The Pre-existence of Christ by R. M. Kilgore

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Feb 24, 1874

The Pre-existence of Christ.

By R. M. Kilgore

J. B. H. makes the following inquiry:—Had Christ an intelligent existence before he was born of the virgin Mary? To which the following answer was returned:—

1. If Christ had no intelligent existence before his first advent into this world, he could not have shared in the glory with the Father before the world was. John 17: 5.

2. It was by him that the Father made the worlds. The Father commanded; the Son executed the command. John 1: 3, 10. Heb. 1: 2; 1 Cor. 8: 6; Col. 1: 16, 17.

3. He was consulted concerning the formation of man. Gen. 1: 26.

4. He proposed and was the author of the plan of salvation by which we are saved. Heb. 5: 9; 12: 2.

5. He it was who led the children of Israel through the wilderness and drove out the nations before them. Ex. 23: 21–23; 1 Cor. 10: 1–4.

6. He was there to succor the three worthies who were cast into the fiery furnace. Dan. 3: 25.

7. He (Michael) assisted the angel who ministered unto Daniel. Dan. 10: 13, 21.

That Michael is the Son of God is found by the following scriptures. Jude calls Michael the Archangel. Verse 9. Paul says the voice of the Archangel is heard when the Lord descends to raise the dead; 1 Thess. 4: 16; and Christ says, ‘The dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God. Therefore Michael, the chief of the angels, is the Son of God, and certainly had an intelligent existence before the mystery of his incarnation.

R. M. KILGORE.