Ah…yes…we begin the New Testament!

Imagine that four people watched the Indy 500 race from four different vantage points around the track. They would each see some of the same things that happened at the race. For example even though they each would report seeing cars in different locations around the track, the cars would be the same. They each may report seeing crashes from different angles, but the crashes would be the same. They may not all witness the winner reaching the finish line. Some of them may not be able to see the finish line, but the winner would be the same. It’s much the same way with reports of the life of Jesus.

The four gospel accounts are written from four different perspectives and to different audiences. Each writer sees parts of the same story. When the parts are put together the way they are in the Chronological Bible, we get a more complete picture.

John presents a wonderful image of Jesus as the Word.  We read about the Word in the beginning of the Bible, in the beginning of the New Testament and at the end of the Bible.

John 1:1-2
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning.

John clearly identifies the Word as being God.

John 1:14
The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.

Here he clearly identifies the Word as being Jesus.

Genesis begins the way John does.

Genesis 1:1-3
In the beginning God (the three in one, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit) created the heavens and the earth. 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. And God said, "Let there be light," and there was light.

John 1:5
The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it.
The light in the beginning was not the light of the SUN, the light of the SON!

Oh, by the way, John also tells us that Jesus is the Word in the last book of the Bible.

Revelation 19:13
He is dressed in a robe dipped in blood, and his name is the Word of God.

Any questions in your mind about just who is the Word of God???