I now repost one of my posts to show what that was, and I invite anyone to join this discussion and debate the issue raised.
onewithhim wrote:
My reply wasJust a question, to get your opinion on this: What do you believe that Jesus was doing before he came to the earth as Jesus of Nazareth?
onewithhim answeredYou will not like my answer, but as you say, it is an opinion.
Nothing.
For I believe Jesus then only existed in the mind and purpose of God, as expressed to His countless angels.
That is, as the Logos, as "that which" was "the Logos of life", 1 John 1:1-2.
I expect to get corrected on this forum, of course!
Yet I have drawn this conclusion only since arriving here, largely in response to a post or two of another, plus my own research and meditation.
I then posted this:I know you don't want to argue about this, so I don't intend to. I just want to ask one more question to understand where you stand in all this. Do I understand that you don't accept Jesus' claims to have been in existence in heaven before coming to Earth? Claims:
John 3:13
" 3:31
" 6:38
" 17:5
A fair and understandable question, with relevant verses.
What I don't accept is your reading of them as saying "Jesus' claims to have been in existence in heaven before coming to Earth".