HEB. 2:17.--We are brethren to Jesus--and He was a Son of God.
ROM. 8:29.--Jesus is the first-born of many brethren.
JOHN 20:17.--God is the Father of Jesus and of Mary. This relationship
between the Father, Jesus and mankind presumes
_2. The Preexistence of Man_--for Jesus and mankind are children of
the same Father; Jesus existed with the Father before this world was;
(John 1:2) therefore, it is reasonable to suppose that we, "the many
brethren" also lived with our common Father.
JER. 1:5,--The Lord and ordained Jeremiah before he was born.
{506} JOB 38:4-7.--Sons of God shouted for joy when the foundations of
the earth were laid.
JOHN 9:l.--There is a possibility of a man's sinning before birth.
DOC. & COV. 93:23-29.--Man as in the beginning with God.