“WHY IS JESUS CALLED THE WORD?”

In other words …
“What can the letters of a word tell us about the meaning of that word?”

Let’s take the following verse and see what Jesus calls himself in heaven …

For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.”
(1 John 5:7)

Why didn’t Jesus call himself one of the following … and by the way … which he is …

“For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Almighty, (which he is in 2 Corinthians 6:18) and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.”
(1 John 5:7)
or

“For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Light, (which he is in John 1:9) and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.”
(1 John 5:7)
or

“For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, The Prince of Peace, (which he is in Isaiah 9:6) and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.”
(1 John 5:7)

What is the special meaning about the letters

“w”, “o”, “r”, “d”?

1. There are four letters in the word “word” … and English Bible Numerics explains this as follows:

(a) The number 4 represents the tribe of Judah being the 4th tribe (Exodus 1:2)

(b) Jesus is the 2nd person of the Godhead

(c) Multiplying the number 2 by the number 2 … we have “at the mouth of two witnesses or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established”  (Deuteronomy 19:15) … indeed … “in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established (Matthew 18:16)

Hence, the number four is the perfect number to describe Jesus.

Furthermore, the above two verses included the number “three” to further add to Christ being of the ‘three-ness’ the three persons in the Godhead (Romans 1:20;
I John 5:7)

2. The picture significance of the letter “w”

The letter “w” pictures movement … as in waves and walking and wind.

 

(a) We take the healing of the impotent man at the pool at the sheep market called Bethesda (John 5:20) … and find that while the water was still, no healings took place, until “… angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water” (John 5:4).  

But at this time, Christ heals the man without the man entering the water.  

Others were healed by the physical moving water, but this man was healed by living water himself (John 4:10).

(b) Furthermore, walking means life … as we have the twelve year old damsel walking after being healed
(Mark 5:42)

In addition, Jesus … the healing water … wherever he walked he brought healing.

(c) In addition, the Spirit of the Lord is likened to the wind … and salvation.

“The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.” (John 3:8)

So it appropriate that Christ should call himself the big “W” … representing waves, walking and wind … and to put the cherry on top … we have Jesus … the big W … w-alking on the w-ater in the w-ind (John 6:18-20,21)

(d) Finally, Jesus comes down from heaven as the Son of man and goes back to heaven … to comes back again as the Son of man again … to return to heaven again … as follows …

 

3. The picture significance of the letter “o”
The letter “o” pictures openness.

 

We have open hearts, opens ears, opens mouths

The wise men opened their treasures (Matthew 2:11)

Christ opened his mouth and taught them
(Matthew 5:2)

Knock and the door will be opened (Matthew 7:7).

Blind men’s eyes were opened (Matthew 9:30).

The letter “o” pictures Christ as being open to all.

Salvation is opened to all.

4. The picture significance of the letter “r”

The letter “r” pictures ruling over, reach and force

We have the following diagram …

 

Dear Reader, can you see how Christ has come down to earth to reach all and indeed … rule over all.  

It pictures both force and authority.

Christ is the rod of iron that will rule (Psalm 2:9; Revelation 12:5; 19:15)

5. The letter “d” pictures downward movement.

We have the following diagram …

 

The picture is overwhelmingly downward.

Christ came down from heaven to earth and will return out of heaven … coming down to earth at the battle of Armageddon (Revelation 19).

Conclusion:
Why is Christ called the
Word?

The pictures explain it all …


The word “Word” is the perfect name for the Lord Jesus Christ. What say ye?

Harley Hitchcock
January 2026


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