This is one of those passages you may need to read more than once to begin to follow what Paul is teaching. His Jewish audience would be very familiar with the Old Covenant and its limitations. Now, understanding a brand-new, completely different covenant with God would have been challenging. Paul was doing his best here to help them understand the difference.
For us, it’s good to recall the history of how God interacted with his people. It was especially meaningful to imagine Moses and the veil. To have been in the presence of God, Moses’ face would have shone with glorious light. The people feared being that close to God and his glory. The veil signifies that boundary that only Jesus can take away. Continue reading “2 Corinthians 3:1-18 – Old vs. New Covenant”
