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Pauls Theology ofRedemption

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Eph 2:1 Andyouhe made

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Eph 2:1

when youwere dead

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through thetrespasses

and sins

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Eph 2:2 in which you once walked,

following the course of this world,1

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the course of this world

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Jam 1:14-15 but eachperson is tempted

when he is lured andenticed by his owndesire.

Jam 1:15 Then desirewhen it has conceivedgives birth to sin; andsin when it is full-

grown brings forthdeath.

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the prince of the power of the air,

I beheld falling as lighning from heaven - Jesus

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Casting Down of the Rebellious Angels

by Gustave Dore'

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I will ascend to heaven.

I will raise my throne abovethe stars of God.

I will sit on the mount of the

assembly in the recesses of

the north.

I will ascend above the

heights of the clouds.

I will make myself like theMost High.

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1Pe 5:8 Be sober, be watchful. Your adversary the devilprowls around like a roaring lion, seeking some one todevour.

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Heavenlies

Atmosphere

Earth

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Atziluth Divine Realm

-Archetypal World (World of Emanations) or

Divine World

Briah- Spiritual Realsm

Creative World or World of Thrones

Yetsirah- Mental RealmFormative World

Assiah- Material Realm

Manifest World

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Divine

Spiritual

Mental

Material

Trinity

Cherubim &Seraphim

Arch angels

Angels

Zoologicals

The Unknown

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Divine

Spiritual

Mental

Material

Trinity

Cherubim &Seraphim

Arch angels

Angels

Zoologicals

The Unknown

Fall of Lucifer

Prince of the Power of Air

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Divine

Third Heaven

Spiritual

Second Heaven

Mental

First Heaven

Material

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Cherubim &Seraphim

Arch angels

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Zoologicals

The Unknown

"I knew a man in Christ above

fourteen years ago, (whether inthe body, I cannot tell; or

whether out of the body, I cannot

tell: God knoweth;) such an one

caught up to the third heaven" (2

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following - the spirit that is now at

work in the sons of2

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Eph 2:3 Among these we all oncelived in

the passions

of our flesh,

h

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Eph 2:3following the 3

desires of

Bodyand

mind,

h

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Eph 2:3and so we were by nature children

of wrath,

like the rest of mankind.

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Eph 2:4

But God,

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Eph 2:4

who is rich in mercy,

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Eph 2:4

out of the great love

with which

he

loved us

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Eph 2:5

even when we weredead through our trespasses,

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Eph 2:5even whenwe were

deadthroughour

trespasses,

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Eph 2:5made us alive together

with Christ

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1. Suzoopoieo

Sun = With

Zoo = Alive

Poieo = Make

Make alive with Christ. Col 2:13

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Eph 2:5

(by grace you have beensaved),

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2. Sunegerio

Sun = with

Egerio = energized,alive,

awaken,

lifted up

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Eph 2:6 andraised us

up with him,

E h 6

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Eph 2:6

and made ussit with him

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3. Sunkathizo

Sun = with

Kathiso = cause to sit down

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Eph 2:6

in the heavenly placesin Christ Jesus,

The Unknown

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Divine

Spiritual

Mental

Material

Trinity

Cherubim &Seraphim

Arch angels

Angels

Zoologicals

The Unknown

Christ

Joh 1:12 But to all whoreceived him, who believed inhis name, he gave power tobecome children of God

Pauline Theology of Redemption

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Pauline Theology of Redemption

The Secret Mystical Teaching of Israel

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"They have notknown, and they do

not understand; Indarkness they keepwalking about; Allthe foundations of

the earth are madeto totter.I myself havesaid, 'You aregods, And allof you aresons of theMost High."

Psalms 82:5

Psalms 82:5

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Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo

Venetian, 1727 - 1804

Christ Leading Peter, James, and John to the

Transfiguration

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John 17: 21THAT THEY MAY ALL

BE ONE; EVEN AS YOU,FATHER, ARE IN ME, AND I

IN YOU, THAT THEY ALSO

MAY BE IN US,

21

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John 17: 22THAT

THEY MAY BEONE; EVEN AS

WE ARE ONE,

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2 Peter 1:3

YOU MAY BECOME PARTAKERS of

the DIVINE NATURE [and] escape from

the corruption that is in the world because of

passion.

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My dear people, we are already the children of God butwhat we are to be in the future has not yet been revealed; all

we know is, that when it is revealed we shall be like him

because we shall see him as he really is.

I John 3:2

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It is a serious thing to live in a society of possible gods and

goddesses, to remember that the dullest and most uninteresting

person you talk to may one day be a creature which, if you saw it

now, you would be strongly tempted to worship. . . The Weight of Glory

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(God) said that we were "gods" and He is going to make good

His words. If we let Him-for we can prevent Him if we choose

He will make the feeblest and filthiest of us into a god or

goddess, dazzling, radiant, immortal creature, pulsating all

through with such energy and joy and wisdom and love as we

cannot now imagine, a bright stainless mirror which reflects back

to God perfectly (though, of course, on a smaller scale) His own

boundless power and delight and goodness. The process will belong and in parts very painful; but that is what we are in for. C.

