Apologetics
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This is an obvious straw man argument you're giving here. I believe Jesus was in heaven and is in heaven and will always be. He's God. The scripture says there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word and the holy Spirit. (1 John 5:7) That scripture has been disparaged and taken out of the Bible by many misguided people. But it's still the truth. It doesn't matter what people believe from their corrupted versions.
Your still inconsistent.
You state emphatically that in John 17:5 you teach that when Jesus says glory he had with that father that that is in a prophetic sense. That is you teach Jesus was already prophesied or being foretold to come to the earth not that he pre exitsed before the world was.
Your have a presupposition that Jesus is God and at the same time say that Jesus the Man did not exist until he was born of Marry.
This inspite of what Jesus said John 6:62 Where he was before John 6:38 I came down from heaven. The he pronoun and the I pronoun refer to Jesus the man whom you say did not exist until he was born of Mary.
You see Jesus the only created Son of God before the world was, was at the appointed time Gal 4:4 transformed ( God was not transformed but his only created Son was) from one existence Heb 2:9 Heb 2:14 Heb 2:16-17 which Heb 1:4 describes as being above the Angeles and better than the Angels yet below the Majesty on high to a different existence.
Now when I say Jesus the Man existed before the world was it is in this sense . The personality and character and disposition and every thing that Jesus the only created Son of God before the world was was. That is above the angels referring to his type of existences and below the Majesty on High in as far as what he is made of.
All of that was transformed into Flesh Heb 2:17. He was still the created being he was before the world was in regards to his personality,character,disposition attitude ect. But instead of existing in his heavenly material for lake of a better word he chose to become flesh and blood. Heb 2:17 It behooved him to be made like his brothers.
You see that word behooved it means his duty or responsibility. Duty and responsibility are only for those who are alive and exist.
You see it wasn't Gods responsibility or duty to become flesh and blood and die on a cross but it was Jesus his only created Son,s duty. John 6:38 I came down to do my fathers will. Which was Jesus duty and responsibility not the Majesty Duty and responsibility.
Just like it was Isaac who was to be be sacrificed and not Abraham. 2 separated individuals separate from each other. One greater than the other.
Same Jesus the only created Son of God before the world was separate from the Majesty on High but living in a different existence Flesh and Blood.