John Owen and Our Nature in Christ

A few hours after yesterday's post I was reading John Owen's Meditations and Discourses on the Glory of Christ. Below are some quotes regarding our nature. 

This wonderful book is in the public domain.

Quotes:

 

“For if our future blessedness shall consist in being where He is, and beholding of His glory, what better preparation can there be for it than in a constant previous contemplation of that glory in the revelation that is made in the Gospel, unto this very end, that by a view of it we may be gradually transformed into the same glory?”

 

“He it is in whom our nature, which was debased as low as hell by apostasy from God, is exalted above the whole creation.” [Italics Owen].

 

“…but those who have received the light of faith and grace, so as rightly to understand the being and end of that nature whereof they are partakers, cannot but rejoice in its deliverance from the utmost debasement, into that glorious exaltation which it has received in the person of Christ. And this must needs make thoughts of Him full of refreshment unto their souls. Let us take care of our persons, - the glory of our nature is safe in Him. For – In Him the relation of our nature unto God is eternally secured. We were created in a covenant relation unto God. Our nature was related unto Him in a way of friendship, of likeness, and complacency.” [Italics Owen].

 

“Heaven and earth may pass away, but there shall never be a dissolution of the union between God and our nature anymore.”

 

“…this nature of ours is capable of this glorious exaltation and subsistence in God.” [Italics Owen].

 

“Our nature in Him is passed through these aspectable heavens, and is exalted far above them. Its eternal habitation is in the blessed regions of light and glory; and He has promised that where He is, there we shall be, and that forever.”