S. Lewis, Mere Christianity 174-5

God said to this hairless monkey, "get on with it, become a god."

C. S. Lewis,A Grief Observed

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Jesus answered: Is it not written in your Law: I said, you are

gods? So the Law uses the word gods of those to whom the

word of God was addressed, and scripture cannot be rejected.

John 10:34-35

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. . . the Spirit and our spirit bear united witness that we are

children of God. And if we are children we are heirs of God and

co-heirs with Christ, sharing his sufferings so as to share his

glory."Rom. 8:15-17

the two will become one body This mystery applies to

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. . the two will become one body. . . This mystery applies to

Christ and the Church.Eph. 5:31-32

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They (those who love him) are the ones he chose specially

long ago and intended to become true images of his Son, so

that his Son might be the eldest of many brothers. Rom

B Ch i G d) h h i d i

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By Christ, God) hath given us most great and precious

promises: that by these you may be made partakers of the divine

nature: flying the corruption of that concupiscence which is in

the world." (II Peter 1:4)

"For whom (God) forknew, he also predestinated to be made

conformable to the image of His Son, that he might be the

firstborn amongst many brethren." (Romans 8:29)

"We all beholding the glory of the Lord with open face, are

transformed into the same image from glory into glory, as by

the Spirit of the Lord." (II Corinthians 3:18)

"We see now through a glass in a dark manner; but then face toface. Now I know in part; but then I shall know even as I am

known." (I Corinthians 13:12)

"It hath not yet appeared what we shall be. We know that, whe

he shall appear, we shall be like to Him because we shall see"

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Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is,

there is freedom. And we, with our unveiled faces reflecting likemirrors the brightness of the Lord, all grow brighter and brighter

as we are turned into the image that we reflect; this is the work

of the Lord who is Spirit. 2 Cor. 3:17-18
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I am the light of the world. Jesus,John 8:12

You are the light of the world. Jesus, Matt. 5:14
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...if God has made you son, then he has made you heir.

Gal. 4:7
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Gregory ofNazianzen(c 330-391)

"God brings the dead to life as partakers of fire or light.

But whether even all shall hereafter partake of God, let itbe elsewhere discussed."

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Saint Gregory Nazianzen,

The Risen Christ "still pleads even

now as Man for my salvation, for He

continues to wear the Body which He

assumed, until He makes me God by

the power of His Incarnation" 4.

330390, Cappadocian theologian, Doctor of the Church, one of the Four

Fathers of the Greek Church. He is sometimes called Gregory Theologus. He

studied widely in his youth and was from his student days a friend of St. Basil

the Great. Basil appointed the unwilling Gregory to a bishopric, and Gregorysucceeded him as principal leader of the conciliatory party in the church

struggle against Arianism. In 379, Gregory was chosen bishop of

Constantinople. By his preaching he wrought a great revival of orthodoxy

there.

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He has called men gods that are deified of His Grace,

not born of His Substance.

St. Augustine

354-430 AD

By 396 he had become bishop of Hippo

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Souls wherein the Spirit dwells, illuminated by the Spirit,

themselves become spiritual, and send forth their grace to

others. Hence comes . . . abiding in God, the being made like to

God, and, highest of all, the being made God. St. Basil the

Great, On the Spirit.

Greek bishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia after A.D. 370 and

a vigorous opponent of Arianism.

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The Word became flesh to make us partakers of

the divine nature: (2 Pet 1:4) For this is why

the Word became man, [1265, 1391] and the Son of

God became the Son of man: so that man, by

entering into communion with the Word and

thus receiving divine sonship, might become a

son of God. (St. Irenaeus,Adversus haereses

. 3, 19, 1:PG 7/1.939)

St. Irenaeus (A.D. 125-202) was born around the year A.D. 125, anative of Asia Minor. While very young, St. Irenaeus became the pupil

of St. Polycarp in Smyrna. St. Polycarp is one of the Apostolic Fathers,

having been a pupil of the Apostle St. John. St. Irenaeus became a

priest of the Church of Lyons during the prosecution of MarcusAurelius. In A.D. 177, Irenaeus was sent to Rome. St. Irenaeus returned

to Lyons to occupy the vacant bishopric, by which time the persecutions

had ceased.Almost all of writings of St. Irenaeus were directed against

Gnosticism,

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For the Son of God became man

so that we might BECOME

GOD.(St. Athanasius,De inc., 54, 3:

PG 25, 192B)

ST ATHANASIUS,PATRIARCH OF ALEXANDRIA,

DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH

the great champion of orthodoxy during the Arian crisis of the 4th century.

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[God] gave himself to us through his

Spirit. By the participation of the Spirit,we become communicants in the divine[460] nature [...] For this reason, THOSE

IN WHOM THE SPIRIT DWELLS

ARE DIVINIZED.

(St. Athanasius,Ep. Serap. 1, 24:PG

26.585 & 588)

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The only-begotten Son of God, wanting to make

us sharers in his divinity, assumed our nature, so

that he, made man, might MAKE MEN GODS.

(St. Thomas Aquinas, Opusc. 57: 1-4).

12251274.

