Jesus, the tent?

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In a message dated 10/15/98 11:37:54 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
mshaw@teleplex.bsu.edu writes:

<< [Bro. Marlon]:
 -The Spirit cannot be flesh
  [Matthew]:
 How do you explain Jn. 1.14?
  >>
Let us go back to John 1:1.  There it states that in the beginning was the
Word,  and the Word was with God,  And the Word was God.
     The term Word is from the Greek word logos.  The term Logos basically
means the thought.  So let us retranslate.  In the beginning was the Thought.
And the Thought was with God,  and the Thought was God.
     Interpretation,  In the beginning God had a thought ("the Word was with
God).  And the thought that He was thinking was about himself.  It was a
thought of how he was going to look in the future.  It was a thought of his
image.  It was a thought of his future.  It was a thought of His purpose.  God
was thinking about himself as He would be (and the Word was God).
     So going to John 1:14.  And the Word became flesh.  We see that what God
was thinking,  was no longer just a thought.  It became an actuality when God
came to us in the flesh.  His future thoughts about himself were realized in
the person of Jesus Christ.
And that's my simple way of explaining John 1:14.
Marlon