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One Love
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| Posted 7/24/2008 12:45 AM (GMT -6) |   | | In Exodus 23, there was some angelic figure that had the Name of God in him.
"See, I am sending an angel ahead of you to guard you along the way and to bring you to the place I have prepared. Pay attention to him and listen to what he says. Do not rebel against him; he will not forgive your rebellion, since my Name is in him. If you listen carefully to what he says and do all that I say, I will be an enemy to your enemies and will oppose those who oppose you. My angel will go ahead of you and bring you into the land of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hivites and Jebusites, and I will wipe them out."
Interestingly enough, this means that, on at least a creaturely mental/spiritual level (angelic realm of being), God's Name could be in someone else being. Creaturely being can be the "temple" of God's Name.
Here's my question: Did Jesus have God's Name in him as the Incarnate Word, being the Archetype of Humanity?
If so, what implications does that have for the true potential of means for us to be in the "image of God"?
Just think about this with me... 
Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own;
"Anyone who loves me will obey my teaching. My Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them."
And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, "Look! God's dwelling place is now among the people, and he will dwell with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God."
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One Love
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| Posted 7/24/2008 1:01 AM (GMT -6) | | 1) The Word became (human) flesh (time/space/energy/matter) and made his dwelling among us (I Am...Immanuel). We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.
2)"Father, glorify your Name!"
"I have glorified it, and will glorify it again."
Layers of meaning...
Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own;
"Anyone who loves me will obey my teaching. My Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them."
And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, "Look! God's dwelling place is now among the people, and he will dwell with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God."
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One Love
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| Posted 7/24/2008 1:26 AM (GMT -6) | | Total side thought...
In Christ, humans can say, by faith..."We consciously embody God's Truth in God's Love by God's Spirit."
Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own;
"Anyone who loves me will obey my teaching. My Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them."
And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, "Look! God's dwelling place is now among the people, and he will dwell with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God."
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One Love
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| Posted 7/25/2008 7:31 AM (GMT -6) | | Nothin', huh?
Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own;
"Anyone who loves me will obey my teaching. My Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them."
And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, "Look! God's dwelling place is now among the people, and he will dwell with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God."
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PotOnWheel
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| Posted 7/25/2008 8:47 AM (GMT -6) | | |
Part of the created potentiality of our humanity is, that "by grace (we can) ...imitate, resemble, and participate in..." divinitys' traits.
Person, Nature And Action
Posted Thursday, July 24, 2008
 As an epilogue to his series on the language of God, Fr. Tom explains these technical, theological, terms used by the Church.
We are human, but can "...imitate, resemble, and participate in..." divinity.
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