In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. (Gen 1:1)
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.(John 1:1-3,14)
For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him. And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together. (Col 1:16,17)
Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets, but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world. (Heb 1:1,2)
The Apostle John—beautifully and profoundly—skips over the sentimental details and gets right to the core of who Jesus Christ is and why He came.
The first several verses are simply mind-blowing—and so very poetic. You can sense the unshakeable faith and supreme certainty in the writer that what he is conveying is transcendent Truth...