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The scriptures. May God bless the reading of His holy word.

Therefore, since we have such a hope, we are very bold. We are not like Moses, who would put a veil over his face to prevent the Israelites from seeing the end of what was passing away. But their minds were made dull, for to this day the same veil remains when the old covenant is read. It has not been removed, because only in Christ is it taken away. Even to this day when Moses is read, a veil covers their hearts. But whenever anyone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away.

And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into His image with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.

2 Corinthians 3:12-16, 18

This ends today’s reading from God's holy word. Thanks be to God.

When Moses descended Mount Sinai after his encounter with God, an encounter that produced the stone tablets inscribed with the Law, his face shone brightly because it reflected God’s glory (Exodus 34:29). Having never seen someone’s face like this, the Israelites were afraid of Moses, so much so that he had to place a veil over his face to cover the glory from shining forth (vv. 33-35). In other words, the glory of God was not in sight of the Israelite people.

Fast forward to the time of the Paul as he wrote his second letter to the Corinthian church. As we look at his words in chapter 3 today, we find the apostle reaching back to the veiling of Moses to continue making a point about the New Covenant God had made with all people and how the Jews in his day had lost access to the glory of God because of their decision to reject Jesus, His Son.

As we saw in yesterday’s message, the coming of Jesus brought a greater glory into play, a glory from God that would not just last for the moment and immediate future but forever. For the everlasting glory found through Christ and Christ alone was a glory resulting from the pardon and forgiveness of sin. Jesus said it best when He said that He was the Way and the Truth and the Life, the only way to God the Father. Access to the kingdom of God was now gained through belief in Christ and anyone could be saved, whether Jew or Gentile.

In relation to the reference to Moses, Paul wanted all Christian believers to know that they had been unveiled because of their faith and trust placed in Jesus as Savior. Once separated from God’s glory due to their sin, Christians would now be able to contemplate the Lord’s magnificence and splendor with unveiled faces while He transformed them into His image, seeing that this amazing, spectacular glory was not static but ever increasing.

Friends, through Jesus, we have been ushered into the glory of God but the glory we see today is just the beginning of Him revealing His majesty and grandeur. Through Jesus, the best is still yet to come and one day we will see God face to face, communing in fellowship with Him with unveiled faces.

I don’t know about you but I can’t wait for that.

Amen.

In Christ,

Mark

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