"we ... are not like Moses, who used to put a veil over his face so that the sons of Israel would not look intently at the end of what was fading away. But their minds were hardened; for until this very day at the reading of the old covenant the same veil remains unlifted, because it is removed in Christ. But to this day whenever Moses is read, a veil lies over their heart; but whenever a person 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. But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as from the Lord, the Spirit." 2 Corinthians 3:12-18.

A wedding tradition is that the bride wears a veil until the bride and groom kiss after the official pronouncement. The veil obscures the bride's face during the ceremony, but its lifting near the end of the ceremony represents the new relationship between husband and wife.

This imagery of a veil serves as a significant illustration in Paul's letter to the church at Corinth. Even as Moses placed a veil over his face as he descended Mount Sinai with the God-given Law, so are those who hear the reading of this old covenant who have not known its fulfillment in Christ. The Sermon On the Mount (Matthew 5-7) is Jesus' clearest instruction concerning His fulfillment of the old covenant.

We read that "whenever a person turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away". Through Christ the veil is lifted and all can be clearly seen and understood. With unveiled faces we are given the opportunity, through Jesus, to see the glory of the Father even as we are being transformed into that glory ourselves. What an incredible, liberating privilege!

The key that unlocks all of the Bible is Jesus. It is only through personal knowledge of him and his mission that any of the Bible makes sense. That is why salvation is found in "the things concerning the kingdom and the name of Jesus Christ" (Acts 8:12). Without an intimate knowledge of the man and his mission we read the Bible as with a veil covering our faces.

As those who are born again in Christ, let us rejoice today in the liberating, unveiled view of the plan of God through Christ.

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