"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came into being through him, and without him not one thing came into being. What has come into being in him was life, and the life was the light of all people."
What an audacious, nay, outrageous claim. That the Word was from the beginning. That the Word was with God, and at the very same time the Word was God. Nothing happened, nothing came into being without this Word.
"And the Word became flesh and lived among us, and we have seen his glory, the glory as of a father’s only son, full of grace and truth."
How can this Word, this perfect intelligence/being/creator/beyond-our-imagining take on the grimy flesh of human beings, who live only a short and miserable life, and return to dust? How can this be?
"It is God the only Son, who is close to the Father’s heart, who has made him known."
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