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In the first verses of the gospel of John in the New Testament we can find confirmation that
the "Word of God" is, in fact, the Shekinah Glory of YEHOVAH. Since the publication of the King
James Version of the Bible in 1611 this, and almost all versions that have stemmed from it, have
attached the masculine gender to the Greek concept of the "Logos" to explain the presence of the
Shekinah Glory at the Creation. Unfortunately, due to this gender change, and the modern Chris-
tian's lack of understanding of the Logos concept in the environment of 1st. century Greek philoso-
phy, most have blindly taken the "Word" to mean a pre-existence of Yeshua the Messiah! Nothing
could be further from the truth!

Any one of the eight English translations of the Bible prior to 1611 (the Tyndale Bible
(1535), the Matthew Bible (1535), the Taverner Bible (1539), the Great (Cranmer's) Bible
(1539), the Whittingham Bible (1557), the Geneva Bible (1560) and Bishop's Bible (1568)) as-
sign no gender to the "Word" and simply call it "it," such as in John 1:3: "By IT all things were
made. Without IT nothing was made." The Coverdale Bible (1550) has "THE SAME" rather than
"it." This seems like a strange way of referring to Yeshua the Messiah!

This is further reinforced by the Aramaic version of the Bible -- where the first verses of
the gospel of John leave little doubt that the "Word" refers to YEHOVAH God's Shekinah Glory.
Notice!

Verse 1: In the beginning [of creation] there was the MANIFESTATION; and that MANIFESTA-
TION was with God [YEHOVAH]; and God [YEHOVAH] was [the embodiment of] that
MANIFESTATION.

Verse 2: This [the MANIFESTATION] was in the beginning with God [YEHOVAH].

Verse 3: Everything was within his [more correctly, IT'S] power, [otherwise] nothing would ever
exist.

Verse 4: Through him [it, the MANIFESTATION] was life and life became the spark of humanity.

Verse 5: And that [ensuing] fire [the MANIFESTATION] lights the darkness and darkness does
not overshadow it [the MANIFESTATION].

This article has shown that the Shekinah Glory was the manifestation of YEHOVAH God
the Father. If we replace the word "Manifestation" with the words "Shekinah Glory" in these
verses of John, then we clearly see that "The Word of God" in Revelation 19:13 is none other than
YEHOVAH'S Shekinah Glory!

Verse 1: In the beginning [of creation] there was the SHEKINAH GLORY; and that
SHEKINAH GLORY was with God [YEHOVAH]; and God [YEHOVAH] was [the
embodiment of] that SHEKINAH GLORY.

Verse 2: This [the SHEKINAH GLORY] was in the beginning with God [YEHOVAH].

Verse 3: Everything was within his [the SHEKINAH GLORY'S] power, [otherwise] nothing
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