Hey, my friends. It's Matt. This is the 10-minute Bible Hour podcast. And I like the thing in storytelling where you have an innocent

character who still has the capacity for wonder and to see beyond the practical, normal,

boring things in life. And occasionally that innocent character will see something that is bigger

than this reality. It's bigger than what people imagine the constraints of the world can contain,

and they don't believe that innocent character is at first. And obviously, the most, it may be

apparent example of this that comes to my mind would be the Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by

C.S. Lewis, Lucy is the innocent. She's the one who saw beyond and was the first to discover that there was this other world of Narnia.

It's just right there in the wardrobe.

And, of course, all the more practically minded of people were like, no, that's not how that's not how wardrobe.

That isn't how things work.

And it's a really satisfying payoff moment when Lucy finally gets to show them.

And it's like, see?

I told you there was something bigger going on here than what meets the eye.

There was something more than just the physical.

And I feel like we're getting a moment like that at the end of the prologue of John here between John 1 15 and John 1, let's call it 18, where John the gospel writer is using the

voice of John the Baptist to say, I'm telling you all, I know Jesus looks like he was a 33-year-old

dude who got crucified, but there's more than meets the eye here. He's God in the flesh.

He's not just some guy. He's the savior. He's the maker and sustainer of all things. He's the

light of the world. He's the life of the world. He's, again, God in the flesh, making his dwelling

among us. And so we get that little payoff here at the end of the prologue. John testifies

concerning him. This is about Jesus. John the

Baptist cries out saying, this was he of whom I said. He who comes after me has surpassed me because

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