Jesus never said he was returning or going back to God, as many mistranslate the Greek here.
https://thehumanjesus.org/2022/10/07/jesus-came-from-god-john-133/
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General Jesus "came from God" explained
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Jesus did not come from Adam. God created the soul of Jesus, his body and human spirit, in the womb of Mary. Jesus was born of God, not of this creation.
I would say he came from Adam in the sense he is from Mary but he was created via holy spirit just as Adam was. Jesus is called the Second Adam. I believe it is because they were miraculously made via holy spirit vs. part of the "regular" human race - they were each the start of something new.
God is the creator of souls, the union of body an human spirit as shown in Adam's creation. All human spirits go back to God at death and without a body cannot operate. The virgin birth via Mary, who was dust, eliminated the normal role of the human male. Both Adams were created with dust and breath, so are all souls. Jesus was a soul, body and Human spirit Designed by God to be the messiah.
I agree - all living beings are a soul. We don't HAVE a soul - we ARE a soul.
Into your hands I commend my spirit. Just as all human spirits go back to God who gave them so did the spirit of Jesus; could this be what was ment by going to God?
Perhaps Jesus was referring to his human spirit, which is what we really are, he did say, Father into your hands I commit my spirit. Luke 23:46 and Ecclesiastes 12:7. In this sense we all go to heaven because it is our human spirit God works with. Our human spirit is completely and totally inoperative without our body. It takes the union of body and spirit to have a soul. Ecclesiastes 9:5. Psalm 115:17. Psalm 146:4. Psalm 104:33. Isaiah 38:19
Jesus was the first human of a new creation or Genesis 2. Adam is the old creation Genesis 1. Jesus is called the second Adam. Adam 1 was made from dust and God breathed life into that dust and made a human soul. Adam 2 was also made from the dust of the ground, Mary, and God breathed into him life, Jesus was a human soul. The virgin birth was to separate Jesus from Adam else Jesus would be a descendant of Adam and under the death sentence we are all under. In Jesus was no sin, this could not be said of him if he was from Adam. This in no way denies the humanity of Jesus, the new man Paul spoke of that we must “put on”. Romans 13:14. 2 Corinthians 5:17. Ephesians 4:24. Romans 6:6. Jesus was not of this world, not of this creation. John 8:23. 1 Corinthians 15:45-48.