Answer # 41

The fact that Christ is spoken of as God's Son refers to His human begettal and birth. Before His advent He was the "Word," not the "Son." This was His name, the badge of His power and authority as Spokesman for God the Father. It did not refer to God having created Him from His "Word." John 1:1 does not show that God the Father created Christ. It only states that Christ was there in the beginning. It does not rule out the idea that He could have existed earlier. There is no other scripture in the entirety of the Bible which would support the idea of such a creation.

Christ is the Creator — not the created.

There is a scripture which might indicate that Christ existed before "beginning," or creation. Isaiah 9 is generally accepted as a prophecy referring to Christ. In verse 6 He is referred to as "the everlasting Father," which also can be rendered "the Father of the everlasting age," or the "Father of eternity." The God family inhabits eternity (Isa. 57:15).

If God the Father has always existed, then there is no problem with Christ also having always existed. Christ, like God the Father, is immortal and eternal — concepts our minds have trouble grasping. Some of these things God has chosen not to fully reveal to man at this time (Deut. 29:29).