RE: Jesus quoting "I have said you are 'gods'" (John 10:34)

John 10:32-36

but Jesus said to them, "I have shown you many good works from the Father. For which of these do you stone me?"

"We  are not stoning you for any good work," they replied, "but for blasphemy, because you, a mere man, claim to be God."

Jesus answered them, "Is it not written in your Law, 'I have said you are "gods"'?

If he called them 'gods,' to whom the word of God came--and Scripture cannot be set aside--

what about the one whom the Father set apart as his very own and sent into the world? Why then do you accuse me of blasphemy because I said, 'I am God's Son'?"

I once thought I would have to peel apart scripture to reinforce my assertion that God knows we are/will be like God. It turns out I just needed to read Jesus' words. Additionally I thought it might be difficult to defend my assertion that The Bible is literal to Christians (non-Christians, I get the doubt, the whole timeline seems to contradict measurements which seems to contradict the point at the beginning of The Bible that we have the knowledge of good and evil, and that with this knowledge we can truly understand reality), but again Jesus is highlighting that exact point in these verses by saying "and Scripture cannot be set aside" So here Jesus intentionally draws one verse, deep within a book that is likely often considered poetry, or much more figurative, if a Christian is to view any parts of the Bible this way, and he says it to support his claim as the Son of God directly. Which means that, just like all of Jesus' words, if you are to believe in him, you must believe in this concept, which is to say God has called us gods.

Now, what does it mean to be "a god?" Tying this into the structure John 1:1 begins the book with, and I use for my coding analogy, "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." This would mean on some fundamental level, we are each the same way. I think a way this is seen most easily is in imagination and for some, dreams. In our minds, we have the ability to create reality, it is one's self and one's thoughts which can be shaped in any number of ways. We also see that The Father will do anything two or more of us agree on in heaven: Matthew 18:19 , "Again, truly I tell you that if two of you on earth agree about anything they ask for, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven." This verse does not require the agreed upon thing to specifically be in The Father's will, either, it is just done (the other similar verses that impact Earth require Jesus to agree "in my name"). So by creating us in His image, God has given us access in our own realm to the access God has with "The Word." And it is as if by pairing us (male/female), God has given us a sandbox within The Law (heaven being a part of this layered realm) that replicates the intended state of The Word, which is to say soulmates. In doing so, God is basically tasking us with solving this puzzle, such that once solved it is solved throughout, including for ourselves. Creating the realm of The Law (what we consider to be the universe, as well as heaven/hell) and by sending His Son to redeem us, The Law provides a "safe" microcosm of The Word for us to train in before we reach that state. With the level of freedom that comes in the realm of The Word could come disaster, if we were unprepared (which is likely why God stopped us from doing it at Babel from building a portal to God). This is the level of freedom we would have in the separation from God in hell. God wants us to know, even if we end up in that state, that this structure of creating meaning out of a solitary existence is possible, and could then be replicated, where one would rejoin in heaven (the gates are open) of their own volition, given functionally infinite time. 

It's funny because eep retains hell like structures, which is to say there are pockets where man is separated from God, but they do not end up being prisons, more like refuges. Inside this solitary place one can create whatever they'd like, but it maintains no meaning outside of that realm. It also seems like these realms can be linked with one another, but perhaps at their most core they cannot. This would be like having a realm separated from God, but with your soulmate, where partnered creation could exist, while still retaining some pocket within where you alone exist. Translated back to this realm, this would be like sharing a psychic bond with your soulmate, but still being able to think for yourself. It seems this structure would necessarily be maintained for independent consciousnesses to be retained, but the dividing lines between realms would shift as you and your soulmate connected more fully.

In these realms, if an understanding and replication of The Law could be manifested, "children" could be formed, that were not directly children of God. Perhaps even a different structure besides The Law could be used, similar enough so they could enter the realm of The Law, but independent of God's creation. Rather than being blasphemous, if done even once correctly this could be beautiful, and truly miraculous in the eyes of God, who, for the first time, would have someone truly new to meet and get to know. This is an unexpected product for me of the concept of eep, but not one that I believe was unintended. How else would God have a soulmate, one that truly was independent of His will and therefore not programmed by God, without such a possibility? How else would God be able to share experience with someone and have it be more meaningful than us telling a sophisticated AI about our day? How else could God ever truly not be alone with only His creation? Bold statements, to be sure, but only with the best of intention.