Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. For we know in part and we prophesy in part, but when perfection comes, the imperfect disappears (1 Corinthians 13:8-10).

When perfection comes.

The word used here is teleion, which can also mean complete or fully mature. 

Jesus was the perfect sacrifice.

Perfect, as in “It is finished” perfect. 

The Law, the temple sacrifice, the ritual cleansings, the need to work and earn favor with God–the imperfect fading in the light of the Perfect.

One day, Beloved, Jesus will return, and once again, the imperfect will disappear.

Oh glorious day!

Happy Wednesday, Beloved