Lesson 89 Amplified -- EIKON

 EIKON

American: an image, a likeness, a statue, an icon

Hebrew Aramaic: tselem 

            When capitalized (in the Eastern Orthodox Church) this word denotes a sacred image or representation of Jesus, His mother Mary, or a saint. The Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic Churches’ dogma deems sainthood as an elevation conferred by the Church. If one reads the word “hagios” in the Koine Greek New Blood Covenant, the reader discovers that all who claim salvation through the bloody sacrifice, suffering, death, and resurrection of our Lord Jesus the Christ (on their behalf), are called the “hagioi” [holy ones, saints]. 

Almost Greek: (Words in italics are translator’s additions) 

1st Corinthians 15.45: So also, it has been written,

“The first man, Adam, was caused to be into a living psuche.”

 

GENESIS 2.7: YHWH Elohiym [Triune God] formed Adam of dust from the ground and blew into his nostrils neshamah [breath] of life and Adam was caused to be a living nephesh [psuche].

 

Paul continues: The final Adam [Jesus] was caused to be into a life-giving Pneuma. Conversely, the spiritual body not firstly came but the sensual; thereafter came the spiritual. The first man was emergent from the soil, earthly; the second Man (the Kurios) was emergent from Ouranou [Heaven]. As is the dirty man, so also are the dirty ones. And as is the above-the-sky [Heavenly] Man, so also are the above-the-sky ones. And as we bore the eikon of the dirty man, we shall also bear the eikona of the above-the-sky Man.

 

2nd Corinthians 3.17: Now, the Kurios is pneuma and where the Hagios Pneuma of the Kuriou is, there is freedom. But we all, having been totally unveiled, our faces mirror the glory of the Kuriou and we ourselves are being metamorphosed into the same eikona from glory into glory, exactly as from the Kuriou’ Hagios Pneuma.

 

2nd Corinthians 4: Therefore, holding this service, as I received compassion, I not weaken. Conversely, I have renounced the shameful krupta [concealed, hidden, secret], not walking in craftiness nor ensnaring the logos of Theos; conversely, myself presenting the exhibition [manifestation] of the truth to the consciences of all men before the face of Theos. But if my euaggelion is indeed being covered up, it is covered up in those perishing whose perception the theos of this age has blinded; those apiston [without faith] to whom not beams forth on them the illumination of the euaggeliou of the glory of the Christou, Who is the human eikon of Theos.

 

Romans 1:18: For the orge [violent passion, fury, rage, wrath] of Theos (from Ouranou) is uncovered upon all impiety and injustice of men suppressing the truth in injustice because the well-known truth concerning Theos is shining [apparent] in them for Theos revealed it to them. From the original forming of the kosmou [universe, world, cosmos], the invisible attributes of Him (both His eternal dunamis [force, power] and divinity) have been fully beheld [clearly seen], being noieo [considered, understood] through observation of the things being created in order that they be without excuse. Even though having known Theos, they not glorified Him as Theos nor were they eucharistesan [expressing gratitude, giving thanks] to Theos; conversely, they were rendered foolish in their reasoning and the unintelligence of their hearts was obscured. Professing to be wise, they became foolish and changed the glory of the imperishable, eternal Theos into a resemblance of an eikonos of perishable man, birds, four-footed animals, and reptiles. 

Romans 8.28: Now, we know that everything works together toward good to those agaponton [unconditionally loving] Theos (to those being invited down to His intention [purpose]) because whom He beforehand knew, He also predetermined, jointly formed to the eikonos of His Son toward Him to be the first-born among many brothers. But whom He predetermined, these He also called, these He also edikaiosen [rendered just] and whom He edikaiose, these He also rendered glorious. 

Colossians 1.9: Via this [From the day we heard of your unconditional love in the Holy Spirit], we also don’t pause [stop] proseuchomenoi [humbly begging of God, praying] to Theos over you and asking that you be made replete [complete] in recognition of His thelematos [determination, choice, decision, decree] in all wisdom and spiritual understanding. And that you be made to walk appropriately of the Kuriou, compliant to all in every good work; that you are being fertile and growing into the recognition of Theos in all dunamei, being empowered [enabled] down [according] to the great vigor of His glory to all a hupomonen [cheerful endurance] and makrothumian [forbearing, patiently restraining]; that you amidst joy eucharistountes [are gratefully giving thanks] to the Father to qualify us to the portion of the lot of the hagion in the Light. He Who rescued us emergent from the authority of shadiness and transferred us into the Kingdom of the Son of His agapes. He in Whom we have redemption via His blood; the freedom of [from] hamartion [misses of the mark or goal; errors, offenses, sins]. He Who is the eikon of the invisible Theos, the firstborn of all creation because in Him all was created: the things in the ouranois [skys, heavens] and the things upon the earth; the seen [visible] and the invisible, whether thrones or lordships or rank or authorities. All has been created via Him and to Him and He IS before the birth of the whole of creation and all is presented in Him. Also, He is the Head of the somatos [body], the ekklesias [assembly, church]. 

Colossians 3.5: Accordingly, make your limbs [members] upon the earth dead to porneian [depravity], impurity, pathos {passion}, lust], kakia [worthlessness] and avarice which is idolatry for which activities the orge of Theos is coming upon the sons of apeitheias [willful disbelief] in [among] whom you (then) also walked when you were living in these worthless practices. But now, also you must put them all aside: orgen, thumon [passion, anger, indignation], kakian, blasthemian [speaking irreverently, profanely; blaspheming]; vile conversation emergent from your mouths. Don’t lie to one another, having totally divested yourselves of the antique man with his practices and having dressed yourself with the new man, being renovated into full discernment down to the eikona of Him [Jesus]. He is the owner of him [you] where there isn’t Greek and Jew, circumcised and fore skinned, barbaros [foreigner, non-Greek, barbarian],Scythene [savage], slave and freeman; but all and in all is the Christos. 

End of Eighty-ninth Lesson