Proof That Those Who have Faith Are To Become Fully God
The following scripture shows up a very important fact: those who have faith are to fully enter the ranks of God in the new creation.
Book of Enoch 90
28 And I stood up to see till they folded up that old house; and carried off all the pillars, and all the beams and ornaments of the house were at the same time folded up with it, and they carried 29 it off and laid it in a place in the south of the land. And I saw till the Lord of the sheep brought a new house greater and loftier than that first, and set it up in the place of the first which had beer folded up: all its pillars were new, and its ornaments were new and larger than those of the first, the old one which He had taken away, and all the sheep were within it. 30 And I saw all the sheep which had been left, and all the beasts on the earth, and all the birds of the heaven, falling down and doing homage to those sheep and making petition to and obeying 31 them in every thing.
In as much as God only tolerates those who wear the title God being worshipped (this includes: The Father, Son, and Holy Ghost), from the above scripture, it is seen that those who have faith will actually become (fully) God - in light of the fact that God will allow others to worship them. (The scripture above corresponds to Revelation 21:1-2, 22-27.)
Note also the following reasoning:
John 10
31 Again the Jews picked up stones to stone him, 32 but Jesus said to them, “I have shown you many great miracles from the Father. For which of these do you stone me?”33 “We are not stoning you for any of these,” replied the Jews, “but for blasphemy, because you, a mere man, claim to be God.”34 Jesus answered them, “Is it not written in your Law, ‘I have said you are gods’? 35 If he called them ‘gods,’ to whom the word of God came–and the Scripture cannot be broken– 36 what about the one whom the Father set apart as his very own and sent into the world? Why then do you accuse me of blasphemy because I said, ‘I am God's Son’?
The scripture above indicates that someone who has faith is a god. You may look at this fact any number of ways. However, whichever way you look at it: a god has to be God, since there is only one God (Romans 3:29-30, 1 Timothy 2:5).
In the scripture above, Christ was effectively saying to the Jews, “Why do you say that I blaspheme when the scripture itself says that those who have faith are God? How much more God is the one whom the Father set apart as his very own and sent into the world?” The above interpretation is the only one that makes sense. If Christ did not consider a god to be God (albeit of a lower rank in the Godhead), why did He bring up the point of those having faith being a god, when replying to the charge of claiming to be God? If being a god is not the same as God, how is it germane for Christ to bring up the point that someone who has faith is a god, while defending Himself from the charge of claiming to be God?
Please note the following scriptures:
Isaiah 9
6 For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
John 17
20 “My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, 21 that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me. 22 I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one: 23 I in them and you in me. May they be brought to complete unity to let the world know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me.
Christ is called the Father in Isaiah 9:6 because The Father is in Christ and The Father and Christ are one. It follows that because God is in us and we are one with God, we may be called God.
Please note the following scripture:
2 Peter 1
3 His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness. 4 Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature and escape the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.
If someone who has faith participates in or partakes of (NASB translation) God’s divine nature, doesn’t that mean he behaves and have qualities like God? But what does the following scripture say?
Isaiah 25
18 To whom, then, will you compare God? What image will you compare him to?
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25 "To whom will you compare me? Or who is my equal?" says the Holy One. 26 Lift your eyes and look to the heavens: Who created all these? He who brings out the starry host one by one, and calls them each by name. Because of his great power and mighty strength, not one of them is missing.
Only God has God’s own qualities. It follows therefore if someone who has faith has God’s qualities, that person has to be God.
Please note the following scripture:
1 John 5
18 We know that anyone born of God does not continue to sin; the one who was born of God keeps him safe, and the evil one cannot harm him.
The scripture indicates that those who have faith are born of God. Does it not follow (as is confirmed in the scripture below) that just like a creature born of an owl is an owl, someone who is born of God is God?
Gospel of Philip
"A horse sires a horse, a man begets man, a god brings forth a god."
In fact, 1 John 5:18 indicates that we are born of God the same way Christ is born of God; and Romans 8:29 shows that we were predestined to be like Christ, who is to be the firstborn among many brothers.
The fact that someone who is born of God is actually God, is confirmed by the following scripture:
(RSV)
1 John 3
9 No one born of God commits sin; for God's nature abides in him, and he cannot sin because he is born of God.
Similar to what was shown in the section above, if someone who is born of God has God’s nature in him, that person behaves and haves qualities like God. Given the fact that only God has God's own qualities (Isaiah 25:18, 25-26), it follows that someone who is born of God (who has God's own qualities in him) has to be God.
Do you realize that the kingdom of God is not so much God’s kingdom, as it is the kingdom whose members are God?
I could go on and on, but I believe you see that there is ample proof that those who have faith really are God, and are destined to become fully God, and share in Christ’s glory (John 17:22) in the new creation. (See here for more information on the Godhood of Man.)
