THE CURRENT TEACHING OF THE MORMON CHURCH:
Everyone pre-existed.
"In the first stage, man was an eternally existent being termed an intelligence. In that sphere of existence each individual was naturally conscious…when we completed our work in that realm and were permitted to go forward in the eternal process of progression…The next realm where man dwelt was the spirit world."
The Gospel Through the Ages, Milton Hunter, Pg.127
The Gospel Through the Ages, Milton Hunter, Pg.127
WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS ABOUT PRE-EXISTING:
1. ONLY CHRIST PRE-EXISTED, NOT MAN
| Affirmed in the Old Testament | Psa 2:7 |
| Confirmed by Christ… | Jhn 8:58 |
| Proclaimed by apostle | Col 1:17 |
2. MAN WAS CREATED
| Created by God. | Gen 1:26-27 |
| Formed of dust | Gen 2:7 |
| First man of the earth | 1Cr 15:46 |
3. MAN's SPIRIT DID NOT ALWAYS EXIST
| All things created by Jesus | Col 1:16-17 |
| Without him, nothing was made | Jhn 1:3-4 |
| Of him, through him, and to him all things were made | Rom 11:34-36 |