“THE VEIL IS REMOVED!”

2 Corinthians 3:12-18                               (ESV)

“12 Since we have SUCH A HOPE, WE ARE VERY BOLD,

13 not like Moses, who would PUT A VEIL over his face so that the Israelites might not gaze at the outcome of what was being brought to an end.

14 But THEIR MINDS WERE HARDENED. For to this day, when they read the old covenant, THAT SAME VEIL REMAINS unlifted, because only THROUGH CHRIST is it taken away.

15 Yes, to this day whenever Moses is read a veil lies over their hearts.

16 But when one turns to the LORD, “THE VEIL IS REMOVED”.

17 Now the LORD IS THE SPIRIT, and where the SPIRIT of the LORD is, THERE IS FREEDOM.

18 And we all, WITH UNVEILED FACE, beholding the glory of the LORD, are being TRANSFORMED into the SAME IMAGE from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the LORD WHO is the SPIRIT.”

During a Word study that I am doing on us REFLECTING the LOVE of JESUS CHRIST into the darkness of “this world” with our lives, I came across these verses comparing the time that Moses had to wear a VEIL over his head because he was near the presence of GOD.  He had NO CHOICE but to reflect GOD because he “shone” from HIS GLORY!  For Moses to be seen by his fellow Israelites, he had to cover his face with a veil because his face shone so brightly from his encounter with THE LORD.  When JESUS said “IT IS FINISHED” on the cross of Calvary and the veil of the Temple was rent in two, there was no longer a need for a VEIL, as HE now lives in our hearts!

Since Calvary is complete and “THE VEIL IS REMOVED”, the SPIRIT of the LORD gives us FREEDOM from burdens of the law!  We don’t have the FREEDOM from the law, just the burdens of the law.  We are ALL guilty, with me being the worst, of breaking the laws of GOD.  But because of the sacrifice of JESUS, we who Believe in HIM and HIS atonement can be FREE from the burdens of the law that bound us with guilt and shame.  

Imagine living a life being constantly condemned for the actions of somebody else?  Now imagine being the one who is really GUILTY and living in constant Judgement for your failures, never SPIRITUALLY even breathing FREEDOM because the sentence for our crimes was SPIRITUAL death!  But then our CREATOR sends HIS SON to accept our punishment for ALL OUR SINS upon HIM so we wouldn’t have to live under the burden we were previously saddled with?  That is PRECISELY what JESUS did for all of mankind on Calvary!  And all we have to do is recognize and accept HIS sacrifice by FAITH and reap HIS REWARD!  

Yes, since we have SUCH A HOPE, WE ARE VERY BOLD, proclaiming the greatness of HIS LOVE for us and our FREEDOM in HIM!  No longer do we have to hang our heads in shame, because our sins have been blotted out by HIS sacrifice.   “THE VEIL IS REMOVED” as we have the same SPIRIT living inside of us that spoke these worlds into existence!  And yet some STILL can’t SEE HIM?   I’m so grateful that “THE VEIL IS REMOVED” from my EYES and HE lives in me and I have NO CHOICE but to share that with others!!!