The semblance of existence

 

Some speculations...

"In the beginning, God created heaven and earth" doesn´t mean that heaven and earth are eternal. It means precisely that they were created.

So why does "in the beginning was the Word" mean that the Word was eternal? The Word, too, was created. That´s what the verse seem to suggest.

But what about "and the Word was God"? Doesn´t that prove that the Word is eternal? Nupe. It might simply means that God changed his form to become the Word, or that the Word is a lesser god. 

Why use the term "in the beginning" at all, if eternity is implied?