The Divine Nature

friend of said:

Okay so it's like this: You can be holy but not divine. But you can't be divine without holiness. The holy Angel's are holy, but not divine. Divinity is reserved for Jesus, the Father and the Holy Spirit. Now, we are sinful beings by nature. But, we are also the bride of Christ. When two are married, they become one. Does this mean that we, as humans, will one day partake of that divine nature? Is this why our destiny is to be greater than that of the Angel's who were made a little higher than humans are?

Thoughts? Comments?

Be blessed of God.

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Jesus is our Head and it is His holiness which we partake of not that we ever attain to Godhead, but we shall have complete holiness or sinlessness in heaven for God states in Revelation that He removes the curse of sin after Judgement Day...
No longer will there be any curse. ...(Revelation 22:3)

friend of said:

Agreed. Now what about the heavenly host of angels? Are they divine too?

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The doctrine and experiences of theosis (aka deification; divinization) a central teaching in eastern Christianity makes clear you cannot become divine in its nature. It's impossible to be absorbed into the divine essence turning the Trinity into a quartet.
Instead you can experience the uncreated divine energies and assume some of its properties. Like a sword thrust into fire. It can never become fire but it can absorb enough heat where the metal glows.

friend of said:

English dictionary doesn't seem to do the word justice.

Divine = The nature of God

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I think we should try to use the Bible to define words, to the extent that we are able to.

Since that is God’s nature, and we will partake of God’s divine nature, according to 2 Peter 1:4, then God’s people will be made divine at the resurrection.

As far as we can tell, being divine means being immortal - a quality that only God, Jesus and the angels and other heavenly beings have at this point in time.

Angels are divine, not because they have divinity in and of themselves, but because God shared his divinity with them, like he will share it with us.

friend of said:

Okay so it's like this: You can be holy but not divine. But you can't be divine without holiness. The holy Angel's are holy, but not divine. Divinity is reserved for Jesus, the Father and the Holy Spirit. Now, we are sinful beings by nature. But, we are also the bride of Christ. When two are married, they become one. Does this mean that we, as humans, will one day partake of that divine nature? Is this why our destiny is to be greater than that of the Angel's who were made a little higher than humans are?

Thoughts? Comments?

Be blessed of God.

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You're correct, a person cannot be divine without holiness. Holiness only comes from the Jesus, God, and the Holy Spirit. I find that the more I meditate on God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit, the closer I become to understanding God's divine nature. The best ways to meditate are through prayer and reading the Scriptures. I highly recommend Smith Wigglesworth's book on Manifesting the Divine Nature. There's a free trial on audible. The link is: https://amzn.to/38BQdcQ

friend of said:

Does this mean that we, as humans, will one day partake of that divine nature?

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Yes.

friend of said:

Okay so it's like this: You can be holy but not divine. But you can't be divine without holiness. The holy Angel's are holy, but not divine. Divinity is reserved for Jesus, the Father and the Holy Spirit. Now, we are sinful beings by nature. But, we are also the bride of Christ. When two are married, they become one. Does this mean that we, as humans, will one day partake of that divine nature? Is this why our destiny is to be greater than that of the Angel's who were made a little higher than humans are?

Thoughts? Comments?

Be blessed of God.

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We are sinful due to the fallen nature of man not the original created nature of man which Christ can restore to us and has restored to us on the cross, yet we are at battle with the restored and fallen natures as the righteousness we have is not our own but Christs. I do not find evidence that humans were or will be divine. We will be like Christ but not, again that I have found, in divinity. That I believe is God alone.