Sons of God - We Shall Be Like Him

I've written an earlier blog about the Whirlpool Galaxy and what it teaches us about the immensity of God's power and presence. One dot of light in this picture of the galaxy is a cluster of stars! This galaxy is 50,000 light-years across and contains an estimated 160 billion. I am in awe of the power that creates and maintains such a beautiful object!

Recently I had another insight that leaves me in awe. The Bible (in Genesis, chapter 1) says that God creates man in his own image. Many have taken the limited view that if man is the image of God, God must be like man. Others though, have realized that man must be something far more grand and noble then a mere mortal. The apostle John wrote "...the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not. 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;" (I John, chapter 3).

So, if we're like God, we must include as part of our identity the immensity expressed by the Whirlpool Galaxy. I don't mean that man is physically or materially immense. That wouldn't make sense or be desirable. What I'm thinking is that man, as an idea of God, must be an immense, wonderfully glorious expression of spiritual elements. I know some of the Godlike elements that are included in my identity. I'm pretty consistent at being honest and charitable. I'm reasonably intelligent. But its exciting and liberating for me to contemplate that as God's image I must include so much, much more - and so do you!



NOTE: For an expansive description of man as the image of God, see the answer to the question "What is man?" in the book Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by the Christian thinker and author Mary Baker Eddy. You can read this online on page 468 of the book.