The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints In ways similar to the way Orthodox Christianity views the preexistence of Christ, the belief is that the Christ that was born on this Earth is same Son of God or the Word who existed before this world. However, He is seen as having been created by God the Father. This is because within The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints the Trinity is seen as three separate beings, each with their own bodies and personage. In reference to the doctrine of John 1:15-18, the belief continues that the God who is worshipped in the Old Testament, the Great Jehovah, is the same being who is the Son of God. During this time before Earth life, He was speaking as a representative of God the Father, which is why in some instances He refers to Himself as God the Father. This was a customary practice in Jewish culture for a representative to speak as the master in the master ’ s place. Though this scripture makes the assertion that no man has seen God the Father it is believed within the Latter-day Saint community that God the Father and God the Son were in the presence of Adam and Eve whilst they were in the Garden of Eden. As well as was seen by Joseph Smith in what believer refer to as the Sacred Grove in New York in 1820 in an event commonly referred to as the First URL URL In Eastern Orthodox theology, the Old Testament title Ancient of Days, signifying God ’ s eternal and uncreated nature, is commonly held to identify the pre-existence of God the Son. Most of the eastern Church Fathers who comment on the passage in Daniel (7:9-10, 13-14 ) interpreted the elderly figure as a prophetic revelation of the Son before his physical incarnation. As such, Eastern Christian art will sometimes portray Jesus Christ as an old man, the Ancient of Days, to show symbolically that he existed from all eternity, and sometimes as a young man, or wise baby, to portray him as he was incarnate. This iconography emerged in the 6th century, mostly in the Eastern Empire with elderly images, although usually not properly or specifically identified as "the Ancient of Days."Cartlidge and Elliott, 69-72
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints In ways similar to the way Orthodox Christianity views the preexistence of Christ, the belief is that the Christ that was born on this Earth is same Son of God or the Word who existed before this world. However, He is seen as having been created by God the Father. This is because within The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints the Trinity is seen as three separate beings, each with their own bodies and personage. In reference to the doctrine of John 1:15-18, the belief continues that the God who is worshipped in the Old Testament, the Great Jehovah, is the same being who is the Son of God. During this time before Earth life, He was speaking as a representative of God the Father, which is why in some instances He refers to Himself as God the Father. This was a customary practice in Jewish culture for a representative to speak as the master in the master ' s place. Though this scripture makes the assertion that no man has seen God the Father it is believed within the Latter-day Saint community that God the Father and God the Son were in the presence of Adam and Eve whilst they were in the Garden of Eden. As well as was seen by Joseph Smith in what believer refer to as the Sacred Grove in New York in 1820 in an event commonly referred to as the First URL URL In Eastern Orthodox theology, the Old Testament title Ancient of Days, signifying God ' s eternal and uncreated nature, is commonly held to identify the pre-existence of God the Son. Most of the eastern Church Fathers who comment on the passage in Daniel (7:9-10, 13–14 ) interpreted the elderly figure as a prophetic revelation of the Son before his physical incarnation. As such, Eastern Christian art will sometimes portray Jesus Christ as an old man, the Ancient of Days, to show symbolically that he existed from all eternity, and sometimes as a young man, or wise baby, to portray him as he was incarnate. This iconography emerged in the 6th century, mostly in the Eastern Empire with elderly images, although usually not properly or specifically identified as "the Ancient of Days."Cartlidge and Elliott, 69-72
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