Life Before Birth - Begotten Again

There are several verses in the scriptures which refer to being born again or being reborn, but many of those are assumed to be talking about a second spiritual birth after the first mortal birth here on earth. However, the phrase to be reborn or born again in and of itself does not put a number on the times that we have been born or the types of birth. This allows for the question, if mortal birth wasn't our first birth, is there evidence in scripture that we were born before our mortal birth? The answer is yes and here is one example:

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again (1 Peter 1:3)

To beget means to procreate or generate offspring as the father. Our mortal birth by God was a creation not a begetting. God did not beget our mortal body, our earthly fathers did. In this verse Peter is saying that God the Father has begotten them again, which requires that He has begotten them before.

God the Father has begotten us before, before our mortal birth. He has begotten our spirits. Our spirits are the offspring of God. We are his literal children. Everyone who has been born on earth was first born of God. Here we have the opportunity to choose to be born again and accept Him as our Father.