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Responding to LDS claims that "in the beginning" (Genesis 1/John 1) only means our world: John 1:3 says "all things were made through him" — a blanket category covering everything in existence, not just Earth.

20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 33) 01:07:47 – 01:08:18

Q16: How to respond to LDS friends about "in the beginning"?

John 1:1-3 connects to Genesis 1 (heavens AND earth = everything). John 1:3: "All things were made through him, and without him was not anything made that was made." This is a universal category — everything that exists was made through Christ. No room for LDS pre-existence of matter or other worlds.

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