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.
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.
GEN. l:26.—Man was created spiritually first; for
GEN. 2:5.—There was not a man to till the ground.
P. of G. P. Moses 3:5.—All things, man included, were created spiritually before they were in the earth.
3. Man is in the Physical Image of God—for man is in the same form as Jesus, and Jesus is in the "express image" of the Father.