of chronology, that he was before his incarnation, but is also qualitative, the one who was incarnated as Jesus of Nazareth is eternally existent as deity. There is a danger in presenting Christ’s preexistence in a way that denigrates or denies Jesus’ real and full humanity. This has occurred often enough in the history of the doctrine to encourage others to shy away from the doctrine altogether, but it lacks any biblical justification. The clear witness of the New Testament writers is that the preexistent