According to your theology, when was Jesus created?
My theology?
I believe what is written in the Bible is what theology is.
We should not add or remove anything from it.
We should not make assumptions, suppositions and wrong conclusions.
The Bible and the words therein are the words of the Almighty God and should not be subjected to any private interpretations whatsoever.
If we need clarity, another translation with a much simpler worded version ought to be used if ever needed.
Matthew 1:18-25 New International Version (NIV)
This is how the birth of Jesus the Messiah came about: His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit. Because Joseph her husband was faithful to the law, and yet did not want to expose her to public disgrace, he had in mind to divorce her quietly.
But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.”
All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: “The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel” (which means “God with us”).
When Joseph woke up, he did what the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took Mary home as his wife. But he did not consummate their marriage until she gave birth to a son. And he gave him the name Jesus.
Did he exist before he was born in Bethlehem?
If your question is with regards to his physical existence, I have to say NO.
If your question is with regards to his spiritual existence, again I have to say NO.
If your question is with regards to the plan of God about Jesus then we have to read this in the Bible, not from anyone’s naughty conclusions
John 1:1-3
Moffatt
(i) 1 THE Logos existed in the very beginning, the Logos was with God, the Logos was divine. 2 He was with God in the very beginning: 3 through him all existence came into being, no existence came into being apart from him.
Logos (
UK:
/ˈloʊɡɒs, ˈlɒɡɒs/,
US:
/ˈloʊɡoʊs/;
Ancient Greek:
λόγος,
romanized:
lógos; from
λέγω,
légō,
lit. 'I say') is a term in
Western philosophy,
psychology,
rhetoric, and
religion derived from a Greek word variously meaning "ground", "plea", "opinion", "expectation",
"word", "speech", "account", "reason", "proportion", and "discourse". It became a technical term in
Western philosophy beginning with
Heraclitus (
c. 535 – c. 475 BC), who used the term for a principle of order and knowledge.
Logos - Wikipedia
If so, who was he before?
Christ is Christ.
Hebrews 13:8 King James Version (KJV)
Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.
Now your question is about who was Christ before he became man? I have to say, he was the God's promised savior.
Acts 13:23 New International Version (NIV)
“From this man’s descendants God has brought to Israel the Savior Jesus, as he promised.
The Logos [the Word] which is the plan of God about Christ. God always had Christ in mind, in every creation, in every event which Israel experienced and what the prophets wrote.
John 5:39 Easy-to-Read Version (ERV)
You carefully study the Scriptures. You think that they give you eternal life. These same Scriptures tell about me!
Did he have a pre-existence? None.
But Christ was already mentioned in the Scriptures even before he was born.
He was mentioned even before Abraham was born.
He is the reason why everything in universe was created by the Almighty God.
Colossians 1:16 Expanded Bible (EXB)
·Through his power [L In him; or By him] all things were created [John 1:3; Heb. 1:2]—things in heaven and on earth, things seen and unseen, all ·powers [or heavenly authorities; L thrones], ·authorities [dominions; kingdoms], ·lords [rulers], and ·rulers [authorities; C these four may refer to angelic hierarchies, or to earthly and heavenly rulers]. All things were created through Christ and for Christ.
