I am sure that I am not the only one who prepares a prophesy, thinks it s OK to share and then gets to the meeting and then despises it! Or at least despises it to the point of not being able to stand up and share it. Since, I could not get myself up out of my chair (for the up-teen time) I will post my portion on the internet for whoever wants to read.
First God created man, not man-kind but God-kind with His image and likeness. Through regeneration we are made God-man kind with His life and nature. As God-man kind we are the species of God. 2 Peter 1:4 says "Through which He has granted to us precious and exceedingly great promises that through these you might become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption which is in the world by lust."
To partake means to take or have a part or share along with others; to participate; to receive, take, or have a share or portion; to take or have a part in; to share.
So for us to partake of the divine nature is to have a part, a share or a participation in the divine nature. And as I. D. says: A partaker of the divine nature is one who enjoys the divine nature and participates in the divine nature. To partake of the divine nature is to enjoy what God is; to be a partaker of the riches, the elements, and the constituents of God's being. As children of God we have the right to partake of and enjoy the divine nature. And moreover it is our need for this is how we escape the corruption which is in the world by lust. As we enjoy the Father's divine nature we are supplied to escape the world. But we have to escape the world to further partake of the divine nature. We partake to escape and we escape to partake. As we continue in this cycle we have the development and maturity of the divine life with in us. From the LS of 2 Peter, on Day 2: In partaking of the divine nature and in the enjoyment of all that God is, all the riches of the divine nature will be fully developed, as described in 1:5-7. "And for this very reason also, adding all diligence, supply bountifully in your faith virtue; and in virtue, knowledge; and in knowledge, self-control; and in self-control, endurance; and in endurance, godliness; and in godliness, brotherly love; and in brotherly love, love." This is the development of the divine life and the divine nature for our rich entrance in to the eternal kingdom.
