Ecclesiastes 12:7 "Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit (RUACH) shall return unto God who gave it."
Eph. 1:3 "Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, just as he chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless before him in love. "
2007-12-17 14:17:08 · 29 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Yes, in fact I have a couple of memories of the pre-earth life, but I keep them to myself. Thanks for asking, and have a couple of virtual gummy bears.
2007-12-17 15:20:25 · answer #1 · answered by Cookie777 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Adam and Eve were created souls, the spirit of God is the life of the soul, we are born souls, the spirit of god is the life of our soul Eccl.3:19-21; 12:7;
Psm.104:29,30; For the resurrected the spirit of God is the life of the soul, be it heavenly Rev.6:9-11; or earthly Matt.19:28 [ Eze.37:12-14 ];
Job 19:25,26;
Isa. 42:5 Thus saith God the LORD, he that created the heavens, and stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth, and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein:
We are promised salvation through Christ Jesus 1Cor.15:22-28,51-53; John 3:16; 17:3,17;
2007-12-17 14:28:02 · answer #2 · answered by jeni 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Before the world began, God himself created a special spirit creature in which he called Him as the First Son... From then, all creatures from heaven and earth are created with him.
Colossians 1:16 says:" By means of Him [Jesus Christ] all other things were created in the heavens and upon the earth." Hence all the spirit creatures called angels were individually created by Jehovah God through his first born Son. How many angels are there? The Bible indicates that hundreds of millions of angels were created, and all of them are powerful.---- Psalm 103:20
It only shows that before earth was created, [before humans] God Jehovah and Jesus created the angels so we do not exist, but Jehovah existed already, he doest have start nor end, then he created Michael the Archangel[Jesus Christ when he was a spirit creature] then earth, animals,plants everything then human being...
2007-12-17 14:28:48 · answer #3 · answered by Mikaella 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No. In Genesis it talks about man being a living soul. You need two elements: dust from the earth and the breath (spirit) from God. Without the two, man doesn't exist. Put the two together, you have a living soul or being. Just the same when people believe we go to heaven when we die. Not true. B/c a living soul must be dust and breath of God put together to live. Since man sinned, man is doomed to die and return to state from which he came and that is back to nothing but the elements of the earth. The breath of God is just His life force. But when Jesus comes again, we will be lifted from our graves with both elements but a body that will never die. God bless.
2007-12-17 14:23:57 · answer #4 · answered by LineQ 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Well, Yeah that really makes a lot of sense! Unless maybe you think anyone who is not a Christian never existed before. But then what about everyone that was born before Jesus Christ? wow I think, maybe. your confused or reading too much bible while driving an automobile.
2007-12-17 14:29:32 · answer #5 · answered by rayvonti 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes, even before our planet was created.
Job 38:4-7 "Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding. Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it? Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof; When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?"
2007-12-17 15:01:52 · answer #6 · answered by all star 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Absolutely not.
"and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it", is referring to the breath of life, having its origin in God, breathed into the soil-man He had created.
"just as he chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless before him in love", is referring to the fact that God knew His own plan of creation, including the man and woman, and even his plan for our salvation, even before he rolled up His sleeves and began to create.
2007-12-17 14:27:14 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
From dust we came to dust we shall return. And at conception we received a spirit. This is why abortion is wrong. When we die our spirit is in God's care. If we belong to him when we die our spirit goes with him. In 1 Thess. 4th chapter it says God brings back with him the souls of the Christians and they raise with a new body. He just chooses to do things that way.
2007-12-17 14:21:59 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
The Lord knew us before we were created (or even conceived), therefore God would have known us before we existed. God is the Alpha and Omega and timeless (ref:Gk. Kairos). My view is that God knew of us before we existed, and will know us in eternity - in Heaven!
2007-12-17 14:23:18 · answer #9 · answered by servant 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I'm not sure. That's a very deep question though. Most older folks talk about being called back to heaven, so seems like we could have been.
2007-12-17 14:21:00 · answer #10 · answered by SuperGeek 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I have been doing some studying about it.My friend is LDSand she believes in it very strongly. The more I study about it.The more it makes sense.I'm not sure I can say I believe I chose my family,etc. But I do believe we were with God before we were here.
2007-12-17 14:23:39 · answer #11 · answered by paula r 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