Glorification

How Sanctification Transforms Christians Into Glorified Beings Facing sin, suffering, and an uncertain future, it's easy to become pessimistic, but believers in Christ know the best is yet to come. God promises that one day he will redeem his image bearers and renew the earth. Few books are written on the doctrine of glorification, but its promise of restoration brings urgent hope for Christ followers. In this addition to the Short Studies in Systematic Theology series, Graham A. Cole examines the concept of divine glory as well as God's plan for redeeming individual believers, the church, and the universe. Identifying two phases of glorification—one in this life and a final transformation into Christlikeness—Cole defines the role of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit in the sanctification process. Through careful study of Scripture, he shows Christians how their future identity as glorified beings should impact their perspective today. Thoughtful and Theological: Walks through the plotline of Scripture to explain redemptive history, the Trinitarian work of glorification, and the future of unbelievers Thorough Introduction: Studies the Old and New Testaments to explain God's divine glory, including the stories of Moses, Isaiah, and Ezekiel, as well as the topics of creation, the incarnation, transfiguration of Jesus, and the picture of the new earth in Revelation Great for Theologians, Pastors, and Students: This concise study dives deep into an overlooked area of eschatology and includes suggested resources for further reading

FREE PDF @{ https: //archive.org/details/cu31924029295289 I OFFER TO YOU ONE OF THE ANSWERS TO REVELATION 13:18. THE QUESTION FROM "" ONE "" OF THE KING JAMES VERSIONS [ https: //biblehub.com/revelation/13-18.htm ] OF THE HOLY BIBLE READS: " HERE IS WISDOM. LET HIM THAT HATH UNDERSTANDING COUNT THE NUMBER OF THE BEAST: FOR IT IS THE NUMBER OF A MAN [MY NOTE: MEN]; AND HIS [ SO MAN --BORN FALLEN! IS THAT ALL MEN?]NUMBER IS SIX HUNDRED THREESCORE AND SIX; TRANSLATED BY MR. J. M. PRYSE AS: " Here is clever-ness: let him who has the intuitive mind compute the number of the Beast; for it is the number of a man [ MAN ], and his number is six hundred and sixty-six." ""' Here is cleverness '- Would be, in the English idiom, ' HERE is a puzzle. ' The number of the Beast is simply he phren, the letters of which, as numerals, total 666; the lower Mind = 666. HE-PHREN, the Greek term = THE LOWER MIND = 666 = " THE EGO "!