Not sure what you mean Shelby, are you saying that we will find Jesus being created in Genesis, John and Colossians?
Not created, no, dear one (again, peace to you!). Our Lord was not created; he was born, as you acknowledge.
John makes it clear that Jesus was with God from the beginning, which means he existed BEFORE God created "the beginning".
Yes, he did exist. And John makes it clear that our Lord was with the Father "in" the beginning (not "from" the beginning, as our Lord existed even BEFORE that start of the creation, which is not what "in the beginning" means. The term "from the beginning" is inaccurate and misleading. The term "in the beginning" means... "in the Ark"... which is the womb of the Woman, Jerusalem Above. (Revelation 12:1)
John makes it clear that ALL was made Through Jesus.
All "creation" (i.e., all that was created), yes. It all came into existence through that One, yes.
Colossians states that Christ was firstborn of all creation
Yes. The first BORN. Which means he was conceived... and then brought forth, as with birth pangs. Unlike the creation, which was not born...
( not that he was created, he was "born" before creation)
Yes! He was born... before creation. Well, before creation, actually. So, again, to say that he was with God "from the beginning" is misleading.
and that ALL things in heaven and Earth were created by/in Him.
Yes. All things were created by means of/in him - he was the source/substance... came out of him - into existence... and through him (the Door) came into the physical realm. Except Death, of course (which existed already and entered into the physical world through Adam).
As for Genesis, we see that "spirit" of God working at the very beginning of the act of creation
Yes, the Father was USING that Spirit to create; however, that Spirit, the Son was PRODUCED (i.e., born), BEFORE the creation:
“JaHVeH himself produced me as the beginning of his way, the earliest of his achievements of long ago. From time indefinite I was installed, from the start, from times earlier than the earth. When there were no watery deepsI was brought forth as with labor pains, when there were no springs heavily charged with water. Before the mountains themselves had been settled down, ahead of the hills, I was brought forth as with labor pains, when as yet he had not made the earth and the open spaces and the first part of the dust masses of the productive land. When he prepared the heavens I was there; when he decreed a circle upon the face of the watery deep, when he made firm the cloud masses above, when he caused the fountains of the watery deep to be strong, when he set for the sea his decree that the waters themselves should not pass beyond his order, when he decreed the foundations of the earth, then I came to be beside him as a master worker*, and I came to be the one he was specially fond of day by day, I being glad before him all the time, being glad at the productive land of his earth, and the things I was fond of were with the sons of men."
*Having been taught so as to BE a "master", thus indicating a previous apprenticeship under the Father. On what did he learn? Creating that which exists in the spirit realm, including angels and principalities, etc. (Job 38)
and that spirit is Christ and that Christ was active even before creation started.
Yes. Our Lord existed... and was active... before the creation, yes. However, you stated that he was always with the Father, which is not accurate - he was with the Father before the creation, yes, but there was a time... before he was brought forth... from the womb [Ark] of the Woman... when the Father was without him, per se. True, the seed which was to become him existed IN the Father... as seed is in human fathers... but there is no child (hence, no birth), until that seed meets with a woman's seed... resulting in a conception. Thus, "he" was not always with the Father, unless you are speaking of the part that would become him, once he was conceived. But if so, you are leaving out the part that is the seed of the Woman. It took the two to make the One.
Which is why I stated "inaccurate", versus incorrect. It was when the Father's holy spirit... or lifeforce... conceived a child with the Woman, Jerusalem Above, that our Lord was produced. From there, he was "harvested" or born... from that womb/Ark. Once THAT occurred... everything else was brought into existence, starting in the spirit realm... or Ark.
I hope this helps!
Your servant, sister, and a slave of Christ,
SA