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The Pre-Existence Of Jesus Research Paper

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The Pre-Existence of Jesus
How are we to read the Old Testament? The whole of the Old Testament looks forward to the coming of Christ. Everything we read in it points us to His coming, His work, and His mission (Luke 24). The Gospels record the coming of Christ, and God has provided four Gospels, four witnesses, to Christ’s coming. In the Gospels, the Word became flesh. John states that Jesus existed before He came. The One who made the heavens and the earth came to the earth to be its light and to redeem it.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. (2) He was in the beginning with God. (3) All things were made through Him, and without Him was not anything made that was made. (4) In Him was life, and …show more content…

Through an angel, God announced to Zachariah and Elizabeth, a godly but barren couple, that they would have a son. He was to be called John, a name that means Jehovah is Gracious. To the Israelites, who thought they were righteous, John was to preach sin and judgment. His preaching was to drive them in repentance to Christ who would come after him (Isa. 40:3-5; Mal. 3:1;4:5). The way for Israel to receive God’s grace was to recognize her sin.

Six months later, the angel Gabriel was sent to Mary. The angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. (31) And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call His name Jesus. (32) He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. And the Lord God will give to Him the throne of His father David, (33) and He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of His kingdom there will be no end” (Luke 1:30-33).

Mary was faithful. With great faith she trusted God that she would be the mother of the Savior. She was told that she would have the child as a virgin, by the power of the Holy Spirit. This means that, although Jesus was human, because His human body was made through the power of the Holy Spirit, He was not tainted with the sin and death brought in by Adam. Jesus stands as the representative and head of a new

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