To understand the message of John’s gospel we need to have a clear understanding of the teaching set forth here in its opening verses. These opening few verses of John set the framework and reference point for understanding everything else in the gospel, and so what we take from here will have a direct bearing on how we perceive the things that are to come.

…the Word is Divine revelation that unveils the operation of the Lord as Divine Love and Wisdom within the human mind. John’s gospel is well suited to this as its style lends itself to taking our thought beyond the historical framework of the gospel story, to draw us beyond the letter to an understanding of the living, dynamic, operation of the Word as the divine power that recreates our life into the image and form of heaven.