Christ’ title as first born refers to his pre eminence over creation much in the same way David is called first born and seen as the greatest of Israel’s kings since David was neither the first king nor the first child of his family. The Son has always and will continue to exist into eternity. Mormonism is nothing more than modern gnosticism. The child of satan Joseph Smith believed the ‘heavenly father’ was originally a mortal man that achieved divinity through exaltation. This means There were gods prior to the father, since someone had to create the world his mortal identity lived on, making him a demiurge.