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Originally Posted by Unregistered
I accept that the phrase "God became man to make man god" does not occur in the Bible, Ohio, but what would yourself make of man and his destiny in the universe? Does it really seem entirely implausible to you that at some level (and there is Scripture to support this view) God desires men to receive His 'own' actual, divine, and eternal life, that they might assume His nature (as legitimate sons ought to), and share His glory?
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The question I have is whether this is truly some desire of God clearly revealed, or it is an over-reading of one or two references that are contextually limited in application.
Does the creation of man to bear his image and live on the earth in the way that was depicted in the limited description in Genesis actually get swept aside as "not it" by one or two references about being glorified and receiving the life of Christ when those references are not given an overall/universal application? Or are those references more about become what we were made to be before the fall? Not something entirely different.