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Jesus underwent two births. Both are significant. But the second birth of Jesus is too neglected. And the significance of it is vastly under estimated.
The first birth of Jesus was His being born of the virgin woman Mary. Mary provided a physical body for the Logos, the living Word of God. In the first birth of Jesus God was brought into humanity.
The second birth of Jesus was the resurrection of Jesus. The resurrection of Jesus is spoken of as a birth in the New Testament. His resurrection was His being born the Firstborn Son of God.
Firstborn Son implies many other sons to follow. So the second birth of Jesus is the beginning of a grand collective and corporate birth of many sons of God to follow the Firstborn Son of God.
As I said, in the first birth of Jesus He brought God into humanity. In the second birth of Jesus He brought humanity into God.
He did not just bring one man, (Himself) into God. Rather He brought man into God. So He is refered to as "the Firstborn among many brothers".
Most people, if they do believe in the resurrection at all, only see that Jesus "came back" from the dead. Actually His resurrection was much more than Him simply "coming back" to life. It was the birth of a whole new order of humanity. That is a man was glorified and went back to the throne of eternity wearing uplifted and glorified humanity.
Man was deified.
Most people, if they believe in the resurrection, only think that this was something done by Jesus for Himself alone. But His second birth in resurrection was the bringing of man into the eternal deification of humanity.
Christ in resurrection was born the Firstborn Son of God, to be head of a new deified and glorified humanity. Before on the throne of the Divine God He only wore divinity. Today after His resurrection and ascension on the throne of God sits a Man - Jesus. And He is the Firstborn among many brothers to be matured into a collective expression of man brought into divine sonship.
Christ uplifted and deified humanity as the Firstborn Son of God. The many sons are growing and about to follow Him in His pathway to the throne of God-Man - the Second Man, the last Adam, the Head of a new deified and Godnized humanity.
The first birth of Jesus was His being born of the virgin woman Mary. Mary provided a physical body for the Logos, the living Word of God. In the first birth of Jesus God was brought into humanity.
The second birth of Jesus was the resurrection of Jesus. The resurrection of Jesus is spoken of as a birth in the New Testament. His resurrection was His being born the Firstborn Son of God.
Firstborn Son implies many other sons to follow. So the second birth of Jesus is the beginning of a grand collective and corporate birth of many sons of God to follow the Firstborn Son of God.
As I said, in the first birth of Jesus He brought God into humanity. In the second birth of Jesus He brought humanity into God.
He did not just bring one man, (Himself) into God. Rather He brought man into God. So He is refered to as "the Firstborn among many brothers".
Most people, if they do believe in the resurrection at all, only see that Jesus "came back" from the dead. Actually His resurrection was much more than Him simply "coming back" to life. It was the birth of a whole new order of humanity. That is a man was glorified and went back to the throne of eternity wearing uplifted and glorified humanity.
Man was deified.
Most people, if they believe in the resurrection, only think that this was something done by Jesus for Himself alone. But His second birth in resurrection was the bringing of man into the eternal deification of humanity.
Christ in resurrection was born the Firstborn Son of God, to be head of a new deified and glorified humanity. Before on the throne of the Divine God He only wore divinity. Today after His resurrection and ascension on the throne of God sits a Man - Jesus. And He is the Firstborn among many brothers to be matured into a collective expression of man brought into divine sonship.
Christ uplifted and deified humanity as the Firstborn Son of God. The many sons are growing and about to follow Him in His pathway to the throne of God-Man - the Second Man, the last Adam, the Head of a new deified and Godnized humanity.