Theosis and the Second Coming
Theosis has eschatological implications which are seldom addressed. Christ is returning. and his parousia (literally presence, but usually mistranslated as "coming") will be bodily. But his body has changed. We are his body. Is the man-sized form of Jesus of Nazareth the central part of his return, or does it have something to do with a divine manifestation of him throughout his whole body, a body of millions and millions of members, a body which covers the earth, which he longs and prays for to become more and more perfect, more holy, manifesting him more clearly, for the purpose of ultimately bringing in everyone?
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Geo
posted by Geo at 7:09 AM
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When I read this article something leaps within me. I wonder if that was what Elizabeth felt.
Is there a Seed of divinity with in us? A Seed that has not yet bore the fullness of what it is meant to be.
There is a loneliness that sometimes I experience that I wonder if it can ever be filled until all around me expereince the hope that seems to lie within me.
Is that why I so look forward to our simple times of sharing life because it isn't just life...it's LIFE.
I have left the institution but that was only the beginning. There is so much more to embrace and I can't even put into words what my heart wants to say....yet.
Sometimes I feel as if I am rambling....not yet able to verbalize that of which I am but catching a glimpse.
I think that I long for the day when I experiece the same oneness with all around me that I experience when you and Bruce & I gather together....it is an unconditional acceptance....a recognition of the identity of the other and a deep realiztion that the identity has the spark of the divine.
I am willing to grant that acceptance to others but yet unable to feel as though it is reciprocated...thus the feelings of lonliness. Does that make any sence?
Maybe that is why I so hate theological debates so much. What I long for can't come intellectually or through intellectual agreement. It must come from a different tree, a tree that's want to grow from a purer Seed.
Man, I love what this article is saying. Thanks so much George. I really needed this.
Does that make any sence?
Steve,
It make all the sense in the world! This Gospel is revealing more and more of Christ in the world and it will fill the WHOLE EARTH!
Peace
Geo
Amen George.
"This Gospel is revealing more and more of Christ in the world and it will fill the WHOLE EARTH!"
....and it is Christ in US that is this hope.
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