Originally found at this link. There is a mystical union of God and the believer, which is taught in the Scriptures and experienced by the Christian, but which is difficult to describe. Chronologically its beginning coincides with regeneration and justification; logically it follows upon them, and forms the next stage in the order of salvation. […]
The new life, brought about by regeneration, is evidenced in the fact that God dwells in the regenerated man, while the regenerated man dwells in God. The regenerated man is born to the life of the spiritual world. He has returned to the original state of man when God in a special sense dwelt in […]
This a (very rough) translation of sections of David Hollaz’s chapter on mystical union in his Examin Theologicum Acroamaticum. On Indwelling Grace I. What is the Mystical Union with God? Mystical union is the spiritual conjunction of the Triune God with justified man, wherein like the temple, God consecrates with his particular being, as a […]
