John 1:1 "In the beginning WAS the word, & the word WAS with GOD & the word WAS GOD.
opposite of WAS ....IS.....let's read it again.
"IN the beginning IS the word,& the word IS with GOD, & the word IS GOD.....simple English
the hole that's been dug is not mine...
The Bible says that God calls things that have not happened yet as though they already happened for if it is a plan of God to happen in the future it is the same as if it happened in the beginning for it will surely come to pass with no hindrance.
Which the Lamb was slain from the foundation of the world even though it did not happen until the future.
And the prophets blood was slain from the foundation of the world even though it was in the future.
And Jesus is the beginning of creation although the man Christ Jesus was not born until the future, and Jesus as God was not created.
And all the works were finished before the foundation of the world although they were future events.
The Old Testament says Adam was created in the image of God.
The New Testament says Adam was created in the figure of Jesus.
The image of God is the image of Christ.
God already had the plan to come in the future in flesh before He started creation and created Adam in the image that He would show up in the future which is an innocent nature in flesh.
Joh 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
Joh 1:3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
God had the plan to come in the future in flesh before He started creation.
Which this can be read as,
In the beginning was the plan of God to come in the future in flesh, and that plan was already with God before He laid down the foundation of the world, and that plan was God manifest in flesh.
All things were created with the plan of God coming in the future in flesh and without that plan God would of not created anything He created for Jesus is the reason creation is successful, eternal life, and to judge the angels and people.
All creation hinges on Jesus Christ which is why Jesus is the beginning of creation even though the man Christ Jesus was not born until 4000 years because God calls things that have not happened yet as though they already happened so it is the same as if the man Christ was already born in the beginning.
Which some people misinterpret John 17 to believe that when Jesus speaks of being in the beginning and having glory with the Father that He is speaking as Him being God.
But Jesus was speaking as the man Christ Jesus for He said that the saints can have that same glory and behold His glory.
Which the man Christ Jesus is speaking that the saints can have eternal life and a glorified body in heaven like Him and behold His glory as they see Him sitting on the throne in heaven.
Which the man Christ Jesus can have that glory in the beginning and be considered as being in the beginning because God calls things that have not happened yet as though they already happened.