In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God (John 1:1). Jesus Christ, who crossed the stage of human history almost 2,000 years ago, did not commence His life in Bethlehem of Judea. He is and always will be 1) The only begotten Son of God (John 3:16), 2) The Eternal Word of God (John 1:1-18), and 3) The brightness of God’s everlasting glory (Hebrews 1:3). The Apostle John said, And we beheld His glory (John 1:14). The Apostles witnessed His glory firsthand on the Mount of Transfiguration (2 Peter 1:17, 18; 2 John 1:1-3). The transfiguration provided a picture of the coming kingdom and a visible proof that Jesus Christ is indeed the Son of the living God.