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I have said, ‘Ye are gods;
and all of you are children of the Most High...’
(Psalm 82:6)
Continued from Part 2...
4. What parts of The Godhead do we now lack?
5. Will what we lack be temporary or permanent?
6. What happens if, to this notion, we’re impertinent.
Skeptics might love to flag their favorite Bible assertions,
Like Psalm 8:5 and 82:6, as justifications,
That, ‘It’s just a book written by a bunch of Jewish guys!’
They simply believe this soundbite that devils advertise.
If they would open their minds, and challenge their assumptions,
They’d likely form drastically different opinions. 1
While it takes some faith to believe The Bible is God-inspired,
To see its amazing consistency, no faith is required!
Written over many millennia and cultures,
The Lord’s consistent message to humans, it captures.
No honest reading of this Book can deny these central themes:
The Lord created us righteous. By Him, we’re highly esteemed.
There are two aspects of The Godhead that we lack at birth:
-An immortal body, that’s physical;
And two aspects we have, that are eternal:
The parts that all devils cajole!
Some might think our aptitude to imagine, then create,
Is a ‘god-part’, yet other species these skills demonstrate.
Via a tailored set of Grace, trials and tests,
The Lord plans to reconcile these sets of aspects,
For us to complete a unique human experience.
Among all species on Earth, there is no equivalence!
Yet because to sinfulness we’re all allured,
From our righteous state, we’re on a l-o-n-g detour!
To shorten it, when our spirit and soul are made righteous in Christ,
Then our mortal and both immortal parts become ‘a god-man’ type’.
Saints thus made righteous, will be raptured in bodies immortal.
And sinners, still un-righteous, will rise in bodies immortal. 2
In the astute reader’s mind, this question might arise,
‘What about our immortal soul does this signify?’
To complement saints’ spirits, by salvation made righteous,
The Lord says, ‘Renew your soul, so it won’t remain reinless’.
Thus, He saves our spirit. With righteousness it’s equipped!
But He requires us to renew (‘save’) our soul to His Scripts. 3
Clearly, it’s only the immortal aspects of our being,
That make every human a god, as The Lord God is deeming.
Not only to ancient Jewish judges or Christ believers,
Does The Bible convey this stature. It’s even to sinners.
Man was created a bit lower than God, and above angels.
When we worship and obey them, we make angels ‘gods’!!!
That’s EVIL! 4
Without Father God’s salvation that is extended by Christ,
With sin, the spirits and souls of sinners, remain stained in life.
When they die in this unrighteous state,
They will have sealed their eternal fate.
For The Lord’s Great White Throne judgment,
as immortals they will be raised,
Then in lake of fire be cast. In His Book, their names are erased. 5
Since to their ‘god-man’ stature they are impertinent,
Lacking Godly righteousness, they’ll be ‘gods in torment’.
Thank The Lord that what we lack of the Godhead at birth,
Is temporary until His salvation of GREAT worth!
Righteousness now, and full immortality in the rapture?!
That’s a GREAT offer now, and throughout life’s eternal chapter!
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1 You may have heard this and similar opinions about The Bible. A neighbor recently said this, then quickly changed the subject to …anything but The Bible.
2 Adam and Eve, our prototypes, were created as immortal beings, never to die physically or spiritually. Into the Earth, sin ushered temporary death – both physical (mortal) and spiritual (separation from Father God). Sin never changed The Lord’s strategic plan for every human who will have ever been conceived (i.e., endowed with spirit) to also be endowed with an immortal body. This core strategic message echoes throughout The Bible. Disbelieve it at your own peril. The Lord’s free gift of salvation, combined with our personal efforts to renew our soul (see #3 below), makes the spirit and soul of true saints righteous in His sight. Saints’ immortal bodies will be Glory-lit, both physically and spiritually. Sinners’ immortal bodies will be deeply darkened spiritually, to join the dark kingdom of satan in the eternal lake of fire on The Lord’s promised new, eternal Earth. BIG DIFFERENCES! Read Revelation 20.
3 Reinless - unchecked, unrestrained, having no reins, ungoverned by reins, lacking control or guidance. This quote is my poetic paraphrasing of Romans 12:1-2, Ephesians 5:25-27 and James 1:21. See: Tale of Two Saviors. In His substitutionary death, Jesus restored our spiritual link to Father God, but He leaves to us the responsibility to renew our soul (i.e., our sinful reasoning mind, strong will, undisciplined emotions, contrary imagination and carnally-trained intellect). This can only be accomplished via a continuously maturing relationship with Him via His Spirit and Word, The Bible. How are you progressing re. this command? Folks made righteous in their spirit, but who remain unrighteous in their soul, risk becoming lukewarm, then backsliding into serious sinfulness, and eventually, becoming fully apostate, and having their names blotted out of The Lord’s Book of [Eternal] Life. (See: Revelation 3:12-23)
4 Though angels were not created in the god clan, The Bible refers to satan as ‘the god of this world’ because in his sin, Adam ceded his God-given authority to satan. Moreover, since then, it is devils and demons whom we unknowingly worship and obey every time we sin against ourselves, against others, and especially against The Lord. Remember, only redeemed humans are invited to sit with The Lord on His Throne. Angels who supported satan’s attempt to do that, were defeated, and became devils and demons on Earth.
5 See: Hell: A Preview (Series). This refers to The Lord’s Book of [Eternal] Life.
