That's why I believe our spirit is the 'god' factor in all men. And those spirits were also part of the hosts of heaven before men had corporeal bodies IMO.
Well, we do seem to agree here - not that I see all people as gods, but I believe all do have potential, which is why they are here.
I don't think God ever had a corporeal form other than spirit until the Word became Jesus. And the Word gave up "equality with God" who is spirit to become a corporeal body/flesh.
John 5:37
37 And the Father himself, which hath sent me, hath borne witness of me. Ye have neither heard his voice at any time,
nor seen his shape.
Not debateing, just discussing.
Moses also saw God as a burning bush??? How he manifested physically is a mystery I suppose. But doesn't mean he had a corporeal body IMO.
The NT confirms that this was the angel of the Lord through whom Moses spoke.
Yes, and he had/has a 'spirit' on earth which wasn't 'the Holy Spirit'.
Jesus' spirit defined His essence. His body was a creation. There is no getting around that fact - it was a mortal tabernacle which grew old and died. His spirit was the Word - not His body. He was also Elohim per Hebrews:
Hebrews 1:8
8 But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom.
Psalms 45:6
6 Thy throne, O Elohim, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre.
So in my reading Jesus came as YHWH Elohim with a body which was later somehow immortal when He appeared to all His disciples again.
Isa was speaking prophetically, and I believe that has been fulfilled with the 'death on the cross. I have repeatedly said I think Jesus is God, but he wasn't God when he came to earth as the incarnate Word.
Isa was speaking prophetically, but I believe He is still the Son until the kingdom is handed over to the Father and the work of the kingdom is done.
I've leaned toward the teaching that we all had our entire lives written in the volume of the book of our lives. And every spirit read and agreed to walk out that script before being sent to dwell in all of us. That's why we sometimes have a Deja Vu of I remember doing this, but it just happened.
Having experienced something similar to this as a child, it is hard for me to dispute it. However, I cannot say if the deja vu feeling I had came from my own spirit of from some kind of inspiration through the spirit of God. But it was like a spiritual feeling or rememberance from my soul. I am kind of surprised to hear you talk about the book "of life." I believe that is a covenant book which carries our promises into this life. I don't believe all events are necessarily presdestined, but I believe God has a plan for the world which all nations end up following when they think they are the masters of their own destiny. I believe in order to fulfill these promises God has destined or foreordained us to accomplish certain things in this life, so you seem surprisingly on par with my belief.
I'm just believing scriptures like these.
JOB 2:10 But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.
DEU 30:15 See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil;
JER 21:10 For I have set my face against this city for evil, and not for good, saith the LORD: it shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire.
JER 32:42 For thus saith the LORD; Like as I have brought all this great evil upon this people, so will I bring upon them all the good that I have promised them.
JER 39:16 Go and speak to Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring my words upon this city for evil, and not for good; and they shall be accomplished in that day before thee.
In the Jewish world view things which don't accomplish their created purpose are "evil" or "bad." This includes inanimate objects created by men such as pottery. Thus a piece of pottery that develops a crack could be "evil" since it is not fulfilling its designed purpose. An olive tree which won't produce fruit can be called evil or wicked, and this is indeed reflected in the NT concerning the wicked trees He will cut down and graft in the wild branches which bear fruit. To destroy these trees/people may be considered evil, but is the righteous consequence of their failure. If a people do not follow the word they were given by God, destroying them is not necessarily an act of evil but is an act of justice. If God ends up leaving such people to hell He is not being evil but is fulfilling His word and is performing justice. Punishment is not "evil" in this sense. So although there are verses which say God sent "evil" on a people, it was justified. The plagues God sent on Egypt could be considered evil to the people, but if they had followed God's commands they were safe like the Hebrews. If Pharaoh had let the people go when first told, he would have experienced no "evil." Instead he was repeatedly punished.
There are many, here's just a few.
PSA 146:3 Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.
JER 49:33 And Hazor shall be a dwelling for dragons, and a desolation for ever: there shall no man abide there, nor any son of man dwell in it.
JER 51:43 Her cities are a desolation, a dry land, and a wilderness, a land wherein no man dwelleth, neither doth any son of man pass thereby.
EZE 2:3 And he said unto me, Son of man, I send thee to the children of Israel,
Perhaps. But yet why say man and Son of man? There seems to be some kind of distinction....it is one of those things I wonder about a little.
I think I read an answer once, but it must not have convinced me LOL.
Cheers