The Divine Right of the God-men: Partaking of the Divine Nature

The Divine Right of the God-men: Partaking of the Divine Nature

Central revelation:

God created man in His image and in His likeness so that man, after being born again, would partake in His life, nature, mind, being, image, glory, identity, and manifestation, ultimately becoming God in life, nature, and manifestation (but not in the Godhead), becoming God-kind, and becoming the manifestation of His corporate nature. 

Category	Meaning	Cause	Illustration	Explanation	Result
Partaking of God's Life	Receiving God's eternal life	Regeneration	Branches in the vine	God's life is imparted into believers	Living by divine life
Partaking of God's Nature	Sharing God's holy nature	Divine dispensing of holiness	Iron saturated with fire	God's holy element saturates believers	Holy living
Partaking of God's Mind	Having Christ's mind	Renewing of the mind	Ink permeating paper	The mingled spirit spreads into the mind	Renewed thinking
Partaking of God's Being	Participating in God's riches of being	Transformation by the Spirit	Food becoming body substance	Christ's riches are wrought into us	Constitution with God
Partaking of God's Image	Being conformed to Christ's image	Predestination to conformity	Caterpillar becoming butterfly	Metabolic transformation into Christ's image	Expression of Christ
Partaking of God's Glory	Entering God's glory	Organic salvation completed	Seed maturing into harvest	Glory saturates spirit, soul, and body	Glorified body
Partaking of the Sonship	Becoming sons of God	Eternal predestination	Child inheriting father's estate	Sons inherit all that the Father is	Inheritance of divine riches
Partaking of God's Manifestation	Appearing with God	Future revelation of God's sons	Sunrise revealing all things	God's sons are manifested with Him	Corporate revelation of God's sons
Being Like God	Being like God in expression	Seeing Christ as He is	Children resembling their father	God's children become like Him	Full conformity to Christ
Becoming the God-kind	Belonging to God's kind	Born of God	Human begets human; God begets God	Believers possess God's life and nature	Membership in God's family
Overview of Key Scriptures	Life      John 3:15; Col. 3:4  Nature         Eph. 1:4; 2 Pet. 1:4 Mind  Eph. 4:23; Phil. 2:5  Being           2 Cor. 3:18; Eph. 3:8 Image            2 Cor. 3:18; Rom. 8:29  Glory     Rom. 8:30; Heb. 2:10 Sonship          Eph. 1:5; Rom. 8:23  Manifestation     Rom. 8:19; Col. 3:4 Like God         1 John 3:2  God-kind        John 1:12; Rom. 8:14,16

 

Spiritual Sequence

Order	Divine Right	Spiritual Progression
1	Partaking of God's Life	Regeneration
2	Partaking of God's Nature	Sanctification
3	Partaking of God's Mind	Renewing
4	Partaking of God's Being	Constitution
5	Partaking of God's Image	Transformation
6	Partaking of God's Glory	Glorification
7	Partaking of the Sonship	Inheritance
8	Partaking of God's Manifestation	Revelation
9	Being Like God	Full Conformity
10	Becoming the God-kind	Corporate Expression

 

Spiritual Vision

 

God's salvation is not merely:

l   Forgiveness of sins

l   Escaping perdition

l   Going to heaven

 

It is:

God becoming man that man may become God in life and nature (but not in the Godhead) for God's corporate expression.

 

Biblical Examples

Person	Experience
Adam	Created in God's image
Nicodemus	Received God's life
Peter	Partook of God's nature
Paul	Expressed God's mind and being
John	Saw the vision of becoming like God
Christ	The prototype God-man
New Jerusalem	Ultimate corporate expression

 One-Sentence Prophesying Summary 

The God-men have the divine right to partake of God's life, nature, mind, being, image, glory, sonship, and manifestation, until they are fully conformed to Christ and become God's corporate expression for eternity. 

Conclusion 

The highest blessing in God's economy is not heaven but God Himself. Through regeneration, transformation, and glorification, believers partake of God in life, nature, expression, and glory (though never in the Godhead), becoming the corporate expression of the Triune God. 

Ultimate Conclusion 

The peak of God's eternal economy is that the Triune God dispenses Himself into man so that redeemed and regenerated believers may become God in life, nature, and expression (but not in the Godhead), ultimately consummating in the New Jerusalem as God's eternal corporate expression.

 

 *Please refer to the 2026 Memorial Day Special Conference Theme: The Urgent Need for a New Revival, Part Two: Reaching the Pinnacle of Divine Revelation.