Monday, February 20, 2012

Scriptural Evidence for Theomorphism

The idea of Theomorphism is that we are in the image of God, it turns anthropomorphism on its head. God is not lessened by being in our image, instead we are exalted by being in the image of God. Presented here is the Biblical scriptures that support the idea of Theomorphism.  

 Many of the prophets both saw and talked with God face to face (Exodus 24:9-11, Exodus 33. Isaiah 6, Job 42:5, Ezekiel 1). 

Man is created in the image (Gen 1:27, Gen 9:6, 1 Corinthians 11:7) and likeness (Gen 5:1, James 3:9) of God. We, being Man, are the offspring of God (Acts 17:29) or in other-words His children (Rom 8:16, Deut 14:1, Ps 82:6, Hosea 1:10, Mal. 2:10, Eph. 4:6, Heb. 12:9) as He is the Father of our spirits (same scriptures, though I could add more to this one). Jesus Christ is the only begotten Son of the Father in the flesh (I think this point is undisputed, but if you want scriptures I can provide them). He is in the express image of His Father (Rom. 8:29, 2 Cor. 4:4, Col 1:15, Heb. 1:3) and in the same form (Philip. 2:6, Philip. 3:21) to the point that Jesus said: “he that hath seen me hath seen the Father” (John 14:9). Jesus Christ rose from the dead  and retains a body (Luke 24:39, 1 Jn. 3:2, and others) which is like the body that we will receive in the Resurrection (1 Jn. 3:2, Philip. 3:21) and stands on the right hand of God (Acts 7:56 ). Further when Adam had eaten the fruit of knowledge of good and evil he was declared to be as god by God (Gen. 3:22), likewise as children of God if we keep the commandments and follow Jesus Christ then we will become joint-heirs with Christ( Rom. 8:17, Gal. 4:7) and become like Christ and God, become one with them, and participate in their glory (2 Cor 3:18, Eph 4:13, 1 Jn 3:2, Rev. 3:21, John 17:20-26).