The Gospel of John starts, "IN THE BEGINNING," just as is written in Genesis 1:1, "In the beginning..."
- "In the beginning was the Word" John 1:1
- "In the beginning God" Genesis 1:1
"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." John 1:1
John 1:14 declares, "THE WORD BECAME FLESH and dwelt amoung us." It's plain in this verse that the Word is Jesus Christ and Jesus Christ is God.
In the Gospel of John, God pulls back the curtain on the creation of the world just as He does in Genesis. "He was in the world, and the world was made by Him, and the world knew Him not." John 1:10. God's Word - Jesus - spoke the world in to existence!
Unbelief in who Jesus is - God - was the impetus for Jesus' crucifixion. God's plan from the foundation of the world was to one day incarnate Himself so that He would die a sacrificial death in our place to take away the penalty for our sin.
Jesus proved that He is God when He rose from the dead!
God's Word - Jesus - implores us today, "Ye believe in God, Believe also in me."