School of the Prophets Ye Are Gods | Page 37

33 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Glory of the gods CHAPTER FOUR Here is where the physical observation of the mystery is concealed. Though we are sons, we are presented on the earth in terrestrial bodies. The new creature is in an earthen vessel. These bodies allow social, earthly identification while simultaneously satisfying the law of kinsmanship. This earthly vessel is our only relationship to humanity. To live in it through Christ allows us to reveal the liberty of this great salvation. We are living on the earth, free from sin and the beggarly elements of this world. From this body, we can testify of the redeeming power of Christ. This is a great mystery to the world; for they do not know us as the sons of God. By the world’s definition, an illusion is a thing that is or is likely to be wrongly perceived or interpreted by the senses. For the sons of God, the body is an illusion for the eyes of the world. It is simply an earthen image which allows the appearance of the new creature to be hidden. We are truly gods here on earth. Our being is glorious. We have taken on the nature of God and now, we are everything He is. This is the reason the scripture states, Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is (1 John 3:2). The day will come when the true nature of the sons of God will be revealed. Paul talks about the glory of the sons in his writings to the Roman church. Romans 8:18  For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us. There are those who for Christ’s sake have suffered horrible things at the hands of wicked men. Yet the writer declares there to be no suffering than can compare with the glory that shall be revealed in us at the return of our Lord. Romans 8:19-20 19  For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God. 20  For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope, The fall of Adam subjected all mankind to the vanity of the devil. Even those who had not sinned as Adam did, were born in sin and