Matthew traced Christ’s genealogy back to Abraham. Luke traced His roots to the first human, Adam. But John reaches beyond physical creation to state that in Jesus Christ was life and light, two images Moses used in reference to God in Genesis 1. The Creator spoke the universe into existence and then filled it with the light of His truth (Gen. 1:3). The Creator then began filling the earth with life: vegetation, sea creatures, birds, land animals, and His crowning achievement, humanity. He breathed
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