Before he became incarnated as Jesus, he eternally existed as the Word of the father, also equally Yahweh!
first thanks for the reply, second, well Jesus is the only God, so he is Jesus before his incarnation in flesh. but he is the Father, hence equally.
May I say this. in the beginning "God", STOP. God here is a plurality of ONE, but his plurality was not in the beginning, but was to come in the fulness of time, Romans 5:14 "Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam's transgression,
who is the figure of him that was to come." and in Galatians 4:4 "But
when the fulness of the time was come,
God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,". here is when God is a plurality of himself in flesh. and this is bored out in Philippians 2:6 "
Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God:" this is why I asked how are you using the term "WITH". because "with" define that Jesus is the Father which is the "EQUAL" SHARE of himself in flesh as the "Son is confirmed in the scriptures. hence the ordinal First, JESUS, LORD, CREATOR, and MAKER of all things was "ALONE", no separate person was "
with" him in the beginning. and as the ordinal Last, or the Last Adam, Jesus, Lord is REDEEMER, and SAVIOUR of all things. see the difference in the term "WITH?"
remember at John 1:1 in his incarnation in flesh, this, and only then did God revealed himself as a plurality, or the Equal "SHARE" of himself in flesh.
for the WORD was "WITH", meaning the same one person is identified as a plurality of his "ownself" only he is now diversified in flesh as the equal share ... "WITH" God. and bible, the scriptures back this up. just as in John 1:1c, "and the
Word was God." he Jesus the word is GOD himself only shared in flesh. and note, it's only ONE GOD. so before God, the Father, the ordinal First became the ordinal last, by taking on flesh and blood was without flesh and blood in the beginning, the same-self one Spirit.
so the term "with" reveals the same one person as God in time and place. Father, ordinal First Genesis 1:1, and Son, ordinal Last John 1:1.
hope that clarify what I was asking about. and thanks for your reply and question.
PICJAG