Definition Essay On Perfection

Perfection. What is perfection in the lords eyes? Well the basic definition would be having all the desired elements, or being as good as possible. The word perfect itself is translated from the hebrew word tamiym (taw-meem) can be translated as upright, without spot, complete to name a few. We know that perfection is extremely hard to accomplish if not impossible however it is interesting to note that god declared some people to be perfect including Noah in Gen 6:9, and Job in Job 1:1. We are often told that the lord will make us perfect after we have done all that we can do. As it says in Helaman 14:17 “the resurrection of Christ redeemeth mankind, yea, even all mankind, and bringeth them back into the presence of god”. And in Alma 7:13 “Now the Spirit knoweth all things; nevertheless the son of god suffereth according to the flesh that me might take upon him the sins of his people, …show more content…
God knows that we cannot make it to higher levels of glory without some form of forgivness of sin and he designed repentance in such a way that we can attain a good enough level of perfection for god to pick us up and complete the process making a perfectly good individual. Lets get back to the Hebrew definition of tamiym, one of the translations is whole, or complete. And I personally believe this to be of significance, what then is somebody who has not achieved tamiym are they possibly missing some part of their spiritual being? Perhaps we were designed specifically to attain perfection and without perfection we simply aren’t fulfilled as much as we can be. I am getting into a more theoretical view of the scriptures and I may be wrong in some things so I believe it is best for me to stop there before I begin making mistakes. In the name of Jesus Christ