#163 Awakening in His Likeness
By Jonathan S. Rose
Title: Awakening in His Likeness
Topic: Salvation
Summary: We look at the image and likeness of God, and ponder whether there are ways to grow in that image and likeness.
Use the reference links below to follow along in the Bible as you watch.
References:
Genesis 1:26-27; 5:1-3
Psalms 18:25-26
2 Samuel 22:26
Matthew 5:8, 7
Genesis 1:26
Psalms 17:15, 1-15
Spirit and Life Bible Study broadcast from 12/11/2013. The complete series is available at: www.spiritandlifebiblestudy.com
Arcana Coelestia #780
780. 'Of all flesh in which there was the spirit of life 1 means a new creature, or the fact that they received new life from the Lord. This becomes clear from the meaning of 'flesh' as all mankind in general and a bodily-minded person in particular, as stated and shown already. Consequently 'flesh in which there was the spirit of life' 1 means a person who has been regenerated, for the Lord's life, which is the life of charity and faith, is there within his proprium. Nobody is anything more than flesh, but when the life of charity and faith is breathed into him by the Lord, his flesh in that case is made alive, becomes spiritual and celestial, and is called 'a new creature', Mark 16:15, from having been created anew.
Footnotes:
1. literally, of lives
