You just don’t get t. The Bible DOES NOT state ANYWHERE within hundreds of Messianic prophecies in the OT that Jesus is the Messiah. Yet, nevertheless, these Messianic prophecies still exist and hundreds of them are recognized by the world of Christianity.
And here is another part of the Bible that says, “
a man” and it clearly refers to all mankind.
Matthew 19:3-5
3 “The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?
4 And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female,
5 And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?”
This passage above is not referring to just one singular man alone like a specific person only like say, “Bob” and nobody else, but it is referring to all of mankind. So you cannot use this excuse to undo Revelation 13:18.
Somebody can say the same thing if they asked you to show them Messianic prophecies.
There is no specific verse that flat out says that Christ made pre-incarnate appearances, but yet they exist.