Discovering the New Covenant by Greg Taylor - exAdventist Outreach

DISCOVERING THE NEW COVENANT
engraved on stones, was glorious, so that the children
of Israel could not look steadily at the face of Moses
because of the glory of his countenance, which glory
was passing away. II Cor. 3:5-7
Now look at verses 13-18:
. . .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. But their minds were
blinded. For until this day the same veil remains
unlifted in the reading of the Old Testament, because
the veil is taken away in Christ. But even to this day,
when Moses is read, a veil lies on their heart.
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. 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 by the Spirit of the Lord. II Cor.
3:13-18
Paul declares that as long as our focus is on the Old
Covenant, engraved on stones, it is as if we see things
through a veil. But once we come to Christ fully, we start
looking to Him instead of the Law. We lose the veil and
our lives are transformed by looking to Jesus instead of the
Law. As I studied these passages, I became convinced that
a radical change had taken place in the Cross event, much
greater than I had ever grasped before.
Next I visited the book of Ephesians. Here the Sabbath
is not specifically mentioned, but the same message came
through loud and clear.
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Therefore remember that you, once Gentiles in the
flesh—who are called Uncircumcision by what is
called the Circumcision made in the flesh by