Last week we asked the question Sam Gamgee whispered under the stars:
“What sort of a tale have we fallen into?”
Today, we go one step deeper. You can’t fully understand the story, until you meet the Author.
There are two famous “In the beginning” passages in the Bible, and they are not competing but profoundly complementing.
The Two Beginnings
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- Genesis 1:1: In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.
Moses starts the story rolling forward: sky, sea, land, animals, humans. It is the majestic display of God’s creative masterpiece.
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- John 1:1: In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
John grabs the pen and goes all the way back—past creation, past time itself. Before the first “Let there be,” the Word already was. Not became. But was. Eternal. Uncreated. Fully God.
And then, later in that same chapter, John tells us precisely who the Word is:
“So the Word became human and made His home among us. He was full of unfailing love and faithfulness. We have seen His glory, the glory of the Father’s one and only Son.” (John 1:14 NLT)
The Word is Jesus. The Author is Jesus.
If that’s not convincing enough, the scriptures make it plain:
“You killed the Author of life, but God raised Him from the dead. We are witnesses of this!” (Acts 3:15 NLT)
“Fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.” (Hebrews 12:2 NASB1995)
The one who later became the baby in Bethlehem is the same one who, in the beginning, made the heavens, the earth, the light, the seas, the stars, and humanity.
He is the:
- Author
- Perfecter
- Beginning and End
- Alpha and Omega
The Greater Story is being written by the one who wrote the beginning and is already living in the ending.
Every tear, every seemingly wasted pain, every twist of life; He weaves it all into a masterpiece we will only fully see when the final page turns. So when life feels random, when the plot twists hurt, when the chapter you’re in is dark and you can’t see the next page, remember who holds the pen. You didn’t write yourself into existence. You were written—lovingly, intentionally, eternally—by an Author who is good, who is love, and who already knows the last sentence. You are not a random character in a meaningless universe. You are deeply known, fiercely loved, and carefully placed in a story being written by the Author of Life Himself. And the next time you feel lost in the middle of your chapter, whisper this to your soul:
“My Author is good. He never puts down the pen. And He always writes redemption.”
The Word who was with God, who was God, became flesh, died, rose, and is coming back to finish what He started.
Fix your eyes on Jesus: the Author and Perfecter of the greatest story ever told.
Jesus is the Author.