by Chuck Ness
When you think of the phrase, "The Word", you should automatically think of Christ as introduced to us in John 1:1-3
"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made."
John 1:1-3
You should understand that while the Gospel was written for all time, and all men, it was also written for men of the known world at that time. So when John wrote his Gospel, few in the world, outside of Jerusalem and surrounding areas, had a clue as to who this Jesus, or Christ was.