DAILY TRUTH - Did Jesus Appear In Human Form Before The Incarnation？
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Before the incarnation, before Jesus took on flesh, He still existed in the Old Testament before taking on a second nature, namely, as the Son of God. But Jesus did not come into existence at the point of the incarnation. He was not yet fully incarnate, had not yet taken on physical flesh, but he still physically was manifest, revealed himself to Old Testament saints such as Abraham, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednezzar, when they would not bow the knee to the civil magistrate. And yet there is a fourth with his face shining as though he is the son of man.
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Jesus said, man cannot live on bread alone, but from every word that proceeds from the
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john gill the late great baptist who preached in the very same church 100 years prior to charles
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spursion in commentating on our text today says the following joshua gave him religious worship
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and adoration which had he been a created angel he would not have given to him nor would such
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a one have received it if this was an angel when Joshua fell in his face and began to worship him
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the angel would have told him to stop if this was merely a man the man might have received being
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sinful chosen to receive praise and worship from another man but Joshua would have picked up on
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this and would not have offered worship so if this was a mere man Joshua would not have worshiped if
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it was a mere angel, the angel would not have received Joshua's worship. Rather, this is the
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Lord Jesus Christ. Now, in terms of chronological order, this is before the cross. This is before
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the earthly ministry of Jesus Christ, before the incarnation. But Jesus did not come into existence
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at the point of the incarnation. He is the eternal Son of God, eternally begotten. There is never a
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time in which the Son was not. The Gospel of John in the opening chapter says, in the beginning was
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the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. So before the incarnation took place,
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before Jesus was born of the woman, born of Mary, Jesus eternally existed as the Father,
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and as the Spirit, as a most pure Spirit, without body, parts, or passions.
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Equally worthy of worship, honor, and praise as to the Father and the Spirit.
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Now that said, Jesus did appear in the Old Testament before literally taking on a second nature, namely the human nature, taking on flesh in the incarnation.
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Jesus still had not yet been incarnate, had not yet taken on physical flesh, a second nature, the human nature, but he still physically was manifest, revealed himself to Old Testament saints.
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He still appeared at various times to individuals such as Abraham.
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Or we would also argue that Jesus appeared in Nebuchadnezzar's fire.
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When they would not bow the knee to the civil magistrate.
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with his face shining as though he is the son of man the son of man being the most popular
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and frequent title that jesus used even for himself son of man not saying that he's not
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divine oh i'm not the son of god i'm merely the son of man no son of man is picking up on
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the words phrasing of ezekiel the prophet that talked about the promised messiah the christ
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who was the son of man. And that is implied also the son of God. So what we find in the Old
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Testament before, in chronological timeline, before the incarnation, before Jesus took on
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flesh, Jesus still at various times appeared as though in human form. And this theological term
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of the armies of god the armies of the living god both heavenly armies legions of angels that
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jesus himself says in his earthly ministry that if i wanted to i could call down a legion of angels
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and decimate rome and israel for that matter if i wanted to in a moment fight by flight why leaving
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godless places is loving godless places i've had a lot of people tell me recently pastor joel
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you're post-millennial you claim to believe that jesus is king of every square inch but apparently
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you don't think he's king of california because i've heard your personal story that you used to
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be a pastor there and that you left for the state of texas notice the title not fight or flight but
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fight by flight think of the prodigal son he comes to the end of his rope he's longing to be fed with
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the pods given to the pigs and the parable says no one gave him anything no member of the father's
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house tracked him down to give him a handout he was hurting he had to lie in the bed that he had
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made for himself by his foolish choices you know what the next words in that parable are no one
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gave him anything and he came to his senses he began to repent there are 10 million professing
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christians currently living in the state of california what if they're fighting but at the
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same time while well-intentioned they're also funding what if california could be brought to
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its knees simply by the faithful not fighting there but leaving there and forcing gavin newsom
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and other tyrants like him to actually have to take a spoonful of their own medicine.
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Also Meg Basham, The Daily Wire, and Steve Dace from The Blaze Network.
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