NATIVITY By Mike Herron

use of the personal pronoun He reminds us that the Word is a person distinct from the other members of the Godhead. Matthew begins his gospel with the genealogy of Jesus, Mark begins his gospel with the preaching of John the Baptist, Luke begins with an explanation of his ‘ carefully investigated everything from the beginning…’ John’s beginning takes us back to the origins of everything where we are allowed a cosmic glimpse into eternity before time.