Jesus existed from the beginning with God, the Father. He is God, God the Son, and is one with the Father and the Holy Spirit. Let us permit the Scriptures to prove this point:
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made....Jesus' natural birth was after John the Baptist's birth; yet John said, "He was before me." Jesus existed in heaven before he was born as a babe. He entered into a flesh and blood body so He could grow up and take away the sins of the whole world.
And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth. John bore witness of Him and cried out, saying, "This was He of whom I said, 'He who comes after me is preferred before me, for He was before me."
The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, "Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world! This is He of whom I said, 'After me comes a Man who is preferred before me, for He was before me.'"
(John 1:1-3, 14-15, 29-30 NIV)
No one has ascended to heaven but He who came down from heaven, that is, the Son of Man who is in heaven.
(John 3:13 NIV)
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