RE: [TruthTalk] The Mind of Christ

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BT: Two figures passed through the pieces in the ratification of the Abrahamic covenant. Neither of them was Abraham. Yet it was Abraham and Christ to whom the promises were made; but it was Christ alone by whom the covenant was fulfilled. The pre-incarnate Christ is therefore the only one who could represent the recipient in the ratification of the covenant. Jesus Christ is the Son of God. To jump ahead a bit, since we have established the relational status of the covenant, it is therefore entirely reasonable to conclude that one of the parties who passed through those pieces had to be the pre-incarnate Christ, the eternal Son of the Father; the other being the Father to the Son.   Bill, I have no problem believing that Jesus existed with the Father prior to His appearance in physical form on the earth.  He was in the fiery furnace.  He was probably one of the 3 “angels” with whom Abraham argued over sparing Sodom.  He was in many places in the OT.  However I do not understand what you are driving about “eternal Sonship”.  Have you explained this term? As I said, Jesus existed from eternity with the Father, and nothing was created w/o Him.  Whether or not He had a human physical body prior to His birth on earth, I can’t really say.  And I fail to see the importance of it.  When you see the Son you see the Father. They are One. So what’s your earthshaking point??? Izzy