Transformation

What does the writer mean when he says,

“to be transformed

by the renewing of the mind”?

Romans 12:2

“Transformed”

is a translation of the Greek word

“Metamorphous.”

Only three other times

is this Greek word used

in the Bible,

twice, interpreted as

“transfigured,”

and once as “changed”:

Peter, James, and John

climbed a mountain with Yahshua

who was

transfigured before them:

and his face did shine as the sun,

and his raiment was white as the light.

Matthew 17.2 & Mark 9.2

Look very closely 

and it will become obvious 

that the gospel Yahshua revealed is about

physical “transformation,”

About life and immortality.

“… Jesus Christ,

who hath abolished death,

and hath brought

life and immortality

to light through the gospel”

2Timothy 1:10

The gospel is not about

dying and going to heaven.

Rather, it is about living,

in the present,

Here, now and always,

in the kingdom of Heaven.

This is the gospel He taught,

the message we must accept!

"I am the resurrection, 
and the life: 
he that believes in me, 
though he were dead, 
yet shall he live:
And whosoever lives
and believes in me 
shall never die. . ."
John 11:26
   
“But if the Spirit of Him

that raised up Jesus

from the dead

dwell in you,

he that raised up Christ

from the dead

shall also

quicken your mortal bodies

by his Spirit

that dwells in you.”

Romans 8.11

Stop, be still,
be here now, in this instant!
Be totally present within this moment 
and dwell on the awareness that
the Spirit who is the Creator
lives in you, 
and that through this
common union,
this communion,
this intercourse,
your mind is being renewed,
and your body transformed!
 
"But we all,

with open face

beholding as in a glass

the glory of the Lord,

are changed (Metamorphous)
into the same image

from glory to glory,

even as by the Spirit of the Lord.”

2 Corinthians 3:18

To be “transformed,”

is the metamorphosis 

of the body.

It literally means to

change from 
the physical state
into the spiritual state.

not unlike the transfiguration of Yahshua.

This can only be accomplished

“by the renewing of the mind.”

This understanding

is the "fountain of youth."

It is the Holy Grail 

sought after by

King Arthur 

and the knights 

of the round table:

Eternal life,

the metaphor expressed

by the need to 

drink from the cup 

from which Christ drank 

at his last supper.

The process of metamorphosis

has not been made more evident

than that expressed by the lyrics:

“Tadpoles and Butterflies,

have both been born again.”

Being metamorphosed

is the result

of “the renewing of the mind,”

If I think

my mind

has been renewed

merely because

I spoke

some magic words

at an alter call,

I had better think again.

It is all about 

Love,

"Agapao,"
The perfect quality of 
service to others,

the mental 

manifestation

of the principles thereof, 

translated through the flesh, 

reflecting

the condition of the soul.

The transformation occurs when
we change our mind
from fear based
to love based,
to resonate 
at the frequency 
of Love,
the frequency of the Creator
our Father.

And as we have borne

the image of the earthy,

we shall also bear

the image of the heavenly.

Now this I say, brethren,

that flesh and blood

cannot inherit

the kingdom of God;

neither doth

corruption inherit incorruption.

Behold, I shew you a mystery;

We shall not all sleep,

but we shall all be changed,

In a moment,

in the twinkling of an eye,

at the last trump:

for the trumpet shall sound,

and the dead shall be raised

incorruptible,

and we shall be changed.

For this corruptible

must put on

incorruption,

and this mortal must put on

immortality.

So when this

corruptible

shall have put on

incorruption,

and this mortal

shall have put on immortality,

then shall be brought to pass

the saying that is written,

Death is swallowed up

in victory.

1 Corinthians 15.49-54