THE DESTINY OF MAN: HIS DEIFICATION. MAN, BORN IN THE IMAGE AND LIKENESS OF GOD, IS PREDESTINED TO DEIFICATION, TRANSFORMATION OF HIMSELF IN THE IMAGE OF JESUS CHRIST, OUR REDEEMER. AS CHRIST, MAN IS FORMED BY A PART CREATED - THE BODY - AND A PART UNCREATED - THE SOUL, WHICH IS ETERNAL - COMING DIRECTLY FROM GOD. ( GENESIS : GOD BREATHED INTO HIS NOSSTRILS HIS SOUL, THE BREATH OF LIFE... ) . MAN IS THE IMAGE AND LIKENESS OF GOD BECAUSE HE HAS THE UNCREATED AND ETERNAL SOUL OF GOD. AS THE MAN ALSO POSSESSES THE BODY, IT IS PREDESTINED TO HIS DEIFICATION BECAUSE IT IS IN IMAGE AND LIKENESS OF JESUS, THE PROTOTYPE OF MAN. HERE IS THE REASON WHY, SINCE ANCIENT TIMES, MANY MEN THOUGHT THEMSELVES GOD, ASPIRING TO IMMORTALITY, AS THEY PERCEIVED THE DEIFICATION AND IMMORTALITY OF THEIR SOULS. AS ALWAYS THE MAN IS LOOKING FOR GOD THROUGH DIFFERENT RELIGION. HE IS LIKE A CHILD WHO HAS LOST HIS MOM. DESPERATE AND SUFFERING HE WANDERS ALL AROUND HIM TO FIND HIS SOURCE OF LIFE : HIS MOTHER. ONLY WHEN HE FINDS HER THE CHILD REGAIN PEACE AND JOY OF LIVING. THE SOUL OF MAN IS LIKE THIS BABY, IT IS RESTLESS AND SUFFERING BECAUSE IT IS DETACHED FROM ITS SOURCE OF LIFE : GOD. ONLY WHEN THE SOUL WILL MEET AGAIN ITS SOURCE OF LIFE, IT WILL REGAIN ITS PEACE AND JOY OF LIVING.
Posted on: Thu, 29 Aug 2013 08:43:42 +0000
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