Going Onto Perfection

Thoughts on Davidic Kingship.

Last week we looked at an overview of Exaltation.  This week we’ll consider the concept of Perfection.  In the scriptures, we see examples of perfect men, we’ll look at these examples, then we’ll consider how the Messiah perfects us and finally we’ll look at the occurrence of the number seven to indicate the concept of completion, wholeness and perfection.

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The Process of Perfection
Our Process of Perfection looks like this:

                                                                     Individual Salvation
                                                                             Born Again
​            ​                                           (Redemption / Sanctification)
          Born of the Blood / Born of the Water > Keeps the Commandments > Born of God/Spirit

                                                                       Married Exaltation
                                                                        Going Onto Perfection
                        Becoming Perfect > Reaches the Full Stature of Messiah > Sees God the Son

Perfect Men
Some may think that becoming perfect is an impossible task, but the scriptures cite examples where persons have achieved perfection.  First, there is Enoch who walked with God and God took him - Gen. 5:24.  Next we have Noah - These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God - Gen. 6:9.   God commanded Abraham (and Sarah) to be perfect - Gen. 17:1, and then Abraham became perfect culminating in God making an everlasting covenant with him.  Job is another example of perfection.  Of Job, the scriptures read, "There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God and eschewed evil." - Job 1:1. Another example of perfection is Melchizedek (aka Shem), whom the scriptures call a King of Righteousness and a King of Peace, who became like the Son of God - Hebrews 7. And also, Jehovah/Yeshua’s Endtime Servant David also falls into this category as a just man made perfect.​

Melchizedek was made "Like the Son of God"

​Becoming Perfect in Messiah
Some have the idea that just exerting mental effort in Yeshua as the Messiah will somehow make them perfect.  But what Yeshua’s message is, is that by emulating His perfect life,  that by doing, knowing and being like Him will transform us into perfection, and we have examples peppered throughout the scriptures of persons reaching perfection even though many believers can’t bring themselves to the realization that a human can become perfect.  If perfection is not achievable, then God is commanding an impossibility of humanity to become perfect as He is perfect - Matt 5:48. And while it is true that all have sinned, the scriptures are clear that through the transformation of the Spirit and the Son perfection is achievable.


Becoming Like the Messiah
In our analysis of becoming perfect as the Messiah is perfect, we will consider four major elements: Marriage, Overcoming Sin, Receiving a Full Knowledge of Salvation and Exaltation and Cultivating the Seven Attributes of Jehovah/Yeshua.


The Perfection of Seven
Another aspect of perfection that we will consider here is the Perfection of Seven.  Noted throughout the scriptures is the repeating occurrence of the number seven.  Seven appears in the Bible to signify a state of completion, wholeness and perfection.  It might be considered a validation rule to assist us in knowing that we have received a complete doctrinal principle or concept.  Lets consider the occurrence of seven in the Bible -

                                                            The Seven Days of Creation.
                                  The Seven Thousand Years of the Earth’s Temporal Existence.
                                          The Seven Basic Laws for All Humanity (Noahide).
                                              The Seven Spiritual Categories of Humanity.
                                                     The Seven Covenants of Perfection.
                                                 The Seven Appointed Times of Jehovah.
                                        The Seven Divine Attributes of Jehovah (Menorah).
                                                          The Seven Seals of Revelations.
                                                                          Etc. Etc. Etc.


Dr. Gileadi,

"Ascending from the Zion/Jerusalem category are valiant souls who sanctify their lives by emulating Israel’s Savior-God and assimilating his attributes and perfections. Entering into individual compacts with him under the terms of the Davidic Covenant, they act as proxy saviors of others in the pattern of King Hezekiah at Assyria’s siege of Jerusalem. Proving loyal to Israel’s God through a descent phase of trials and afflictions, they are re-created in his image and likeness." ​​