Maybe in someone else's words you might get it---
Possibly the primary meaning of participating in Christ is an idea that is contrasted to our participating in Adam. Being 'in' Christ means were participate in His nature and all the benefits of salvation that this implies. (Romans 5:12, 1 Cor 15:22)) In Adam we participate in the fallen nature, the threat of God's law and eternal death under its wrath. In Christ, we participate in a new federal head of humanity. By being mystically joined into him, the external provision of Salvation for sinners is made to be our internal possession and real experience. In other words, the justification and sanctification of a believer is made to occur individually and effectually when and only when the Spirit removes our life from Adam and unites it into Christ. By this means the entire meaning of the gospel as explained in the Greek scriptures becomes a reality for an individual. It implies a kind of re-birth making it an innate experience regardless of personal growth in Christ as well as ensures and enables continued growth in Christ as a result of the gracious union.
A tract entitled “The Seven Togethers” sums up the Scripture testimony with regard to the Consequences of the believer’s Union with Christ:
- Crucified together with Christ—Gal. 2:20—συνεσταύρωμαι.
- Died together with Christ—Col. 2:20—ἀπεθάνετε.
- Buried together with Christ—Rom. 6:4—συνετάφημεν
- Quickened together with Christ—Eph. 2:5—συνεζωοποίησεν
- Raised together with Christ—Col. 3:1—συνηγέρθητε
- Sufferers together with Christ—Rom. 8:17—συμπάσχομεν.
- Glorified together with Christ—Rom. 8:17—συνδοξασθῶμεν.
Union with Christ results in common sonship, relation to God, character, influence, and destiny. (SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY A Compendium and Commonplace Book, AUGUSTUS HOPKINS STRONG, P802 )
What does Peter mean by "partakers of the divine Nature"
im·age
[ˈimij]
likeness ·
resemblance ·
depiction ·
portrayal ·
representation ·
statue ·
statuette ·
sculpture ·
bust ·
effigy ·
painting ·
picture ·
portrait ·
drawing ·
sketch
- the general impression that a person, organization, or product presents to the public:
"she strives to project an image of youth"
synonyms: public perception · persona · profile · reputation · stature · standing ·
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No matter how closely an image is---it is still NOT THE OBJECT BEING DEPICTED.
We do not become God. We are not a product of God's body---He made us from mud, not from the union of God and the heavenly mother!!!! We did not exist before He formed us from mud. We will not become God, we will become godly---in behavior nd thoughts we will be like Him----not turn into Him.