Question

Do you believe that Christ, as He exist now, is a material being?  If so, do you believe that before He was incarnate He also existed as a material being?

Answer

The answer to the first question is, yes, but not a material being as you know it, or I know it, because there is a "body of resurrection" 1 Corinthians 15 again.  There is a "body of resurrection," there is one kind of body, and another kind of body, and another kind of body, and another kind of body.  And there is a body of birds, and a body of animals, and a body of resurrection.  He [Jesus] said, "I am not a spirit, you see the flesh and bones that I have."  He went through the wall and yet He was there and they could see Him and touch Him and feel Him and all that.  So, He has a supernatural body, which is a visible body--I do not believe He possessed that before the incarnation.  I think "a body Thou hast prepared Me," He says in Hebrews.  "A body Thou hast prepared Me."  So, I don't think He entered into that body until His incarnation and then fully became the Incarnate Christ and now is the glorified Christ--Son of Man, Son of God!