Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God”(John 1 : 1 , 2 ).
When the Word became flesh, however, the Lord became the Word even
on the last or outermost level. This is why the Lord is called the First and
the Last(Revelation 1 : 8 , 11 , 17 ; 2 : 8 ; 21 : 6 ; 22 : 12 , 13 ; Isaiah 44 : 6 ).
The fact that the Lord fulfilled everything in the Word is clear from 262
passages where it says that he fulfilled the law and the Scripture, and
completed all things. For example,
Jesus said, “Do not think that I came to dissolve the Law and the Proph -
ets. I did not come to dissolve them but to fulfill them.” (Matthew
5 : 17 , 18 )
Jesus went into the synagogue and stood up to read. He was handed
the book of the prophet Isaiah. He unrolled the scroll and found the
place where it was written, “The spirit of Jehovah is upon me; this is
why he anointed me. He sent me to preach the good news to the poor,
to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim release for the bound and sight
for the blind, to preach the welcomed year of the Lord.” Afterward he
rolled up the scroll and said, “Today this Scripture has been fulfilled in
your hearing.”(Luke 4 : 16 – 21 )
To fulfill the Scripturethat said, “The one who eats bread with me has
lifted up his heel against me.” (John 13 : 18 )
Not one of them was lost except the son of perdition, so that the Scrip-
ture would be fulfilled.(John 17 : 12 )
To fulfill the Wordthat said, “Of those whom you gave me, I did not
lose one.” (John 18 : 19 )
Jesus said to Peter, “Put your sword away in its place. How then would
the Scripturethat this must occur be fulfilled?This has happened in
order to fulfill the Scripture.”(Matthew 26 : 52 , 54 , 56 )
The Son of Humankind is leaving as it was writtenof him, so that the
Scriptures would be fulfilled.(Mark 14 : 21 , 49 )
In this way the Scripture was fulfilledthat said, “He was reckoned
among the unholy.” (Mark 15 : 28 ; Luke 22 : 37 )
They divided his clothes among themselves, so that the Scripture would
be fulfilled:“On my inner garment they cast lots.” (John 19 : 24 )
After this, Jesus knew that all things were now completed so that the
Scripture would be fulfilled.(John 19 : 28 )§262 sacred scripture 329