Theosis, or deification, (deification may also refer to apotheosis, lit. "making divine"), is a transformative process whose aim is likeness to or union with God, as taught by the Eastern Orthodox Church and Eastern Catholic Churches.(wikipedia)
看到没有,符合圣经的意思是make divine。这不是变成神,而类似sanctify或sanctifcation的理解,即make holy。成为神圣或成为圣洁,简成为成圣。
我们知道,只有遵耶和华为圣holy,那么sanctifacation是否就是人成为耶和华神呢? 显然不是。
圣殿,圣地,圣物,不是说这些就是神,而是属神,来自神, 或神的(of God)。同样圣徒,就是属神的人。Make them Holy 不等于make them holiness (指神)
Make divine不是成为神,make God。而是make them of God.
可见, Make divine和Make holy在逻辑理解是一回事,都不是成为神,或成为圣(指神)的意思。而是有符合圣经的含义。不是你们的美梦!
否则,按照你们的逻辑,sanctification 就必须是"成为神(holy)"的意思。
错了!