Was Christ the Literal Begotten Son of God Before Incarnation?

Jesus Christ was factually and literally the only begotten Son of God in the heavenly courts prior to His incarnation in this world John 1:148MR 250.1+2. This divine relationship was not an honorary title granted at a later time but was His inherent position by right of birth long before He took upon Himself the nature of man Hebrews 1:4-5CHR 11.4+2. He was begotten of the Father before all time and existed as the divine Word through whom all worlds were created John 1:1-3ST May 28, 1894, par. 1+2. Before the foundations of the earth were laid, the Father and Son worked in perfect unity within the counsel of peace to establish the plan for human redemption Zechariah 6:12-1321MR 54.3+1. The King of the universe manifested the true position of His Son to the assembled heavenly host, declaring that only the Only Begotten of God could fully enter into His divine purposes Colossians 1:15-17TA 32.3. As the Son of the self-existent God, He possesses all the attributes of Deity and is the express image of the Father's person Hebrews 1:3Ev 614.3+1. While angels and men are called sons of God by creation or adoption, Christ stands in a unique relationship as the Son of God by birth, making Him equal with the Father in majesty, excellence, and glory2T 200.1+3. He was with the Father from the beginning of all things, sharing in the glory of the Godhead before any created being was brought into existence John 17:5TA 32.3+2. This pre-incarnate existence is beyond the reach of human computation, as He was the firstborn of every creature and the personal instructor of God's people throughout history Colossians 1:157ABC 440.5+2. The arrival of Jesus in our world as a helpless babe was the result of a voluntary sacrifice in which the Son of God laid aside His heavenly honor to become the substitute and surety for a fallen race Philippians 2:7-87ABC 452.3+2.

It is truly a marvelous thought that our Savior has always held this high and holy relationship with the Father, ensuring that our redemption is secured by a truly divine sacrifice!

...ob 38:7; Luke 3:38, by creation; Christians are the sons of God by adoption Romans 8:14, 15, but Christ is the Son of God by birth. The writer to the Hebrews further shows that the position of the Son of God is not one to which Ch...— CHR 11.4 (1890)

The King of the universe summoned the heavenly host before Him, that in their presence He might set forth the true position of His Son, and show the relation He sustained to all created beings.... Before the assembled inhabitants of heaven the King declared that none but Christ, the Only Begotten of God, could fully enter into His purposes, and to Him it was committed to execute the mighty counsels of His will.—Patriarchs and Proph...— TA 32.3 (1996)

... deny his divinity; they do not accept him as a personal Saviour. This is a total denial of Christ. He was the only-begotten Son of God, who was one with the Father from the beginning. By him the worlds were made— ST May 28, 1894, par. 1 (1874)

...st, only-begotten Son of God, is true God and true man, of a reasonable soul and a body subsisting, begotten of the Father before all time, without beginning, according to the Godhead, but in the last times, for us men and for our salvati...— TTR 431.2 (1891)

...ns 1:15, R.V. This again shows the one common origin of all things animate and inanimate. Jesus was begotten of the Father before there was anything. See Proverbs 8:22-26. “He is before all things.” He is the Only-begotten Son, without ...— PTUK October 12, 1899, page 642.2