[Alamo-Girl]

Thank you so much for the excellent analysis! Hugs!!!

Indeed, in Genesis the word good is used to describe each complete step, and very good at the end of the sixth day. Elsewhere, that same Hebrew word is translated to mean “merry” and “better” in context.

Moreover, your analysis of the word perfect is supported by these Scriptures:

Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect. – Matthew 5:48

I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me. – John 17:23

But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away. – I Cor 13:11

[betty boop]

Thank you so much for the scriptural passages on perfection, Alamo-Girl. I think what they make clear is that Christ, as divine mediator, is necessary to the perfection of the soul. Perfection isn't given by anything in the natural world, nor can we achieve perfection by means of our own unaided efforts. I don't know whether it is something that can be accomplished while we are in an "incarnated state" -- though perhaps certain saints accomplished it "in this life," by the grace of God. What do you think?