It is crucial whether Jesus is alive still today having risen from the dead. It puts preexistence into the background because it is clear that a risen Jesus alive today is not gonna die tomorrow and let us all down. Yes a preexistent Jesus made before anything else was made by the Father is immense in authority but some cannot accept it. However, two thousand years alive! Might as well be ten thousand years. It means He truly IS. Not just was. Not just is. Not just will be tomorrow. He IS. Just like the Father IS. And it means Jesus is the Son of God forever. Not sinless today, fallen tomorrow. Not like an AA member happy to be drink free for a month of year. This is eternal. Eternally a son. Like He says “a slave has no permanent place in the household but a son abides in it forever”. Dependable to save us, eternally. So do you believe all this is true, that Jesus IS? Believe!
