[Elsie]

God came here became one of us, joined us eternally to Himself as part of Himself.

 

The Bible states...

Genesis 1:26-27
 26.  Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground."
 27.  So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.

WE became like HIM, not the other way around.

 

 

We are NOT 'joined' to GOD, being a 'part' of HIM.

 

We are distinct entities.

 

HE is Creator: WE are creation.  Not the same stuff.

[MissAmericanPie]

Yes, we were created in His likeness, after His image, but we were still a grouping of chemicals and atoms, like dolls are a grouping of plastic molecules and atoms, and robots are a collection of metal molecules and atoms, and like dolls and robots we were subject to perish.

When Jesus wrapped himself in flesh, we became connected to Him in a way previously unheard of. Not just as a mass of chemicals and atoms, likely to perish, but now with the ability to be eternally in the presence of God as the sons of God. Jesus became the bridge, the way to God. Jesus said so himself, "I am the way, the truth, and the life, no one comes to the Father but by me."

It was the act of wrapping Himself in a flesh body, and paying for the sins of the flesh, that joined us to Him, and that gives those, that accept His sacrifice, hope of forgiveness and eternal life. At least that is the way I see it.