by K.J. Drake | In Johnâs prologue we are given a transcendent perspective on the identity and mission of Jesus Christ. âIn the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.â (John 1:1) Unlike the other Gospels that begin the story of Christ with his genealogy and virginal conception (Matthew and Luke) or his public ministry (Mark), John guides us behind and above these events and history itself to the eternal ground of Jesusâs identity: The Son of Mary is the eternal Son of God...












