In the Talmud, the great compendium of Jewish legal thought and discussion, we read of various things that pre-exist the creation of the world. God’s wisdom and Torah (instruction) are said to pre-exist creation. The Talmud also states that in some sense the Messiah pre-exists the creation (Pes. 54 a Pesikta Rab 1526). In some way, the Messiah was part of God—uncreated. Yet we know the Messiah has an independent reality apart from God. Let’s turn to the pages of
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