When we talk about logic, we often think of mathematics, science, and the like. Yet, when we open the Torah, the Tanakh, and the New Testament, we find that God Himself is the source of all true logic. His Word is not a collection of random sayings or mystical fragments; it is a carefully woven tapestry, perfectly coherent and entirely consistent with His character. The same God who brought order to the cosmos brings reason, structure, and meaning to His revelation.
The very first verse of Scripture lays the foundation: בְּרֵאשִׁית בָּרָא אֱלֹהִים (Bere’shit bara Elohim),“In the beginning, God created” (Genesis 1:1). Logic demands a first cause. The universe cannot create itself. The Hebrew verb בָּרָא (bara) means to create; something out of nothing, something no human mind or hand could ever do. Logic tells us: if something exists, something greater than itself must account for its existence. That “greater” is the eternal God, the One who is אֱמֶת (emet, truth).
From the beginning, God’s revelation moves logically. He establishes laws, covenant, and consequence. In Deuteronomy 30:19, Moses says, “I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life.” The choice is intentional, not random. Obedience leads to life, disobedience leads to death. Period. This pattern holds throughout Scripture: God reveals, humanity responds, and consequences follow. That’s all there is to it.
The Psalms show us how man’s fleeting nature contrasts with God’s eternity. In Psalm 62:9, men of low degree are called הֶבֶל (hebel, steam, or vapor), and men of high degree are called שֶׁקֶר (sheqer, a lie). The logic is clear: whether poor or powerful, all mankind are fragile, temporary, and ultimately weightless on the scales of eternity. And yet, just one verse earlier, David tells us to pour out our hearts before Him, for God is a refuge (Psalm 62:8). Here lies the paradox: God loves us beyond our comprehension, and yet He reminds us that apart from Him, we are but a mist. His love is magnified because He sets His affection on what is fleeting, granting eternal worth where there was none.
The prophets expand on this idea. Isaiah records God saying, “Come now, and let us reason together” (Isaiah 1:18). The Hebrew word for “reason” is נִוָּכְחָה (nivvakechah) (to be present). God invites His people to think, to weigh, to examine His covenant promises logically. He asks for trust based on reason, not blind faith, rooted in His unchanging character.
The New Testament continues this divine reasoning. The apostle Paul in Romans 1:20 argues that the invisible qualities of God; His eternal power and divine nature—are “clearly seen” in creation, leaving humanity without excuse. The Greek here uses καθοράω (kathorao)—to perceive clearly, to understand fully. God’s logic is woven into the very fabric of the universe; creation itself testifies to His reality. Denying Him is not a matter of insufficient evidence but of suppressing the truth.
Most profoundly, logic finds its ultimate fulfillment in Yeshua. John calls Him the λόγος (Logos—Word, Reason, Logic) in John 1:1: “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” The Logos is not an abstract principle but a Person—the One through whom all things were made. The Logos took on flesh and dwelt among us. That is the perfection of divine revelation: the eternal Logic of God entering time and space, living, dying, and rising to redeem us.
Consider the “so great a death” from which He rescued us (Hebrews 2:3). The Greek phrase τηλικοῦτος θάνατος (telikoutos thanatos) means a death of immeasurable magnitude. Logic tells us the wages of sin is death (θάνατος: thanatos), yet divine revelation shows us the gift of God is eternal life through Yeshua the Messiah. Justice and mercy meet in the cross. The logic of the law demanded death; the logic of God’s love provided substitution. As Paul explains in 2 Corinthians 5:21, “He hath made Him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him.”
So why does the world act as if God does not exist? Logic answers: because the human heart is deceitful above all things (עָקֹב הַלֵּב, aqov halev)—crooked, twisted, and desperately sick (Jeremiah 17:9). People suppress truth, seeking autonomy rather than submission. The adversary blinds minds (2 Corinthians 4:4), and the lure of the material dims the eternal. And yet, divine revelation breaks through—like light piercing darkness.
Here is the beauty: logic alone could never save us. It could reveal our need, expose our mortality, and prove God’s existence, but it took divine revelation, God unveiling Himself in the Logos, to redeem us. Logic says, “You are a vapor.” Divine revelation says, “You are My beloved, and I will give you everlasting life.”
Thus, “Logic and Divine Revelation” are not enemies but partners. Where logic leads us to the edge of the cliff, showing us our mortality and our need, revelation carries us over the chasm into the arms of the eternal God, who in Yeshua has conquered sin and death.
So we wait in silence before Him, we pour out our hearts, we choose life, and we trust the One who loved us enough to step into our vapor and grant us eternity.
And THAT is…
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