Nang
TOL Subscriber
I disagree. It is already become an ontological reality.
If this were so, there would be no restrictions as taught in I Cor. 15:50:
"Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does corruption inherit corruption."
Even though the Christian has been forensically justified ("forgiven," "cleansed") of his sins and legally imputed with the righteousness of Jesus Christ, he remains in a corrupted body which harbors the law of sin, and is still subject to physical death.
The only thing that can ontologically change this corruption of flesh and blood, is the resurrection unto glory, and every Christian has this promise:
"Behold, I tell 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 trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will 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 has put on incorruption, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written: 'Death is swallowed up in victory.'" I Cor. 15:51-54
Glorification comes through bodily resurrection, and glorification alone ontologically changes sinful mortals into incorruptible (sinless) beings.
Nang