Italian Dominican friar, theologian, and philosopher. The most

influential thinker of the medieval period,

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Redeemed

"The main tenet of the

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The main tenet of theOrthodox faith is the beliefthat salvation is by being

united with Christ who isIsvara incarnate. By beingunited with Him, we are togrow into God's image bybecoming more and moregod-like in character, inlove, in goodness and inwisdom. Thisprocess oftransformation is called

theosis or divinization."

Paulos Mar

The Unknown

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Spiritual

Mental

Material

Trinity

Cherubim &

Seraphim

Arch angels

Angels

Zoologicals

The Unknown

Let us make Man in

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Spiritual

Mental

Material

Trinity

Cherubim &

Seraphim

Arch angels

Angels

Zoologicals

Let us make Man in

our own image.

Gen 1:26-28

The Unknown

Let us make Man in

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Spiritual

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Material

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Seraphim

Arch angels

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Zoologicals

Let us make Man in

our own image.

Gen 1:26-28

Psa 8:5 thou hast made him littleless than God, and dost crown himwith glory and honor.

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The Unknown

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Spiritual

Mental

Material

Trinity

Cherubim &

Seraphim

Arch angels

Angels

Zoologicals

Gen 3:24 He drove out the man; and atthe east of the garden of Eden he placed

the cherubim, and a flaming sword whichturned every way, to guard the way to thetree of life.

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After the fall A Cherubim

protected the tree of life

until Man was ready to enter

and partake of it.

The Unknown

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Spiritual

Mental

Material

Trinity

Cherubim &

Seraphim

Arch angels

Angels

Zoologicals

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The Unknown

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Spiritual

Mental

Material

Trinity

Cherubim &

Seraphim

Arch angels

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ZoologicalsGal 3:23 Now before faith came, we were confined underthe law, kept under restraint until faith should berevealed.

The Unknown

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Material

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Gal 3:23 Now before faith came, we were confined underthe law, kept under restraint until faith should be

revealed.

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The Unknown

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Divine

Spiritual

Mental

Material

Trinity

Cherubim &

Seraphim

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Angels

ZoologicalsChrist

Joh 1:12 But to all who

received him, who believed inhis name, he gave power tobecome children of God

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Rom 8:14-17 For all who are led by theSpirit of God are sons of God.

For you did not receive the spirit of slaveryto fall back into fear, but you have receivedthe spirit of sonship.

When we cry, "Abba! Father!"

It is the Spirit himself bearing witness withour spirit that we are children of God,

and if children, then heirs, heirs of God and

fellow heirs with Christ,provided we suffer with him in order thatwe may also be glorified with him.

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Heb 1:14 Are they not allministering spirits sent forth to

serve, for the sake of those who areto obtain salvation?
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The Tree contains ten centers called sephiroth, individually sephira,

which are connected by 22 paths.

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Eph 2:7 that in the

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Eph 2:7 that in the

coming ages he mightshow the immeasurable

riches of his gracein kindness toward us

in Christ Jesus.

The real anthropological meaning of deification is

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Christification.Christ as "the image of the invisible God, the first-born of all

creation" (Col 1:15),

"every man" to become "mature in Christ" (Col 1:28),"have come to fullness of life in Him" (Col. 2:10).

"to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the

fullness of Christ" (Eph 4:13),

to acquire "the mind of Christ" (1 Cor. 2:16), the heart of Christ

(cf. Eph 3:17)

And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and

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g ,

we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten

of the Father, full of grace and truth. And of His

fullness we have all received..." (John 1:14, 16).

"For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that

though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became

poor, that you through His poverty might become rich"

(II Corinthians 8:9).

"There is therefore now no condemnation to thosewho are in Christ Jesus... But you are not in the flesh

but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in

you. Romans 8:1

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"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," (I John 3:2).

When we unite ourselves unto Christ we become

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"transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just

as by the Spirit of the Lord" (II Corinthians 3:18).

"And as we have borne the image of the man of dust, weshall also bear the image of the heavenly Man"

(I Corinthians 15:49).

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The Purpose ofBeing

is

to Become

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Bishop Maximos Aghiorgiussis writes, "The fathers

make a distinction between the image of God in man,

and his likeness to God; image is the potential givento man, through which he can obtain the life of theosis

(communion with God). Likeness with God is the

actualization of this potential; it is becoming more and

more what one already is: becoming more and moreGod's image, more and more God-like. The distinction

between image and likeness is, in other words, the

distinction between being and becoming."

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Theosis in no way means that human beings "become

God" in a pantheistic sense.

God is by nature unknowable in His essence. Hebecomes knowable through His energies, which are the

ways by which He, in His grace, has opened Himself to

us. "No one has seen God at any time. The only

begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, Hehas declared Him" (John 1:18). Although not capable of

knowing God in His essence, we are capable of

knowing Him through His energies, since He is present

in each of His energies.

The New Age lie

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The New Age lie

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St. Basil "We know our God from His energies, butwe do not claim that we can draw near to His

essence, for His energies come down to us, but His

essence remains unapproachable.

Man's knowledge of God can be only of Hisenergies, not of His essence.

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Humanization"We are not human beings;

we are human becomings"

M.M.Thomas

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