These two sections of Scripture portray for us, in a panoramic way, the story of creation. Genesis teaches that in the beginning there was God who created all things. There was nothing in the beginning until God caused it to happen. He spoke, and creation became a reality. God created everything from nothing. And behold, it was very good!

In much the same way, John’s Gospel also teaches us about creation. It begins just as the Genesis creation account: in the beginning. But John says more, proclaiming that God’s own Son, the Word made flesh, Jesus, our Emmanuel was involved in this act of creation. "Without him was not anything made that was made!" Jesus, then, is the One through whom all things were created. We recognize the truth that life comes from him. He is the source of life, all l…