Jesus, the Christ: Preexistence of

Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness, to rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, and over all the earth itself and every creature that crawls upon it.”

In the beginning You laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands. …

The LORD created me as His first course, before His works of old. …

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. …

Then what will happen if you see the Son of Man ascend to where He was before?

Your father Abraham rejoiced that he would see My day. He saw it and was glad.” …

And now, Father, glorify Me in Your presence with the glory I had with You before the world existed.

For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. To Him be the glory forever! Amen.

…yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we exist. And there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we exist.

Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus: …

The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. …

On many past occasions and in many different ways, God spoke to our fathers through the prophets.

But in these last days He has spoken to us by His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, and through whom He made the universe.

But about the Son He says: “Your throne, O God, endures forever and ever, and justice is the scepter of Your kingdom. …

But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, now crowned with glory and honor because He suffered death, so that by the grace of God He might taste death for everyone.

Now since the children have flesh and blood, He too shared in their humanity, so that by His death He might destroy him who holds the power of death, that is, the devil, …

For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken later about another day.

“Worthy are You, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for You created all things; by Your will they exist and were created.”