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John 1:1

First Nations Version

Long ago, in the time before all days, before the creation of all things, the one who is known as the Word was there face to face with the Great Spirit. This Word fully represents Creator and shows us who he is and what he is like. He has always been there from the beginning, for the Word and Creator are one and the same.

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It is now time, my Father, for you to honor me with the beauty I shared at your side before you created all things.


His regalia is dipped in blood. And his name is known as Word of Creator.


He is the one who is in first place and the head of all things. It is in him that all things come together and find their full meaning and purpose.


Creator’s Word became a flesh-and-blood human being and pitched his sacred tent among us, living as one of us. We looked upon his great beauty and saw how honorable he was, the kind of honor held only by this one Son who fully represents his Father—full of his great kindness and truth.


I am Alpha and Omega, first and last. beginning and end.


“I am Alpha and Omega, the one who is before all things and beyond all things,” says the Great Spirit Chief. “I am One Who Is and Was and Is to Come, the All-Powerful One.”


Even though Creator Sets Free (Jesus) has always been the same as the Great Spirit and shared everything equally with him, he did not even think of holding on to this in a selfish way.


“A young virgin will be with child and give birth to a son. They will call his name Immanuel, which in our tribal language means Creator Is with Us.”


“It is done!” he said to me. “I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give the free gift of the wellspring of life-giving water to all who are thirsty.


Creator Sets Free (Jesus) the Chosen One remains the same yesterday, today, and to the time beyond the end of all days.


We also know that the Son of the Great Spirit has come. He has given us a way to know the True One. It is through his Son, Creator Sets Free (Jesus) the Chosen One, that we are in harmony with the True One. This is the one true Great Spirit and the life of the world to come that never fades away, full of beauty and harmony.


The mystery of this great and sacred truth has now been made known. He who appeared as a human being was shown to be in the right by the Spirit. He was seen by spirit-messengers, made known among the nations, trusted in by people in the world, and taken up to be honored in the spirit-world above.


You now believe that I came from the Great Spirit. Yes, I came into this world from the Father, and now I am leaving this world and returning to the Father.”


When I saw him, I dropped to the ground and lay at his feet as a dead man. He put his right hand on me and said, “Do not fear!


“You are my Honored Chief and my Creator,” he said.


For we are looking and waiting for the blessing of the bright-shining appearance of the one who set us free and made us whole—our Great Spirit, Creator Sets Free (Jesus) the Chosen One.


There is no record of his father or mother or a family ancestry of any kind. No one knows when his life began or when it ended. In this way, he is like the Son of the Great Spirit, whose place as a holy man continues without end.


“Write this to the messenger of the sacred family that meets in the village of The People Will Decide (Laodicea): These are the words of Heart Speaker, the one who is the trustworthy and honest truth teller. He is the wellspring and chief of all the Great Spirit has created:


and about the unfolding of this ancient plan—a great mystery that was hidden away for many ages in Creator’s heart.


He Shows Goodwill (John) as a truth teller wrote down everything he saw and heard as a witness to this message from the Great Spirit and the things told to him by Creator Sets Free (Jesus) the Chosen One.


So then, we have three who witness to this truth—


They are related to our honored ancestors Father of Many Nations (Abraham), He Made Us Laugh (Isaac), and Heel Grabber (Jacob), who are the human ancestors of Creator Sets Free (Jesus)—the Chosen One. He is the Great Spirit who is above all, over all, and blessed to the time beyond the end of all days. Aho! May it be so!


No one has ever seen the Great Spirit, but the one Son, who is himself the Great Spirit and closest to the Father’s heart, has shown us what he is like.


“Write this to the messenger of the sacred family that gathers in Village of Bitter Herbs (Smyrna): These are the words of the one who is the first and last, who died and came back to life.


From Stands on the Rock (Peter), a sacred servant and message bearer of Creator Sets Free (Jesus) the Chosen One. To all who have taken hold of and share together with us in the way of trusting that comes from the right ways of the Great Spirit and from our Sacred Deliverer, Creator Sets Free (Jesus) the Chosen One.


The voice said, “Write down in a scroll the things that you see. Send this scroll to the seven sacred family gatherings in Land of the Rising Sun (Asia). “Send it to the sacred family gatherings in Village of Desire (Ephesus), Village of Bitter Herbs (Smyrna), First in Courage (Pergamum), High Rock House (Thyatira), Safe Place (Sardis), Family of Friends (Philadelphia), and The People Will Decide (Laodicea).”


Day by day they gathered at the sacred lodge, praying and giving thanks to the Great Spirit. Aho! May it be so!


“I speak from my heart,” he answered. “I was there before Father of Many Nations (Abraham) was born—for I am.” The tribal leaders had heard enough!


He is the visible representation of our invisible Creator. All that the Father has belongs to this Son. He existed before creation and is above all created things.





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