"He that made man for love, by the same love He would restore man to the same bliss, and overpassing; and like as we were like-made to the Trinity in our first making, our Maker would that we should be like Jesus Christ, Our Saviour, in heaven without end, by the virtue of our again-making."
Julian of Norwich (Ch. 10)
We were made like God, in the image of God. Yet humans fell into sin and death and needed help. Christ came to rescue us from sin and so much more than that. In our first making we were made like God our Maker, and in our again-making we are made like our Savior in heaven without end! Through His death and resurrection, we have been brought into new creation life in oneness with Christ, and all that He is and has is ours as well. We are just like Christ - we have the righteousness of Christ, we have been included in the relationship Christ has with the Father, we have risen with Christ to resurrection life, we have the freedom and victory over sin that Christ has, and we have been seated with Christ in heaven. This was God's wonderful plan all along, to lift us up to the splendor of life with Him in heaven through the Son. Christ took us far beyond what humanity had ever known before. What a wonderful Savior!
"God knew them in advance, and He decided in advance that they would be conformed to the image of His Son."
Romans 8:29 (CEV)
A Prayer: Thank You for raising me up with Christ to the kind of life and love He knows with You in heaven!