Theosis

THEOSIS: PARTAKERS OF DIVINITY WITH GOD
PROF. M. M. NINAN
godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to
Christ. But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtlety, so your minds should
be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.”
similar to the Adam Eve in the garden of Eden
.[2 Cor. 11:2-4] Thus Paul indicates that the situation is
In the writing to the Church in Rome,Paul writes, "Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the
law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead,
that we should bring forth fruit unto God" .[Romans 7] Here, Paul seems to suggest that the Church is to be
married to Jesus Christ of Nazareth, who was raised from the dead.
The portion in Revelation 19:7-10 describing the marriage scene in which the Bridegroom makes His Bride
His wife, is worthy of full consideration. A woman, of course, only becomes a wife on the completion of her
marriage to the man to whom she has been engaged or espoused. In this age of Grace, the church is the
affianced Bride of Christ. At the marriage of the Lamb, she becomes His wedded wife (Ephesians 5:22, 23; 2
Corinthians 11:2).
What it means in terms of trinity is that the believers form part of the family of
Jesus. Do we become a god alongside of the Son. Not necessarily in terms
of the essence but in terms of power, position and authority yes. This is
similar to the adoption concept. Here it is presented as marriage which is
deeper than adoption.
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