THE PRE EXISTANCE OF GOD THE SON
The fact of the pre-existence of the Son of God is established by two distinct lines of revelation- (1) as directly stated, and (2) as implied:
- SCRIPTURE TEACHES
The pre-existence of Christ is asserted in an extensive body of Scripture which is of great importance since it enters vitally into the revelation of the fact of His Deity. By these Scriptures the Son of God is seen to be in His infinite Person and eternal existence coequal with the other Persons of the Godhead, and this fact is unaffected by His incarnation. The Scriptures state: “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God” (John 1:1,2); “But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting” (Micah. 5:2; note also, Isa. 7:13, 14; 9:6,7); “Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am” (John 8:58; note also, Exod. 3:14; Isa. 43:13); “And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was” (John 17:5).
