Human Destiny!
Have you given much thought to Human Destiny? Have you thought about your personal destiny?
Human Destiny beyond this life might be quite hard for you to believe, however, you
don't have to take anyone's word for it. Just study the subject for
yourself and you will see what incredible destiny mankind has
available. This is something that very few people in the world
know or believe, yet it is absolutely true.
Traditional religion has always taught that God is trying to
save people's "souls" so they can go to heaven. If you ask
others what exactly this really means for us as individuals, you
rarely receive a satisfactory answer. This is because most people
don't really know what it means let alone having truly
proven that it is a future reality.
What does the Bible really say about mankind's destiny?
The plain facts tell us that God is doing nothing short of
building a family of like beings that will exist on the same
plane of existence as God does. In other words, God is
reproducing His nature and eternal existence through us. Sound
incredible? It IS incredible. Let's take a look at the flow
of this incredible revelation and allow Christ Himself to tell us
this truth. Once you have reviewed the following scriptures, you
will plainly see the truth.
- Genesis 1:26-27 "Then God said, Let Us make man in
Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion
over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the
cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that
creeps on the earth. 27 So God created man in His [own] image;
in the image of God He created him; male and female He created
them." (NKJV throughout)
God plainly states here that they, the Father and Someone Else, NOT the "Trinity"), created mankind in THEIR image
and likeness.
- Genesis 5:1-2 "This is the book of the genealogy of
Adam. In the day that God created man, He made him in the
likeness of God. 2 He created them male and female, and blessed
them and called them Mankind in the day they were
created."
God claims to have an actual form and shape. This can be
verified in the following incomplete list of scriptures:
- Back parts: Exodus 33:23.
- Eyes: Amos 9:8.
- Ears: Isaiah 5:9, 59:1, James 5:4.
- Nose: Job 4:9, Isaiah 65:5.
- Mouth: Isaiah 1:20, Micah 4:4, Matthew 4:4, Job 40:9.
- Voice: Exodus 19:19.
- Face: Genesis 19:13, 1 Samuel 26:20.
- Arms and hands: Job 40:9, Psalms 44:3, 77:15, 89:10+21, 136:12,
- Jeremiah 21:5.
- Finger: Exodus 8:19, 31:18, Deut. 9:10, Luke 11:20.
- Feet: Nahum 1:3, Zechariah 14:4, Revelation 1:15-16.
- Inward parts: Isaiah 16:11.
Seems like a lot of wasted words to describe God if God doesn't
really have any of the features mentioned, doesn't it? Why would God describe Himself in man's image if He did not have any of these features?
- Matthew 18:10 "Take heed that you do not despise one of
these little ones, for I say to you that in heaven their
angels always see the face of My Father who is in
heaven."
- John 5:37 "And the Father Himself, who sent Me, has
testified of Me. You have neither heard His voice at any time,
nor seen His form."
Christ here indicates that God has a voice and shape. We also
understand that Christ is the son of God, and was raised a spirit
being and given the same position and glory He previously had
with the Father before he came to this earth:
- John 17:5 "And now, O Father, glorify Me together with
Yourself, with the glory which I had with You before the world
was." (See John 1:1-14)
- 1 Corinthians 15:45 "And so it is written, The first man
Adam became a living being. The last Adam (Christ) [became] a
life-giving spirit."
Jesus Christ was resurrected as a "life-giving"
spirit being. He actually returned to the same glorified state as
before his incarnation. Christ IS God;
- Hebrews 1:8 "But to the Son [He (the Father) says:] Your (Christ's)
throne, O God, (Christ) [is] forever and ever; A scepter of
righteousness [is] the scepter of Your Kingdom."
He is on the God plane of existence. That is what makes His
life so valuable as payment for mankind's sins. The whole
Christian world understands this and believes this.
- Romans 8:29 "For whom He foreknew, He also
predestined [to be] conformed to the image of His Son, that
He might be the firstborn among many brethren."
What does Christ look like?
- Rev 1:14 His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire;
:16 and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength.
Here is our first taste of exactly where we are headed. We
are being conformed to the IMAGE of CHRIST, that Christ may be
the FIRST born again of MANY others LIKE HIM.
- 1 John 3:2 "Beloved, now we are children of God; and it
has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that
when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see
Him as He is."
- 2 Peter 1:4 "By which have been given to us exceedingly
great and precious promises, that through these you MAY BE ( yet
future) partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the
corruption [that is] in the world through lust."
- Philippians 3:21 "Who will transform our lowly body
that it may be conformed to His GLORIOUS body, according to
the working by which He is able even to subdue all things to
Himself."
- Hebrews 2:10 "For it was fitting for Him, (Christ) for
whom [are] all things and by whom [are] all things, in
bringing many sons to GLORY, to make the captain of their
salvation perfect through sufferings."
- Dan 12:3 "And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament;
and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever."
- Matt 13:43 "Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their
Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear."
The same kind of spirit Christ IS, is the same kind of spirit
WE will become at the resurrection. Since it is accepted that
Christ is GOD, on the God plane, then what other conclusion can
you draw from these plain scriptures? On top of this, add the
following:
Revelation 3:9 "Indeed I will make [those] of the
synagogue of Satan, who say they are (spiritual) Jews
(Christians) and are not, but lie -- indeed I will make them
come and worship before your feet, and to know that I have
loved you."
How is it that God Himself tells us that there will be
physical people on this earth, during the Millennium, that will
actually WORSHIP before the feet of the resurrected saints? Since
God alone is worthy of worship, what can this possibly be saying?
As resurrected beings (changed from a physical state to a
spiritual state of existence), and being fashioned by the hand of
Christ Himself into the very image of Himself, then WE
obviously become literal SONS and DAUGHTERS of the living God,
existing on the same plane as a part of the God
"family."
Sound like blasphemy? Sound impossible? WHY? Because you have
always been told something else. Have you actually studied to
PROVE those things which you have been told are true? Satan
doesn't want you to comprehend this truth because He
can't stand the idea of OUR being more powerful and glorified
than he could ever become. He will do anything to prevent mankind
from learning this truth, even promoting a False Religious System that keeps
people ignorant of the truth.
John 20:17 "Jesus said to her, Do not cling to Me, for I
have not yet ascended to My Father; but go to My brethren and say
to them, I am ascending to MY Father and YOUR Father, and [to]
MY God and YOUR God."
You can see that Christ plainly
tells us that God is our Father and God as He is Christ's
Father and God. There are many other scriptures that build on
this truth which you will have to examine for yourself. The fact
is, the human destiny is far beyond anything science fiction or
new age belief could dream up!
Read also Who Is Jesus Christ for more details into our awesome destiny.
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