Well, it proves that a spirit didn't descend into Mary's womb which is what you claimed.
How so? How does the genealogy of Jesus prove that He didn't descend from Heaven into Mary's womb, as Scripture says that He did?
He did not literally preexisted his birth. He preexisted in the purpose, plans and forknowledge of God.
That is your opinion. But how can a purpose, plan, and foreknowledge share the same glory as the Father?
I do not build a doctrine upon a few scriptures but the whole of scripture must be in harmony throughout.
I do not ignore John 1:1, 14 and John 17:5 - I just don't understand them in the manner you do because I do not believe that God that God is Triune nor that God became a man therefore, I do not read that INTO the meaning of scripture.
Then you understand those verses improperly; in a manner which ignores, excludes, and contradicts many passages of Scripture.
If I were you I would check my own doctrine before accusing someone else's of being false.
I have, many times. That is one reason I am on sites like this one. I review what others say against what Scripture says and then against what I believe. This forces me to examine what I believe, and find support or contradiction of my belief in Scripture. Then I must subordinate my belief to what Scripture says. When Scripture says clearly that, "The Word was God", and then, "The Word became flesh", and then tells us that the flesh He became is Jesus (John 1) the only conclusion we can come to is that Jesus is God.
If John 1 is not enough for you, then we can go to John 17:5. Here Jesus says that He existed with
Now that we have concluded, based upon Scripture's explicit statements, that Jesus is God, now we are in a position to examine other things Scripture says.
Sorry, Jesus said he had to suffer in order to ENTER into his glory.
Of course He did. He had given up His glory, and had to suffer for man's sins in order to regain/reenter His glory.
I AM - I WILL BE WHO I WILL BE - is what Yahweh said of himself. Yahweh is the Father, Jesus is NOT.
Oh really. Are you sure that wasn't Jesus speaking from the Bush? Exodus doesn't say that the Father was the one speaking.
Then why use that analogy and say it is the same with God?
No analogy for God is completely valid, because God transcends anything we can dream up, much less what we know. But He has given us glimpses of Him nature in our nature.
You do know what a soul is right? Wouldn't that be your breath life? Isn't that how Adam became a living soul, a living person, when God breathed the breath of life into his nostrils? I quit breathing, I am dead, I am buried and I will sleep the sleep of death (Ps. 13:3) until I am resurrected.
Your soul is the immortal spiritual body that is you. It and your spirit (your personality) will be resurrected, to eternal life or eternal death. It is not the physical act of breathing that this mortal body exhibits.
What does my being composed of a spirit and soul and body have to do with knowing God?
It is an analogy for the nature of God: three in one.
