The Word became flesh

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In the beginning was the Word,
and the Word was with God,
and the Word was God.

The Word became flesh
and took up residence among us.
We observed His glory,
the glory as the One and Only Son from the Father,
full of grace and truth.

Indeed, we have all received grace after grace
from His fullness,
for the law was given through Moses,
grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
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John 1:1,14,16-17

In Greek, "Word" is "logos" which has much more meaning.  See:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logos

So "logos" is basically "reasoned discourse".  So the above quotes are basically saying that in the beginning God was reasoned discourse as in the Old Testament.  But then God became flesh through the Christian concept of Christ.  This change was needed because people cannot understand reason, so a concrete "flesh" version of God is needed.

This is how I see the story.  Jesus was a smart guy who realized that Judaism was off track.  Jesus was charismatic enough to get his message out and get some followers.  But then Jesus died.  How could the followers of Jesus spread his message without Jesus's charisma?  Certainly not by reason.  The Old Testament had failed as could be seen by the state of Judaism at that time.  Something new was needed.  The solution was to make God flesh (concrete) by making Jesus devine.

No religion is based on reason.  All give authority to something concrete.  Judaism gives authority to the rabbis.  Islam gives authority to the Quran.  And Christianity gives authority to a concrete manifestation of God in Christ.

Have you looked at Ebionites? It seems fascinating by contrast, very different than Churchianity.

I looked at them a long time ago.  They no longer really exist, so they are an experiment that failed.