the Son in his glory seems to be the cause of our future state of likeness to Him as Son (cf. 2 Cor 3:18). The process involved is the same. In the present life of sonship, ‘faith’ leads to the ‘communication of life’ in the divine begetting, and this ‘communication of life’ (community of life with the Son) makes it possible to lead a ‘life of faith’ (life of the children of God). Thus in the future state of sonship also, the ‘vision of Christ’ leads to ‘perfect likeness with the Son’, while this
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