True JFK, Jesus is much more and that is key to our future.
However, is it also key to our future to understand that "since Jesus is a man anointed of God" that we too may in future be anointed of God and stand with Jesus, commune with Jesus because we shall be like him and see him as he IS.
Paul's references to the "man Jesus" are important to reflect upon as we strive to understand more deeply how these things can be, that is our future life as God's sons.
1Ti 2:5 For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men,
the man Christ Jesus;
Rom 5:15 But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by
one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many.
1Co 15:21 For since by man came death,
by man came also the resurrection of the dead.
1Co 15:22 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.
1Co 15:40 There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another.
1Co 15:41 There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars: for one star differeth from another star in glory.
1Co 15:42 So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption:
1Co 15:43 It is sown in dishonour; it is
raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power:
1Co 15:44 It is sown a natural body; it is
raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.
1Co 15:45 And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.
1Co 15:46 Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual.
1Co 15:47 The first man is of the earth, earthy:
the second man is the Lord from heaven.
1Co 15:48 As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly.
1Co 15:49 And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.
1Co 15:50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.
1Co 15:51 Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
1Co 15:52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
1Co 15:53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
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So then is it not important to recognize that God shall raise us to the same state that Lord Jesus now occupies? That of true sons of the ONE God...
Subject to correction; Indiana Bob
Followers of ho christos = Greek for "the anointed one"
Hebrew = ha mashiyach or "the anointed one"
So then we are followers of the man Jesus, the anointed one of God.
There is lots more to read if one is interested.
Indiana Bob
He is much more than a man, I-Bob, regardless of the teachings of the Concordant Publishing Concern.
looking for the blessed hope and glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ. Titus 2:13
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and His name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. Isaiah 9:6
Underlines are mine.