"By the endless assent of the full accord of all the Trinity, the Mid-Person willed to be Ground and Head of this fair Kind (Humankind).."
Julian of Norwich (Ch. 53)
Christ is our Ground and our Head. He is our beginning and the ultimate reference to our identity. He is the foundation on which our we exist and the source of our nature. He heads up the human race as the "firstborn of all creation." All that we are we owe to Christ, in whom and by whom we were created. We originate in Him and thus we are inherently like Him in nature. We are of the same kind as Christ, the God-kind. We are not God but are in the image of God. We are thus in the family of God, and siblings of Christ. He is the template for our human nature and shows us what we truly are meant to be. God designed us to be in the likeness of Christ, formed from Christ as a blueprint. And though we tended to lose sight of our origin and connection to Christ, Christ Himself continued unchangingly to show the true and original nature of humanity. For the Head is always one with the Body. Wherever the Head goes, the Body goes. Whatever the Head chooses, the Body follows. We are ever in union with our Head, Christ, the Head of all humanity. He brought us with Him through the cross and into resurrection, defeating all that didn't belong to us and revealing the truth about us in union with Him. He restored us to our true and original design by ridding us of any and all sin and shame that covered over the truth of our nature as Christ-like. In union with Him, our nature as those in His image shines and we are freed to be who we were always meant to be, royal sons and daughters of God and co-heirs of Christ!
"The Logos [Christ] is the source; everything commences in him. He remains the exclusive Parent reference to their existence. There is nothing original, except the Word! The Logic of God [Christ] defines the only possible place where mankind can trace their origin."
John 1:3 (MIRROR)
"He already knew his people and had already appointed them to have the same form as the image of his Son. Therefore, his Son is the firstborn among many children."
Romans 8:29 (GW)
A Prayer: Thank You for creating me to be in Your family! Thank You that I share the family likeness with Christ!