Pitched tent, a different kind of sparkle and not 50/50 Hovis loaf: the best of both John 1 v 14 (Maki Miço)

 “The Word became flesh.” God has made Himself known by becoming human. John does not say the Word appeared human or visited for a while. He says the Word became flesh. When John says, “the Word”, he means God himself, His voice, His message, His heart. And then he says something extraordinary: the Word became flesh. Not a story. Not an idea. Not a dream. God became a real human being. He breathed our air. He walked our roads. He knew what it was like to be tired, hungry, joyful, and sad. God didn’t stay far away. He came close. He made His dwelling among us. The phrase means to pitch a tent. It echoes the tabernacle in the wilderness, where God lived among His people and met with Moses face to face. What the tent pointed to has now arrived. God has chosen to live with His people again, not in a place, but in a person. If we want to know what God is like, we look at Jesus.