Jesus is Before

Jesus Is Before

By Ted Mock

November 11, 2026

John 1:15 John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me.

John the Baptist made a remarkable statement concerning Jesus—he was before me. Humanly speaking, John was born before Jesus. Yet John understood something far greater than earthly chronology. Jesus Christ existed before John because Jesus is eternal.

John begins his Gospel by taking us beyond Bethlehem, beyond Abraham, and even beyond creation—John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

The Bible does not begin by trying to prove that God exists. It reveals the God Who exists. Before there was a world to stand upon, a sun by which to measure days, or matter to occupy space, Jesus was there.

Genesis 1:3 declares, “And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.” God spoke, and creation obeyed. John identifies that the eternal Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us (John 1:14).

Jesus is before time. Jesus is before space. Jesus is before matter. Jesus is before all things.

Evolutionists cannot explain time/when, matter/what, and space/where because all three must exist at the same time. You cannot have matter without space to put it in, and you must have time to observe the beginning. Only Jesus, Who was before all three, could create.

What a comfort this becomes when made personal. Nathanael wondered how Jesus knew him. Jesus answered, John 1:48 …Before that Philip called thee, when thou wast under the fig tree, I saw thee.

That speaks deeply to my heart: Jesus saw me long before I saw Him. Nothing in our lives takes Him by surprise. He was there before our first breath, before our troubles arrived, and before tomorrow becomes today.

Hebrews 13:8 Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.

Reflection—Whatever lies ahead of us, Jesus is already before us.