When you look at the prologue of the Gospel of John side-by-side with the opening of Genesis, you can easily see that John deliberately echoed Genesis:
In the beginning - was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God - God created the heavens and the earth. - Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. - And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness. - The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. The true light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world. He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him. - Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness - to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God—children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God. - Then the LORD God formed a man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being. - The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. - "And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel." (From Genesis 1:1-4, 26; 2:7; 3:15 and John 1:1-14, John in italics)
Next time I will 'unpack' this, show what John was telling us by deliberately connecting to the story of creation, but why don't you look for yourself right now? See if you can figure out the connections.
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