John 1:1-5 The Beginning

John 1 NIV
The Word Became Flesh 
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was with God in the beginning. 3 Through Him all things were made; without Him nothing was made that has been made. 4 In Him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. 

In The Beginning. If you ask the best place to start reading the Bible most people I know will tell you to start with the Book of John. When I started this daily Bible Study, I started with two of my favorite books, The Book of Job and the Book of Revelation. I decided it is time to get back to basics. 

The Book of John begins with a an explanation of who God is. It is often compared to the beginning of Genesis. 

The title at the beginning of John says "The Word Became Flesh". Who was with God and became flesh? Jesus. So lets insert "Jesus" into this passage. 

1 In the beginning was Jesus, and Jesus was with God, and Jesus  was God. 2 Jesus was with God in the beginning. 3 Through Jesus all things were made; without Jesus nothing was made that has been made. 

Verse 4 and 5 gives us another description of God/Jesus. Jesus is life and light. So once again let's insert "Jesus". 

4 In Jesus was life, and Jesus was the light of all mankind. 5 Jesus  shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome Jesus. 

Now let's look at Genesis. 

Genesis 1
The Beginning
1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. 

Here we are introduced to the Spirit of God. If God and Jesus are one and God has a Spirit, I suspect that Spirit is also Jesus. 

Let's look at another verse from Genesis. Verse 26 "Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals,a and over all the creatures that move along the ground.” 

“Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness". Who is "us" and "our"? God, Jesus and the Spirit. The Trinity, the Three in One. They are a packaged deal. If you have a relationship with God, you have a relationship with Jesus  and a relationship with the Holy Spirit. We'll get more information on the Holy Spirit later. 

These passages are our proof that God and Jesus are one. Jesus was there at creation, He is not a creation of God. It is also proof that God created EVERYTHING. Because that's what it tells us. John verse 3  "Through Him all things were made; without Him nothing was made that has been made." 

If the first sense make sense, don't look for any other sense. Amen!

Blessings, Cecilia