865 kolumbaō, to tend for, to carry off] kosmos in the NT refers to the entire human family, not outer space.) (The Mirror, with editing.)
Now may our LORD and salvation reveal more to us.
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