"The first man was from the earth, and made of dust; the second man is from heaven. Like the man of dust, so are those who are of dust…And just as we have borne the image of the man made of dust, we will also bear the image of the heavenly man.” (1 Corinthians 15:47-49)
The Bible is perfectly rational and reasonable to me. God created the Universe and then set out to make humanity into His image. Jesus is the prototype and all humanity will eventually be made like Him…
The Bible is perfectly rational and reasonable to me. God created the Universe and then set out to make humanity into His image. Jesus is the prototype and all humanity will eventually be made like Him…
This "hope of glory" for humanity was kept a secret until revealed to the Apostle Paul…
“...the secret hidden for ages and generations but now revealed to His saints. God wanted to make known among the nations the glorious wealth of this secret, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory” (Colossians 1:27)
Satan tries to rob humanity of its greatest man, Christ Jesus. At the present time, Jesus is the only human being who has been made into the image of God, the rest of us are a work in progress - but we will eventually be like Jesus; united, holy, faultless and blameless.
"He has rescued us from the domain of darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of the Son He loves. We have redemption, the forgiveness of sins in Him. He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation...and through Him to reconcile everything to Himself by making peace through the blood of His cross - whether things on earth or things in heaven...He has reconciled you by His physical body through His death, to present you holy, faultless, and blameless before Him.” (Colossians 1:13-15, 20-22)
"...our citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ. He will transform the body of our humble condition into the likeness of His glorious body, by the power that enables Him to subject everything to Himself." (Philippians 3:20-21)
One day humanity we be united as a new creation with a glorious and sinless body. The eternal citizenship of humanity is destined to be in the New Heaven and New Earth - the Kingdom of God.
What God has begun, He will finish!
"Let us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness." (Genesis 1:26)
"I am sure of this, that He who started a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus." (Philippians 1:6)
"Dear friends, we are God's children now, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that when He appears, we will be like Him, because we will see Him as He is." (1 John 3:2)
"For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ, all will be made alive...so that God may be All in all." (1 Corinthians 15:22, 28)
"Let us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness." (Genesis 1:26)
"I am sure of this, that He who started a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus." (Philippians 1:6)
"Dear friends, we are God's children now, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that when He appears, we will be like Him, because we will see Him as He is." (1 John 3:2)
"For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ, all will be made alive...so that God may be All in all." (1 Corinthians 15:22, 28)