RE: In the beginning .... Jesus is God!
The Word is God's word.
"So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it."
God sent Jesus to be His word and to accomplish His will. Jesus performed the work that God willed him and spoke the words that God gave him and He followed God's commandments perfectly. Jesus IS the living word of God.
All Bibles before the 1600's said "it", not "him" regarding the word. Even among trinitarians it is a new idea that the word was a pre-existing Jesus. The same exact word "Logos" or "word" is used many times in the Bible and is never a person.
If Jesus is not God than whomever wrote this and the rest of the new testament was not very careful with their wording and almost blatantly attempted to lead people astray.
Or perhaps the translators were. Though, I still believe the truth is clear.
But according to that definition of "the Word" then every profit is "the Word" as they all spoke God's words and not their own. But in John it clearly said John the Baptist was not the light and only came to testify about the light. There's also a very clear distinction through all the new testament between Jesus and the rest of the prophets.
No, perhaps you miss the point.
Put it this way, if you believe that Jesus is God and the Father is God and they are two distinct entities, that means that you have at least two gods. I know, you say they are one, but that really doesn't make sense, in which most trinitarians say, well God is a mystery. The Trinity is a mystery because it is not found in the Scriptures. God is not a mystery.
The Writers made it abundantly clear that Jesus is the son of God, a man. And God is the Father alone. No Biblical author believed otherwise. Jesus didn't come to make man aware of a new god concept after 1000's of years. He came to make the Father known.
Jesus is the image of God, not God.
Jesus is the mediator between God and man, not God.
Jesus is a man, not God.
Jesus died.
God raised him, God exalted him, God gave him power. None of this makes sense in your view.
Jesus is the last Adam, a man made in the perfect image of God to atone for mans sin. The Bible plainly teaches that through one man sin and death comes to all but through another man comes grace and life.
If you don't see it, then you probably won't. But it's right there. Accept the lies of men or the truth or God.