I think we’ve all seen someone’s face light up – usually when they see someone they love and that someone loves them.
Consider Moses who has just come back through the “I’ve been to Mount Sinai” door. Moses’ face was radiant after He had spent time with GOD.
The people could clearly see GOD’s presence in Him. How often do we spend time alone with GOD? Although our faces may not light up a room, time spent in prayer, reading the Bible and meditating should have such an effect on our lives that people will recognise that we have been with GOD.
If we claim GOD as our Father, we need to live worthy of this family name – respecting GOD’s name and giving Him praise by both our words and our lives.
GOD’s holiness is terribly frightening for non-believers; but a wonderful comfort for believers.
GOD is morally perfect and is set apart from people and sin. He has no weaknesses or shortcomings. For sinners this is frightening because all their inadequacies and evil are exposed by the light of GOD’s holiness. GOD cannot tolerate, ignore, or excuse sin.
For believers, GOD’s holiness gives comfort because, as we worship Him, we are lifted from the mire of sin. As we believe in Him and humble ourselves before Him, we are made holy.
When anyone becomes a Christian, Christ removes the veil – giving eternal life, and freedom from trying to be saved by keeping laws. And without the veil, we can be like mirrors reflecting GOD’s glory.
When Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the 10 Commandments, his face glowed from being in GOD’s presence. Moses had to put on a veil to keep the people being terrified by the brightness of his face. In his second letter to the Corinthians, Paul adds that this veil kept them from seeing the radiance fade away. Moses and his veil illustrate the fading of the old system and the veiling of the people’s minds and understanding by their pride, hardness of heart and refusal to repent. The veil kept them from understanding the references to CHRIST in the Scriptures.
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