That they may be one just as We are one.” John 17:22.
The devil is determined that this will never happen, and this is one reason that we see constant debate about theology and everything else among God’s professed people today. However, there are going to be some people who will overcome all this dissension and become one. Here are some inspired predictions about this:
“ ‘We all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord’ [II Corinthians 3:18]. We are to keep the Lord ever before us. Those who do this, walk with God as did Enoch, and imperceptibly to themselves, they become one with the Father and with the Son. Day by day a change is wrought upon mind and hearts, and the natural inclination, the natural ways, are molded after God’s ways and Spirit.” Sons and Daughters of God, 296.
“If your zeal is languishing, your first love grown cold, accept again of the proffered love of Christ. Eat of Christ’s flesh, drink of His blood, and you will become one with the Father and with the Son.” The Review and Herald, May 17, 1892.
“Christ in the courts of heaven had known that the time would come when the power of Satan must be met and conquered if the human race was ever to be saved from his dominion. And when that time came, the Son of God laid off His kingly crown and royal robe, and clothing His divinity with humanity, came to the earth to meet the prince of evil, and to conquer him. In order to become the advocate of man before the Father, the Saviour would live His life on earth as every human being must, accepting its adversities and sorrows and temptations. As the Babe of Bethlehem, He would become one with the race.” Ibid., January 28, 1909.
“Christ was one with the Father, on a level with the eternal throne.” The Signs of the Times, April 25, 1895.
“Our Lord Jesus Christ could not have become the Redeemer unless He had first been the Sacrifice. How precious is it to contemplate the faithfulness of God to His promises! After His humiliation, suffering, and death, the Son of God steps back to the position of His former glory, and is one with the Father in power and dominion.” Ibid., June 27, 1895.
“Christ became one with us in humanity in order that we might become one with Him in life everlasting. Thus our life is united with His life. He proclaimed over the rent sepulcher of Joseph, ‘I am the resurrection, and the life’ [John 11:25].” Manuscript Releases, vol. 21, 348.