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Grace of God Theological Seminary Theme: Preexistence Text: (Genesis 1: 26, 27) Preexistence talks about our existence in spirit with God before the foundation of the Kosmos world. Our real identity is that we are a spirit covered with flesh. 1. Spiritual world already existed before physical world did. a) Ephesians 1: 4 – Before the foundation of the world. b) Philippians 3: 20 – Our citizenship is in Heaven. c) Revelation 12: 4 – The third part of the stars of Heaven. d) Job 38: 1-6 – When I laid the foundation of the Earth. 2. First, we were created in spirit. a) Genesis 1: 26, 27 – We were created in the image and likeness of God. b) Philippians 3: 20 – Our citizenship is in Heaven. c) Ephesians 1: 4 – For He choose us in him before the foundation of the world. d) Jeremiah 1: 5 – Before I formed you, I knew you. e) Romans 8: 29 – For those whom He foreknew. f) Job 38: 7, 21 – The number of your days is great. 3. We were covered with flesh. a) Genesis 2: 7 – Then the Lord God formed the man from the dust of the ground. b) Hebrews 2: 14 – Then the children are shares in flesh and blood. c) Job 10: 11 – Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh. d) Ecclesiastes 12: 7 – And the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it. e) Psalm 139: 13-16 – Your eyes saw my unformed substance. 4. The chosen ones’ names are written in the Book of Life since the foundation of Kosmos world. a) Revelation 17: 8 – Since the foundation of the world. b) Luke 10: 20 – Your names are written in Heaven. c) Philippians 4: 3 – Whose names are in the Book of Life. d) Hebrews 12: 23 – The firstborn who are enrolled in Heaven. 5. The three phases of our spirit. a) Conciliated: Preexistence. Before the foundation of the world. (Romans 1: 5/ Ephesians 1: 4/ Job 38: 4-7) b) Destituted: We were dead by the sin of Adam. (Romans 3: 10-12/ Ephesians 2: 1, 6) c) Reconciled: We were