Theoketos Posted March 10, 2005 Share Posted March 10, 2005 So is man better in eschatology (when we are in heaven) or when he was in the Garden before the fall (prelapsariane )? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
track2004 Posted March 10, 2005 Share Posted March 10, 2005 Heaven before or after the Second Coming? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
p0lar_bear Posted March 10, 2005 Share Posted March 10, 2005 eschatological. Prelapsarian man (i.e. Adam and Eve) had a special relationship with God, but eschatological man shares in God's own divine life....way cooler. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
God Conquers Posted March 10, 2005 Share Posted March 10, 2005 Agreed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apotheoun Posted March 10, 2005 Share Posted March 10, 2005 Eschatological man is better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JeffCR07 Posted March 10, 2005 Share Posted March 10, 2005 As I understand it, prelapsarian man was in a state of perfect communion with God - that is, our individual wills were in accord with His Divine Will, but could not actually partake in the Divine Life of the Trinity, that is to say, prelapsarian man was not divinized. This is on account of the fact that the Incarnation had not yet happened. Escatalogical man, on the other hand, will not only be returned to the state of perfect communion with God that was enjoyed by prelapsarian man, but also will enjoy the grace of actually being deified by partaking in the life of the Trinity. Thus, Escatalogical man, it would seem to me, is "better" - Your Brother In Christ, Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theoketos Posted March 10, 2005 Author Share Posted March 10, 2005 Alright further, if man had not sinned what would be the relationship between the two? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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