Veils

Exodus 34:29 Now it was so, when Moses came down from Mount Sinai (and the two tablets of the Testimony were in Moses’ hand when he came down from the mountain), that Moses did not know that the skin of his face shone while he talked with Him.

Today is a little different for my mind is still fascinated by the time in study last night. I am not sure I am prepared to try and wrap it into a OneMinuteMinistry.

Moses had returned to Mt. Sinai to meet with God again alone. He had come down from His first meeting and found Israel worshiping an idol and had lost his temper. He had returned to meet with God on the mountain and he pleaded with God to see Him. God granted his request, but would not let Moses see His face. When Moses came down from the mountain and spoke to his people his face glowed from being in God’s presence. There is so much to unpack in that statement alone. But Moses did not know His face shown until later and he took a veil and covered his face. Each time afterwards he returned from meeting the Lord he veiled his face so that the children of Israel could not see how fast it faded away. 2 Corinthians 3:13 unlike Moses, who put a veil over his face so that the children of Israel could not look steadily at the end of what was passing away. That fading away quickly is still heavy on my mind.

In further study this morning in 2 Corinthians 3, it speaks of the veil being removed through Christ. 2 Corinthians 3:16-17 Nevertheless when one turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away. Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. Paul is speaking of the differences in the Law of the Old Testament, and the Liberty that is found in Christ. Matthew Henry wrote, “Or, when any particular person is converted to God, then the veil of ignorance is taken away; the blindness of the mind, and the hardness of the heart, are cured. 2. The condition of those who enjoy and believe the gospel is much more happy. For, (1.) They have liberty: Where the Spirit of the Lord is, and where he worketh, as he does under the gospel-dispensation, there is liberty (v. 17), freedom from the yoke of the ceremonial law, and from the servitude of corruption; liberty of access to God, and freedom of speech in prayer. The heart is set at liberty, and enlarged, to run the ways of God’s commandments.”

I was talking with my best friend about the differences in the lives of Christians before and after Christ, and the strains of living a Godly life before He came for our Salvation. What is available today through the acceptance of Him is a privilege that will remove the veil from your eyes and heart, and allow you to see God too.