The Maker

The Bible begins with the epic narrative of God speaking the world into existence: “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth” (Genesis 1:1). Later, the apostle John writes a biography of Jesus and intentionally begins with words that overlap the opening line of Genesis: “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God” (John 1:1). Part of John’s point is to connect his readers’ understanding between the God who created the universe and Jesus, the Word. This Jesus, who walked, talked, and served with John, is life itself and “the light of all mankind...”