but when perfection comes, the imperfect disappears.
Yesterday`s verse makes a lot more sense once you add on today`s verse! (I wonder why they didn`t just make that all one verse anyway - no idea how they divided that up!).
So, begin the day by reviewing v 1-9 and then add on today`s verse. It`s another short one, so another easier day for you.
The gift of languages ceased at the end of the apostolic age and is no longer mentioned after v8. Prophecy and knowledge will be abolished when the perfection comes - when we see God face to face eternally.
MacArthur says this will be specifically after the Thousand Year Reign or Millennial Kingdom. His explanation is rather lengthy (though good!), but I found a shorter one that said the same thing here....
The “perfect” is not the completion of Scripture, since there is still the operation of those two gifts and will be in the future kingdom (Joel 2:28; Acts 2:17; Revelation 11:3). The Scriptures do not allow us to see “face to face” or have perfect knowledge as God does (v. 12). The “perfect” is not the rapture of the church or the second coming of Christ, since the kingdom to follow these events will have an abundance of preachers and teachers (Isaiah 29:18; 32:3, 4; Joel 2:28; Revelation 11:3). The perfect, therefore, must be the eternal state, when we in glory see God face to face (Revelation 22:4) and have full knowledge in the eternal new heavens and new earth. Just as a child grows to full understanding, believers will come to perfect knowledge and no such gifts will be necessary.
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