the same veil untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which veil
is done away in Christ.
The ApostleÁ-?s plain speech makes it very clear that the OT taught the same principles as
the New, but not understood as such because Á-°their minds were blindedÁ-?. With the
coming of Christ, of whom we read yesterday: Á-°are hid all the treasures of wisdom and
knowledgeÁ-?
(Col 2:3)
, the veil was lifted.
One should rightly ask: if the message was the same from Old to New, how did the
coming of Christ bring about more understanding? As always, the answer concerns
morality. The God-man came to teach us and enable us to become moral. As a man
becomes good, the Á-°veilÁ-? is progressively lifted from his eyes.
2 Corithinans 3:17-18
17
Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is,
there is liberty.
18
But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the
Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the
Lord
This liberty which the Apostle speaks of was promised by the Son: If the Son therefore
shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed!
(John 8:36)
Just before this, our Lord told us
that Á-°Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sinÁ-?
(John 8:34).
The word servant may
also be rendered Á-°slaveÁ-? (it is the Greek word öãö¦ö¦öLö¦ö¦ , Á-°doulosÁ-?). The Spirit of the Lord,
when He dwells in a man, brings about liberty, that is, the freedom to choose morally
and correctly.
This promise is the core of the Á-°Good NewsÁ-?. Through Christ, and with much labor, we
will become able to be truly, in every way free.
However, this freedom does not come all at once. The Apostle also said: Á-°For now we
see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I
know even as also I am known.Á-°
(1 Cor 3:12)
Luke 6:1-2
And it came to pass on the second sabbath after the first, that he
went through the corn fields; and his disciples plucked the ears of corn,
and did eat, rubbing them in their hands.
2
And certain of the Pharisees
said unto them, Why do ye that which is not lawful to do on the sabbath
days?
The day being described is Saturday, which was always a Sabbath day in the
Jewish calendar. It is the Á-°second after the firstÁ-?, because Á-°SabbathÁ-? also means
rest, and was a generic term for any Feast day. If a feast fell on a Friday,
Saturday would therefore be the Á-°second sabbath after the firstÁ-?.