I've often thought that the entire gospel of the kingdom could be summed up in four chapters - Genesis 1 - 3 and John 1. John understood the importance of Genesis and the role Jesus (who was the embodiment of the Word of God) had in the beginning. Genesis and John are inseparable.

For the sake of clarity, let's review Genesis 1:

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

Now the earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters.

Note the introduction to this "Spirit of God" who "was hovering over the surface of the waters". This is the same Spirit that Jesus promised just before His arrest in the gospel of John:

 I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Advocate to be with you forever— the Spirit of truth.
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the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have told you.

John 14

Over the course of six consecutive days in Genesis 1, Moses describes the creation of the following:

  • Light (day 1)

And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. And God saw that the light was good, and He separated the light from the darkness. God called the light “day,” and the darkness He called “night.”

  • The atmosphere or sky (day 2)

And God said, “Let there be an expanse between the waters, to separate the waters from the waters.” So God made the expanse and separated the waters beneath it from the waters above. And it was so. God called the expanse “sky.”

  • Dry land and vegetation (day 3)

And God said, “Let the waters under the sky be gathered into one place, so that the dry land may appear.” And it was so. God called the dry land “earth,” and the gathering of waters He called “seas.” And God saw that it was good.

Then God said, “Let the earth bring forth vegetation: seed-bearing plants and fruit trees, each bearing fruit with seed according to its kind.” And it was so. The earth produced vegetation: seed-bearing plants according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.

  • Celestial lights - sun, moon, stars (day 4)

And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to distinguish between the day and the night, and let them be signs to mark the seasons and days and years. And let them serve as lights in the expanse of the sky to shine upon the earth.” And it was so.

God made two great lights: the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night. And He made the stars as well.

God set these lights in the expanse of the sky to shine upon the earth, to preside over the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good.

  • Sea creatures and birds (day 5)

And God said, “Let the waters teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the sky.” So God created the great sea creatures and every living thing that moves, with which the waters teemed according to their kinds, and every bird of flight after its kind. And God saw that it was good.

Then God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters of the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.”

  • Land creatures (day 6 - part 1)

And God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kinds: livestock, land crawlers, and beasts of the earth according to their kinds.” And it was so. God made the beasts of the earth according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and everything that crawls upon the earth according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.

  • Humankind (day 6 - part 2)

Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness, to rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, and over all the earth itself and every creature that crawls upon it.”

So God created man in His own image;
     in the image of God He created him [them];
     male and female He created them.

God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth.”

Note the change in language when describing the creation of humankind. On the previous days, it was "God said". On the sixth day, God adds some interesting detail...

Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image

God clarifies who He is - and He's not alone... And that mankind was created in His image -  "male and female He created them".

One of the other "Us" members is the Spirit of God described above. John, in his gospel account, adds the other significant member of the "Us".

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through Him all things were made, and without Him nothing was made that has been made. In Him was life, and that life was the light of men. The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

John 1:1-5

And the purpose of this "Word" - by whom "all things were made"?

The true Light who gives light to every man was coming into the world. He was in the world, and though the world was made through Him, the world did not recognize Him. He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him. But to all who did receive Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God— children born not of blood, nor of the desire or will of man, but born of God.

John 1:9-12