any of us would have loved to live during the time of Jesus Christ so that we could see, know, and maybe touch Him. Luke, the physician, tells us in his gospel that Theophilus, who lived near the time of Jesus Christ, wanted to know more about Jesus. He was not an eyewitness, but he probably wished that he had been. People have always believed that there is a god. History tells us about the gods of the Egyptians, Babylonians, Phoenicians, Romans, and Greeks. The Greeks even had an altar to the “Unknown god.” They did not want to miss any god.

The LOGOS. There were also philosophers who were struggling to understand the world and how one comes to know God. Heracleitus (540 B.C.) was a philosopher who tried to explain the world in which we all live. He believed that there was a principle called “The LOGOS” which was like human reason and gave order to the world. Philo of Alexandria (15 B.C. - A.D. 50) was a Jewish philosopher, who believed that the LOGOS existed between God and the universe. It had created everything that we see, touch, and know. It helped us to know and think about the existence of God. The LOGOS was the glue of the universe. He believed that God worked through the LOGOS to give order to the world. Does this sound rather philosophical? The answer is yes, but they were looking to understand the existence of our universe and themselves.