| “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God” (John 1:1-2). |
| At first glance, these might seem to be difficult verses to understand. Who is “the Word,” and what beginning are the verses speaking about? However, it is not really that hard. |
| We are used to measuring time by years, and now we are at the beginning of another year. God has so arranged “planet earth” that a complete year has 365 ΒΌ days, and this has gone on for thousands of years. But in these verses, the Spirit of God is referring to someone who had no beginning. |
| We do not know exactly how old this earth is, for the Bible only tells us, “Of old hast Thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of Thy hands” (Psalm 102:25). When this earth was created, the Lord Jesus was there, and was the Creator of it. We are also reminded that “before the mountains were brought forth, or ever Thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, Thou art God” (Psalm 90:2). Again, this is referring to the Lord Jesus, who created this world. |
| In the verses in John 1, the Spirit of God is reminding us of who the Lord Jesus is — the One who is the Son of God, and thus had no beginning. In the same chapter, we read that “all things were made by Him; and without Him was not anything made that was made” (John 1:3). Anything that is made, whether it is this world, or the sun, the moon, the stars — all of it was made by Him, for He existed before anything that was made. |
| It is hard for us to imagine someone that had no beginning, but that is the way God is. He existed from all eternity. However, the wonderful thing is that He has made us for eternity too. We live in a world of time, where everything takes place at a certain time. But you and I were not made just for time; we were created in the image and likeness of God, and will live for all eternity! This is not only a wonderful thought, but a serious thought too. Where will we spend that eternity when we leave this world? With the Lord Jesus in heaven, or in that awful place called hell? If we know the Lord Jesus Christ as our Savior, we can be assured that we will spend eternity with Him in heaven. |
