I Corinthians 13: 8-13
Love never fails; but if there are gifts of prophesy, they will be done away;
When everything that has ever has been prophesied all comes true in time.
if there are tongues, they will cease;
Languages will one day be moot when we will all be able to converse without regard for words except for the language of the heart.
if there is knowledge, it will be done away.
All the scientific knowledge mankind has accrued to that point in time will suddenly be obsolete in the light of the reality of the New Heaven and the New Earth.
For we know in part, and we prophesy in part
We only know a small portion of the whole story of what God has planned and is carrying out in the line of Time; of everything we can know, or be able to predict will happen in the future, we will never be able to fill in all the gaps.
but when the perfect comes, the partial will be done away.
When what is complete and finished becomes our reality, then all the pieces of what we thought we knew will all fall into place, displaying how all the dots are connected and what it really looks like, and what all the pieces we knew really meant.
When I was a child, I used to speak as a child, think as a child, reason as a child;
Before I grew up or attained any maturity, I lived a little child's life: assuming that all was well in the world and that I would always have everything I need, as I didn't need any more than the bare necessities, and was satisfied with that.
when I became a man I did away with childish things.
When I became an adult, I realized that everything wasn't automatic, that I needed to bear my responsibilities to see that my needs and the needs of my family would be met, and I "did away" with the attitude that the world owes me a living.
For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face-to-face;
Now what we see is merely a dim reflection of the reality we will understand when God draws to a close this era of Man, to give way to a new Era of Christ's Rule. Then we will perceive clearly the new reality.
now I know in part, but then I shall know fully just as I also have been fully known.
Now what we can understand is only a tiny piece of what is actual, and when this new Era dawns, we will be learning and knowing fully the whole picture of Human History, and how God guided the movers and shakers to accomplish the working out of His Plan for all of us all along. Just as God already knows every molecule of my being intimately.
But now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.
So we will always believe God (faith), we will always have confidence in His Plan working out His Way in whatever system He will be focused on throughout Eternity (hope), and we will always respond to God's love for us with love for Him and those He loves, which will continue to be the foundation that all of His Creation runs on. (Love makes the World go 'round--God's love!)
Even so, come, Lord Jesus!
