John 1:1-3
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him. Without him was not anything made that has been made.”
The Gospel of John opens not with a birth narrative, but with a profound theological poem. It introduces Jesus, whom it calls 'the Word' (Logos), as eternally existing with God and actively involved in the creation of the universe.
What does it mean for your understanding of creation that the 'Word' was both 'with God' and 'was God'?