I think it is a wonderful thing to be able to become gods. It means that the term "Heavenly Father" really means something. As a Father, he wants us to grow up to be like Him. And as with the Father in the story of the Prodigal Son, we are offered all that He (God) has as an inheritance, if we are faithful.
There is a big difference between having one God to worship, and multiple gods being worshipped. The Bible shows time and again that we can become as God.
The problem with Adam and Eve partaking of the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, is that the were forbidden to partake of it. At that time. Disobedience separates us from God. However, opposition in all things teaches us knowledge, which opens the door for us to be able to be Christ-like. Paul taught in Hebrews that even Jesus learned to succor us because of his sufferings. Paul taught that Christ did not think it robbery to be equal with God, and as children of God are "heirs of God and joint-heirs with Christ." Even Jesus quoted the OT in stating, "ye are gods."
The problem with Adam and Eve's fall, is they attempted to gain knowledge through Satan's temptation and counsel. Godhood cannot come that way, for Satan seeks to overthrow the throne of God and sit in God's place. Knowledge, in this instance, is used for evil purposes. Man, for following Satan, is cast out of God's presence, and cannot return by himself.
But Christ has come to bridge the gap. It is Jesus, and Jesus only, that shows us the way to the Tree of Life, where if we partake through Christ, we can live with God and be like Him eternally. Divinization of mankind is still believed, though not actively taught, in many Christian churches today, including the Eastern Orthodox.
But the concept of God being of a separate substance from man, which Greek belief led to the Trinity creed, also slowly killed the concept that man may become divine. Yet, we can read it in the writings of many of the earliest Christian Fathers, and in the writings of the Bible, through Paul, John, Peter and Jesus himself.
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