james2ko
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Great post. I just want to add somemore things here. Here's just a few verses that tell us that Jesus is not God and did not pre-exist.
Romans 1 Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh.
1 Cor 11 But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.
2 Cor 5 "To know, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto..... himself."
Hebrews 1 "God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,
2 Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;
1 Tim 3v16 " God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory."
1 Peter 1v20 "Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,"
1 John 4v3 "And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist,"
2 John 1 "For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist."
Perhaps I'm missing something but I do not see anything remotely resembling the notion He did not pre-exist in any of these verses. All I see is the focus on His role in becoming a human. Should that negate all of the verses speaking of His pre-existence? No. It merely tells us that He was a spirit entity prior to becoming a full human. Of course you have demonstrated how one can read far more into these verses than the text warrants.