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Genesis 1:27

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27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

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Resurrection, the first

  

'The first resurrection,' mentioned in Revelation 20:5, 6, does not mean a first resurrection, but the essence and primary part of resurrection, which is salvation and eternal life. There is only one resurrection to life. A second does not happen, and is not mentioned anywhere in the Bible.

(References: Apocalypse Explained 6; Apocalypse Revealed 851; Revelation 20:5-6)

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The New Jerusalem and its Heavenly Teachings #300

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300. In this world the Lord glorified his human nature. Many places in the Word speak of the Lord's glorification (10828); in the Word's inner meaning it is the subject throughout (2249, 2523, 3245). The Lord glorified his human nature, not his divine nature, because that in and of itself was already glorious: 10057. The Lord came into the world to glorify his human nature: 3637, 4287, 9315. The Lord glorified his human nature by means of the divine nature that was within him from conception: 4727. We can get some idea of the glorification of the Lord's human nature from our idea of our own regeneration, since the Lord regenerates us in the same way that he glorified his human nature: 3043, 3138, 3212, 3296, 3490, 4402, 5688. Some of the mysteries involved in the glorification of the Lord's human nature: 10057. By glorifying his own human nature the Lord saved the human race: 1676, 4180. The Lord's state of glorification and his state of being humbled: 1785, 1999, 2159, 6866. When it has to do with the Lord, "glorification" in the Word means the union of his human nature with his divine nature, and "glorifying" means making divine: 1603, 10053, 10828.

  
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