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Transhumanist Advent: The Divine Ledger and Taking up the Cross

Explore how the cross transforms from past metaphysics to present action—healing wounds, overcoming injustice, and conquering death through transhumanist hope this Advent.

Transhumanist Advent: The Christmas Message

Ben Blair argues the Christmas message calls us not to be spectators but oath-makers—sharing the burden of confronting evil and death alongside the divine.

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Colossians 1:24 (NRSV): I am now rejoicing in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am completing what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions for the sake of his body, that is, the church.

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In our preexistent state, in the day of the great council, we made a certain agreement with the Almighty. The Lord proposed a plan, conceived by him. We accepted it. Since the plan is intended for all men, we become parties to the salvation of every person under that plan. We agreed, right then and there, to be not only saviors for ourselves but measurably, saviors for the whole human family. We went into a partnership with the Lord.

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Return of Christ
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Lincoln Cannon

Return of Christ

Lincoln Cannon reinterprets the prophecy of Christ’s return through the lens of Christian theosis and Mormon theology. Examining the Hebrew Bible’s multiple “Christs”—including King David and Cyrus of Persia—alongside Paul’s teaching that “Christ is in you,” he argues that the “Son of Man” refers not exclusively to Jesus but to all the children of humanity. When Jesus says his return will be “as lightning visible from east to west,” he speaks of a collective transformation: the return of Christ is the moment when we become Christ, loving, healing, and raising the dead as Jesus commanded his disciples to do.