I’m interested in thoughtful answers that may help me understand opinions I'm not familiar with.
2007-02-04 17:00:57 · 19 answers · asked by rezany 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
No, because the trinity has always existed and we were made by God so they had to exist before they could make us. However, here is a thought to ponder. Since God has no beginning and no end and time to Him is never-ending and timeless, does it really take our whole lifetime to get to Heaven or to Him are we already there? Just a really deep thought.
2007-02-04 17:07:48 · answer #1 · answered by Kristen H 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you familiar with the concept behind the Holy Trinity? Basically, it's God in three parts, there is only one God, but there are three 'parts' of God (kind of like an apple. You have the seeds, you have the meat, and you have the skin - each is part of the apple, but each has a different purpose).
God the Father created Heaven and Earth etc.
God the Son (Jesus) who bridged the gap between mankind and God the Father
God the Holy Spirit, who allows for direct inspiration between God and Mankind
I'm not doing a very good job of explaining this I know, but bear with me. The nature of God is largely paradoxical and hard for humans to grasp. How can Jesus be fully God and fully man? How can God be eternal?
So while Jesus wasn't born until around 0 AD, he was always with God because he is God as much as God is.
I hope this helps. (I hope I didn't confuse matters more)
2007-02-05 01:12:06 · answer #2 · answered by LX V 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think there is a theory that matter can not be created or destroyed, however it may change form and power different things at different times. A lot of people say God is everything, well what if God literally is everything and everything that you know including the knowledge itself is a manifestation of God, so you may have been different billions of years ago but still there, even if it wasn't you as you know yourself perhaps it was you as God knows you as God knows Gods self. I mean do you feel like you are even the same as you were 5 years ago.
2007-02-05 01:24:44 · answer #3 · answered by j 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Jesus was God's first creation (Colossians 1:15, 16) and he was created as a spirit person in heaven. All of us were born from Adam and Eve who were created as physical people here on earth. It was only by special arrangement because no man could ever have redeemed us from sin and death that Jesus was transferred into Mary's womb to be born as a human.
2007-02-05 02:45:12 · answer #4 · answered by Sparkle1 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was thinking of John the Baptist just a while ago. He spent his adult life in the desert eating locusts and wild honey. "Man cannot live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God."
That being so, it follows that what we are sustained from is a mere word from God. His Word is Jesus, as in the beginning of the gospel of John. There must have been a chain reaction of sorts, but yeah, I believe we were conceived, planned and brought into being before the world was formed, then were put into the world in our physical bodies.
2007-02-05 01:04:44 · answer #5 · answered by Shinigami 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hello,
In my opinion, before the World was created by God, existed then was The Holy Trinity, Father, Son & Holy Spirit, the Angels & soon a fallen Angel, now known as Satan. But not us.
2007-02-05 01:06:30 · answer #6 · answered by Sandra Dee 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't quite get your statement, but I will give you the benefit of the doubt, hypothetically. If "we" were with God, then why do we risk hell in the first place? Apparently, "we" were NOT with God. If we are His creation, did He screw up in making many of us "sinners"? To follow that logic is a very slippery slope. How about we all just stop believing in a sky fairy and making the most of the only life we have?
2007-02-05 01:09:02 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Before the world was created we were in the mind and heart of God. He knew us long before He created us. That is really amazing isn't it. That means He knew we would be sinners but He loved us so much He created us anyway- and desired us to live with and for Him, so He knew He was going to send His Son to die for us even before Adam and Eve. Now that is love.
2007-02-05 01:19:32 · answer #8 · answered by AdoreHim 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its all pretty clear in Genesis, nothing but the trinity existed until God created it. "WE" began when God created us "Knit us together in our mother's womb" before that we only existed as a thought of God of what he would do
2007-02-05 01:05:58 · answer #9 · answered by Dave 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
We did not exist b4 God created everything,
nor were we gods nor will we ever be gods!
2007-02-05 01:12:59 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