Well Todd, I hate to break it to you but I won't be your judge so you can deny the divinity of Jesus if you like and get some agreement from others but it won't change anything.
I have no idea what you are trying to say here?
I was just wondering how you understood Jesus.
I think I have been very clear how I understand Jesus, but just to make it clear I will re-state.
I beleive Jesus is the prophecied Messiah, the Christ the anointed one. He was sent by God to be the prefect example of man in complete submmision to the will of God. He was the perfect living embodiment of the Torah, God's perfect insturction and guidance for living. He was born of the virgin Mary, and lived a sinless life. He demonstrated the power of God through his miracles and prophecied that he would crucified.
He was crucified to pay the ransom for sin. He was not crucified to appease God. He was not crucified to save us form the wraith of God. He was crucified to save us from the curse of Sin. He was crucified to free us from the power of sin and death. We can walk in that freedom by faith in the here and now and be free form the power of sin. (I am not claiming that I have reached that level of faith where I no longer sin. However I know that when I put my full trust in God, I have experienced the power of Grace and how it frees us from power of sin.)
Jesus had the free will to not follow through the plan of God. He demonstrated he had a distinctly sepreate will from the Father when he prayed in the Garden for "this cup to pass", but demonstrated his complete submission and trust in God by stating "not my will, but your will be done." Everything that Jesus did in the Bible was not of his own power or ability but by the empowerment of the Spirit of God. He was the perfect example of all how we can all be used by God to demonstrate his power, love, grace and forgiveness.
Because of his obedience to God's plan of salvation, God elevated Jesus to Lord and Christ. God has delegated all authority and power to Jesus Christ. He will return and reign over the kingdom of God. When all things are eventually brought under submission to Christ, Jesus will turn the kingdom back over to God. Christ having fully reconciled all mankind to God will complete his mission as the messiah and God will become all in all.
Christ is the First born of the kingdom. He is the prototype of what we will all become in the ages to come. He is our example and teacher. He is our advocate before God. He has paid the price so that we can walk with and commune with God. Through faith in the work of Christ, I have a relationship with God, not based on my own merit, but because has chosen to robe with the righteousness of Christ. Because of my appreciation and love for God, who loved before I first loved him, I follow the commands of Christ and allow the Spirit of God to do good works through me. Those works are evidence of my faith as I am not able to earn my salvation apart from Christ.
Do you think there was a time in eternity before he existed?
I can't answer that because time is part of creation. There is no time in eternity. Did Jesus exist in the mind of God before God sent him to the earth? Yes. Does that mean Jesus was pre-existant? I can see some evidence in the bible that implies it is possible, but same as the idea that Jesus is God, I don't think it is important or curcial for salvation or faith.
Do you think he fully understands the Father?
Yes I believe Jesus fully understands the Father. He who has seen Jesus has seen the Father, becuase Jesus is the perfect representative of the Father.
So I have attempted to answere all your questions in good faith. I sincereley and humbly ask you to answer my question now.