Book of Enoch 90
28 And I stood up to see till they folded up that old house; and carried off all the pillars, and all the beams and ornaments of the house were at the same time folded up with it, and they carried 29 it off and laid it in a place in the south of the land. And I saw till the Lord of the sheep brought a new house greater and loftier than that first, and set it up in the place of the first which had beer folded up: all its pillars were new, and its ornaments were new and larger than those of the first, the old one which He had taken away, and all the sheep were within it. 30 And I saw all the sheep which had been left, and all the beasts on the earth, and all the birds of the heaven, falling down and doing homage to those sheep and making petition to and obeying 31 them in every thing.
In as much as God only tolerates those who wear the title God being worshipped (this includes: The Father, Son, and Holy Ghost), from the above scripture, it is seen that those who have faith will actually become (fully) God - in light of the fact that God will allow others to worship them. (The scripture above corresponds to Revelation 21:1-2, 22-27.)
Note also the following reasoning:
John 10
31 Again the Jews picked up stones to stone him, 32 but Jesus said to them, “I have shown you many great miracles from the Father. For which of these do you stone me?”33 “We are not stoning you for any of these,” replied the Jews, “but for blasphemy, because you, a mere man, claim to be God.”34 Jesus answered them, “Is it not written in your Law, ‘I have said you are gods’? 35 If he called them ‘gods,’ to whom the word of God came–and the Scripture cannot be broken– 36 what about the one whom the Father set apart as his very own and sent into the world? Why then do you accuse me of blasphemy because I said, ‘I am God's Son’?
The scripture above indicates that someone who has faith is a god. You may look at this fact any number of ways. However, whichever way you look at it: a god has to be God, since there is only one God (Romans 3:29-30, 1 Timothy 2:5).
In the scripture above, Christ was effectively saying to the Jews, “Why do you say that I blaspheme when the scripture itself says that those who have faith are God? How much more God is the one whom the Father set apart as his very own and sent into the world?” The above interpretation is the only one that makes sense. If Christ did not consider a god to be God (albeit of a lower rank in the Godhead), why did He bring up the point of those having faith being a god, when replying to the charge of claiming to be God? If being a god is not the same as God, how is it germane for Christ to bring up the point that someone who has faith is a god, while defending Himself from the charge of claiming to be God?
Please note the following scriptures:
Isaiah 9
6 For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
John 17
20 “My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, 21 that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me. 22 I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one: 23 I in them and you in me. May they be brought to complete unity to let the world know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me.
Christ is called the Father in Isaiah 9:6 because The Father is in Christ and The Father and Christ are one. It follows that because God is in us and we are one with God, we may be called God.
Please note the following scripture:
2 Peter 1
3 His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness. 4 Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature and escape the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.
If someone who has faith participates in or partakes of (NASB translation) God’s divine nature, doesn’t that mean he behaves and have qualities like God? But what does the following scripture say?
Isaiah 25
18 To whom, then, will you compare God? What image will you compare him to?
.
.
.
25 "To whom will you compare me? Or who is my equal?" says the Holy One. 26 Lift your eyes and look to the heavens: Who created all these? He who brings out the starry host one by one, and calls them each by name. Because of his great power and mighty strength, not one of them is missing.
Only God has God’s own qualities. It follows therefore if someone who has faith has God’s qualities, that person has to be God.
Please note the following scripture:
1 John 5
18 We know that anyone born of God does not continue to sin; the one who was born of God keeps him safe, and the evil one cannot harm him.
The scripture indicates that those who have faith are born of God. Does it not follow (as is confirmed in the scripture below) that just like a creature born of an owl is an owl, someone who is born of God is God?
Gospel of Philip
"A horse sires a horse, a man begets man, a god brings forth a god."
In fact, 1 John 5:18 indicates that we are born of God the same way Christ is born of God; and Romans 8:29 shows that we were predestined to be like Christ, who is to be the firstborn among many brothers.
The fact that someone who is born of God is actually God, is confirmed by the following scripture:
(RSV)
1 John 3
9 No one born of God commits sin; for God's nature abides in him, and he cannot sin because he is born of God.
Similar to what was shown in the section above, if someone who is born of God has God’s nature in him, that person behaves and haves qualities like God. Given the fact that only God has God's own qualities (Isaiah 25:18, 25-26), it follows that someone who is born of God (who has God's own qualities in him) has to be God.
Do you realize that the kingdom of God is not so much God’s kingdom, as it is the kingdom whose members are God?
I could go on and on, but I believe you see that there is ample proof that those who have faith really are God, and are destined to become fully God, and share in Christ’s glory (John 17:22) in the new creation. (See here for more information on the Godhood of Man.)
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