The Gospel Unveiled

The principle of veiling and unveiling is taught in 2 Corinthians 3 & 4. Throughout the Bible there is use of veiling.  We see this in the Old Testament where God told His people to set up a worship place, the Tabernacle, and place in it a veil to set off the most holy place of it.  When Jesus was crucified, one of the unnatural major occurrences was the splitting of the veil in the temple.  This was to show the people that the old Jewish way of worshiping God was over.  There was no more Judaism, no more traditional temple worship, no more old law of the Jews.  This is mentioned in the following passage:

2 Corinthians 3:14-16New International Version (NIV)
¹⁴ But their minds were made dull, for to this day the same veil remains when the old covenant is read. It has not been removed, because only in Christ is it taken away. ¹⁵ Even to this day when Moses is read, a veil covers their hearts. ¹⁶ But whenever anyone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away.

The passage follows with, "Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty."  The gospel brings "liberty."  This means liberty from the old ways, the old law of the Jews, and from the old ways of sin.  When we follow Christ, we are freed from our old ways of living in sin.  Not that we will never sin....but that we will not live in sin. 

He continues in chapter 4:3, "But even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing...."  Those who are true Christians do not have a veil, they/we have liberty.  But if there is a veil, it is with those "who are perishing."

And finally, the end of chapter 4 says:

2 Corinthians 4:16-18New International Version (NIV)
¹⁶ Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. ¹⁷ For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. ¹⁸ So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.

As Christians, we see things differently.  We have no veil over our eyes, but we have liberty, freedom from destructive sin.  And we see beyond the temporary.....to the eternal.   What a blessing!

Thanks for reading.  Have a great week!