I love this quote from Brother Waggoner who was truly in Christ when he wrote 'Christ and His righteousness' just after the meeting in Minneapolis MN in 1888. Many people who believe Waggoner was anti-trinitarian by writing this statement do not know the complexities of what is being said.

Mrs White, just after the Minneapolis general conference in 1888, is quoted as saying that Jones and Waggoner where sent by God in 1888, and scolded the leaders of our Church for not embracing them, so this is one of the most important writings in our church's history. Written at the peak of the Spirit led manifestations of God's grace through Mr Waggoner.

"The Scriptures declare that Christ is "the only begotten son of God." He is begotten, not created. As to when He was begotten, it is not for us to inquire, nor could our minds grasp it if we were told. The prophet Micah tells us all that we can know about it, in these words: "But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall He come forth unto Me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from the days of eternity." Micah 5:2, margin. There was a time when Christ proceeded forth and came from God, from the bosom of the Father (John 8:42; 1:18), but that time was so far back in the days of eternity that to finite comprehension it is practically without beginning."

Jesus came from the Father, which IS a form of birth. The seed of God manifested for angels and men with every bit the same authority as the Father because He is His Son in perfection.
The heir apparent.

After Jesus was born of the Father, and He created the foundations of everything for the Father, I believe God gave us another glimpse that lets us peer in as far as God will allow on the origins of His divine Son. It shows us the revelation of the earthy body and persona of the minister from the Highest Heaven, Christ Jesus in human form before He came to earth to become a man.

The vision was given to Mrs White at the beginning of her ministry and it is recorded in Early Writings.

"Sorrow filled heaven as it was realized that man was lost and that the world which God had created was to be filled with mortals doomed to misery, sickness, and death, and that there was no way of escape for the offender. The whole family of Adam must die. I then saw the lovely Jesus and beheld an expression of sympathy and sorrow upon His countenance. Soon I saw Him approach the exceeding bright light which enshrouded the Father. Said my accompanying angel, “He is in close converse with His Father.” The anxiety of the angels seemed to be intense while Jesus was communing with His Father. Three times He was shut in by the glorious light about the Father, and the third time He came from the Father ("from the bosom of the Father" John 8:42; 1:18) we could see His person. His countenance was calm, free from all perplexity and trouble, and shone with a loveliness which words cannot describe. He then made known to the angelic choir that a way of escape had been made for lost man; that He had been pleading with His Father, and had obtained permission to give His own life as a ransom for the race, to bear their sins, and take the sentence of death upon Himself, thus opening a way whereby they might, through the merits of His blood, find pardon for past transgressions, and by obedience be brought back to the garden from which they were driven. Then they could again have access to the glorious, immortal fruit of the tree of life to which they had now forfeited all right." {EW 126.1}

"...Paul to the Colossians. Speaking of Christ as the One through whom we have redemption, he describes Him as the One "who is the image of the invisible God, the first-born of every creature; for by Him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers; all things were created by Him, and for Him; and He is before all things, and by Him all things consist." Col. 1:15-17.
This wonderful text should be carefully studied and often contemplated. It leaves not a thing in the universe that Christ did not create. He made everything in heaven, and Christ And His Righteousness. everything on earth; He made everything that can be seen, and everything that cannot be seen; the thrones and dominions, and the principalities and the powers in heaven, all depend upon Him for existence. And as He is before all things, and their Creator, so by Him do all things consist or hold together. This is equivalent to what is said in Heb. 1:3, that He upholds all things by the word of His power. It was by a word that the heavens were made; and that same word
holds them in their place, and preserves them from
destruction."

EJ Waggoner, Christ and His Righteousness.

Would there be a need for a 'Christ' if there were no one to worship His Father? When He created men in His image, He also made a way of escaping the second death for anyone who would sin. Since He is the 'Lamb who was slain from the foundation of the world' He created the plan of salvation and the title and position of 'Christ', He did not create Himself.