What came first the Word or the beginning?

"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God."

This statement seems contradictory: how can the Word be with God, and also be God? I sit on a green plastic chair and ponder this mystery. What can it mean? I know the Bible is not false, and so, it is only wisdom that I lack.

"The same was in the beginning with God."

"God is greater than Jesus..."
This is another oxymoron isn't it? Isn't Jesus God? Isn't the Word of God a part of God? Reread this last statement. Do you see it? No, reread John 1:1. Ah. The Word of God is a part of God, but it isn't the only part. There is so much depth to God. Our wisdom barely scratches the surface, and saying this is pushing the limit.

"It is the glory of God to hide a matter and the honor of kings to search it out."

What glory! What honor! What a stupendous privilege! Glory and honor and majesty be to our God! Is it the journey that makes us kings, or does actually finding out the matter give us this honor? My answer to that is: Isn't it God who allows us to find out spiritual things?

"For if any draw close to Me, I will draw close to them..."

In that case, if any draw close to God, they shall drink of His glory and receive a crown of life. What is the way to God? Only through the Word can we draw closer to God.

"I am the Way, the Truth and the Life. No one may come to the Father but through the Son."