聖經這“盒子”里的“磚石”乃是一個啟示，就是神在基督裡成為人，為要使人在生命和性情上（但不再神格上）成為神，好建造基督的身體，終極完成新耶路撒冷。
那麼神怎樣叫人成為神呢？神用祂自己作生命把我們重生之後，就在我們裏面繼續用祂生命的靈作聖別、更新和變化的工作。神成為人，是藉著成為肉體。人成為神，是藉著變化。當主耶穌在地上作人的時候，祂曾登山改變形像。那一次的變化，是突然的變化。但是我們成為神的變化，不是突如其來的，乃是一生的變化，一直變化到模成祂的形像。最後就和祂一同進到榮耀裏，就是我們的身體得贖；那是我們全人最後一步的得贖，把我們帶進榮耀裏。我們乃是經過重生、成聖、更新、變化、模成和得榮，而成為神。到這一步，約壹三章二節說，祂再顯現的時候，我們必要像祂，正如祂所是的。
Scripture Reading: Eph. 1:4~5; 5:26~27; Heb. 2:10~11; 1Thes. 5:23
The "diamond" in the "box" of the Bible is the revelation that in Christ God has become man in order that man might become God in life and in nature but not in the Godhead for the building up of the Body of Christ to consummate the New Jerusalem.
Then how does God make man God? After God regenerates us with Himself as life, He continues to carry out the work of sanctification, renewing, and transformation in us by His Spirit of life. God became man through incarnation; man becomes God through transformation. When the Lord Jesus lived as a man on this earth, He once went up on the mountain and was transfigured. That transfiguration was a sudden occurrence. Our transformation into God, however, is not something that happens unexpectedly. Rather, it is a lifetime transformation until we are conformed to His image. Eventually, we will enter with Him into glory; that is, we will be redeemed in our body. That will be the final step of the redemption of our whole being that brings us into glory. Therefore, it is through regeneration, sanctification, renewing, transformation, conformation, and glorification that we may become God. When we reach this point, 1 John 3:2 says that when “He is manifested, we will be like Him because we will see Him even as He is.”
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