What does John 1:1 show about the Godhead?
John 1:1 shows the triune Godhead was complete: the Word was in the beginning, was with God, and was God. It reveals the Word as God the Son, the communicator of the Godhead, fully God alongside the Father and the Spirit, in absolute consensus.
Les explains that John 1:1 declares the triune Godhead was complete, with the Word in the beginning, with God, and being God. They were in absolute consensus about what they would do. The Word is the person of the Godhead who communicates, and verse 3 says all things were made by Him—by the Word. So the Word spoke the power of creation, identified as God the Son. Les points out that just as God talks to Himself, and as Martin Luther concluded about Christ's words from the cross, it is God speaking to God. Thus John 1:1 shows the Word is fully God, one with the Father and the Spirit in the Godhead.
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
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Why does John 1:1 say 'in the beginning' rather than giving a date?
When John opens his Gospel, he deliberately uses the exact phrase 'in the beginning' that Moses used, not a date like '20 million years ago' or '10,000 years ago.'