Where Is Our Spirit Before Being Born Again

The answer is piece of cake. No.  We were not spirit beings prior to birth.  While the soul of man will live eternally (either in Heaven or in Hell), the soul of human did non exist in a spirit form (or any other form) prior to conception.  Erroneously, some seem to think that Jeremiah 1:five suggests a spiritual pre-existence:

Before I formed you in the womb I knew yous; Before you were born I sanctified you; I ordained yous a prophet to the nations.

Since the Bible does not back up whatsoever idea of the preexistence of human being in whatever form, let'due south endeavour to understand what this verse means.

 "Before I formed you in the womb I knew y'all."  That raises the question, how did God know us before He formed u.s. in the womb?  At that place are two possible answers:

 i) We existed in some course, and at some place, prior to beingness conceived (formed) in the womb and that'southward how God knew usa.

2) God'southward knowing us is dissimilar and outside the natural realm of how we know something.omniscience (all knowing) and His eternality (always existing) makes it possible for Him to have noesis of someone before formulation.

While the kickoff is a possible answer, it is not a biblical answer.  God'southward Word does not back up such an thought.

God' Give-and-take does, nevertheless, teach a knowledge of God, which is wondrous and beyond our comprehension and still completely true and understandable.   God existed in eternity past.  He exists now, and He will exist volition proceed to exist in eternity futurity.  God is eternal.  God is likewise omnipresent.  Present in every moment of time, past nowadays, and time to come. God is besides omniscient (all-knowing).  He is able to have noesis of someone before conception or something before it occurs.

Since there is no biblical back up for #i, let'due south dig deeper into #2.

Before I formed yous…

When God said, "before I formed you…" He was clearly speaking of a showtime time of man'south existence.  He marked that beginning time and divers information technology as"in the womb."  The text indicates that, when God spoke of knowing man prior to hiss beingness formed, He was speaking from His foreknowledge– HIs omniscience. Foreknowledge does not back up the idea of a pre-existence, but rather of God'south pre-noesis, [be]fore-knowledge, because God is eternally existent in past, present, and future all at the same time.  This is difficult to understand since our minds are finite and our natural land exists within our time dimension, then permit's endeavour to better understand by looking at examples of God'southward foreknowledge.

Revelation Through Foreknowledge

God often spoke and gave revelation through His foreknowledge.  Consider this prophecy given to Isaiah:

 Isaiah 44:28  That saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure: even proverb to Jerusalem, Chiliad shalt be built; and to the temple, Thy foundation shall exist laid.

Isaiah 45:ane  Thus saith the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I accept holden, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the two leaved gates; and the gates shall not be shut;

These words were given to Isaiah past the Lord. They were written 200 years before Cyrus was built-in and yet they speak of God knowing Isaiah 2 centuries prior to Cyrus being formed in his mother's womb.  This does non suggest that Cyrus preexisted in whatsoever kind of spirit grade, but rather is a revelation of God'due south perfect foreknowledge.  Considering God is exterior the constraints of our time dimension, He is omnipresent and omniscient.  God knew that Cyrus would be built-in and He knew all things that would do.

The Foreknowledge of God

Recall, God's foreknowledge is all-seeing (all-knowing) and infallible (without error).  Our cognition is limited and subject field to error. Nevertheless, there is a type of foreknowledge we can take.  An example is having knowledge of a premeditated criminal offence—a law-breaking that is already planned merely has non notwithstanding been committed.  While this is a type of foreknowledge, it does not make the perpetrator a criminal prior to the crime, any more than God'southward noesis of Cyrus makes him a spirit being prior to his mother conceiving him.

Of course, man'due south foreknowledge is also fallible.  In our instance of the premeditated criminal offence, something could occur to cease the person from committing the crime.  God foreknowledge is infallible.  What He foreknows will come to pass.

And so again, in Jeremiah i:v when God says, "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, " it is non speaking of a pre-existant beingness, simply of God's foreknowledge to speak of things that are even so to come up into being equally if they already exist because they will, with all certainty, exist.

Testimony of God'due south Foreknowledge

Prophets spoke of God'due south foreknowledge:

Isa 42:ix  Behold, the sometime things have come to laissez passer, And new things I declare; Before they spring forth I tell yous of them.

Isa 46:ten  Declaring the end from the starting time, And from aboriginal times things that are not yet done, Maxim, 'My counsel shall stand, And I volition practise all My pleasure,'

Dan two:28  "Just there is a God in heaven who reveals secrets, and He has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar what will be in the latter days. Your dream, and the visions of your head upon your bed…

Jesus spoke of God's foreknowledge:

Matthew 24:36  But of that day and 60 minutes no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, but My Begetter but.

Paul of God's foreknowledge:

Rom iv:17  …God, who gives life to the expressionless and calls those things which practice non exist as though they did….

Conclusion

Praise be to God!  The 1 who knows all (omniscience), is ever present (omnipresent), is all powerful (omnipotent) and is all-skilful (omnibenevolent).

Psa 145:1  I volition extol You lot, my God, O King; And I will bless Your name forever and e'er.  Every 24-hour interval I will bless You, And I will praise Your name forever and e'er.   Peachy is the LORD, and profoundly to be praised; And His greatness is unsearchable.

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