GET RID OF THE VEIL

“Yes, to this day whenever Moses is read a veil lies over their minds; but when a man turns to the Lord the veil is removed.” (2 Corinthians 3:15-16 RSV)

When Moses returned from Mount Sinai, where he had gone to be with the LORD for forty days and forty nights and to receive the two tablets of the Ten Commandments for the children of Israel, unknown to Moses, the skin of his face shone and glowed with God’s glory. The children of Israel were afraid to come near him (Exo. 34:30).

Therefore, Moses had to put a veil on his face while speaking with the children of Israel. Sadly, many Jews today are still reading the Old Testament with this veil in their minds, thus beholding God’s glory through the veil.

2 Corinthians 3:14-15 – NKJV

14 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.

15 But even to this day, when Moses is read, a veil lies on their heart.

Consequently, many Jews did not see, recognize, or accept Jesus Christ as their Messiah when He came to them (John 1:11). When you view an object through a veil, your perception, observation, or description will undoubtedly be distorted and inaccurate because you do not see the object as it is.

Similarly, when you approach God’s Word with a veil on your mind, your interpretation and understanding of the scriptures will be distorted, biased, and inaccurate, resulting in the wrong application of God’s Word to your life and situation.

Many believers today are not being transformed increasingly into Christlikeness in their will, mind, thoughts, words, emotions, and character despite beholding, reading, hearing, or listening to God’s Word constantly because of the veils on their minds which don’t allow them to see Christ as He is in the mirror of the Word.

As a result of their veiled minds, they are always reading their preferred meanings and preconceived ideas into God’s Word, thereby speaking to themselves rather than God speaking to them through His Word and making God’s Word of no effect in their lives and situations (Mk. 7:13).

Any veil you allow to remain on your mind will impair or distort your vision or revelation of Jesus Christ. It will blind your mind to the actual person, love, nature, glory, power, or character of Jesus Christ.

Therefore, you cannot be changed or transformed progressively into Christlikeness by His Word and His Spirit when you allow the veil of religion, culture, human tradition, or philosophy to remain on your mind.

You are transformed into Christlikeness from glory to glory by the Spirit of the Lord as you constantly behold the glory of the Lord in the mirror of God’s Word with an unveiled mind.

Paul states, “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.” (2 Cor. 3:18 NKJV).

Therefore, it is unprofitable to continue to behold the glory of the Lord in the mirror of His Word this New Year without first getting rid of the veil on your mind.

You are not becoming more and more like Christ because you are not seeing Him more and more as He is, without any veil on your mind.

When you truly begin to see the Lord Jesus just as He is, without any veil on your mind, you will not remain the same, for you will be increasingly transformed into His image that you are seeing or beholding (2 Cor. 3:18, Col. 3:4, 1 John 3:2).

How do you get the veil taken away from your mind?

Simply by turning humbly and wholly to the Lord Jesus Christ!

Paul states, “Nevertheless when one turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away.” (2 Cor. 3:16 NKJV).

Turning humbly, completely, or wholeheartedly to the Lord Jesus in faith removes the veil.

Unless you approach God’s Word as a child with eagerness, openness, and humility to learn, trust, and obey God’s Word, the veil will remain on your mind.

Beloved, turning humbly and wholeheartedly to the Holy Spirit and trusting Him completely to explain, expound, and interpret God’s Word to you that removes the veil on your mind.

If you approach God’s Word as wise and prudent, you will continue to behold the Lord’s glory in His Word with a veiled mind, which is unprofitable to you.

God only reveals His Word to babes—those who approach His Word with eagerness, openness, humility, and faith to learn and obey (Matt. 11:25-26, John. 7:17, Lk. 18:16-17).

Even though all the Scriptures testify of the Lord Jesus Christ, the Scribes and the Pharisees (the teachers of the Law) could not see, recognize, and accept Jesus Christ as their promised Messiah.

Why?

They failed to approach Jesus Christ as little children with humility, eagerness, and openness to learning from Him. They chose not to turn humbly, completely, or wholeheartedly to the Lord Jesus Christ in faith (John 5:38-40).

The Scribes and the Pharisees who were the teachers of the Law became “fools and blind” (Matt. 23:19 NKJV) or “blind guides” (Matt. 23:24 NKJV) because they were wise and prudent in their own eyes, and so “professing to be wise, they became fools.” (Rom. 1:22 NKJV).

The veil on the minds of the Scribes and the Pharisees was not removed because they would not approach or turn to Jesus Christ as little children to learn humbly and eagerly from Him and trust in Him wholeheartedly as their Lord and Saviour.

Jesus said concerning them, “Let them alone. They are blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind leads the blind, both will fall into a ditch.” (Matt. 15:14 NKJV).

Friend, if you also don’t want to end up like a blind guide, the proud teachers of the law in Jesus’ days on earth (the Scribes and the Pharisees), don’t be wise or prudent in your own eyes.

Instead, approach God’s Word with a humble, open, and willing mind like a little child, trusting the divine author of the Scripture to give you spiritual understanding and revelation knowledge of His Word, and with eagerness or readiness to completely trust and obey God’s Word.

That is the sure way to get rid of every veil on your mind!

Prayer:

Dear Holy Spirit, take away every veil on my mind so that I may see Christ as He is and be progressively transformed into His likeness in every aspect of my life, in Jesus’ name. Amen.

THE PARABLE OF THE TARES OF THE FIELD (Part 1)

HOME OF ARTICLES “ The field is the world, the good seeds are the sons of the kingdom, but the tares are the sons of the wicked one.” (Matthew 13:38 NKJV) After the Lord Jesus had privately explained the parable of the Sower to His disciples, He put forth another parable about the tares of the field to the great multitude that was gathered to Him by the sea. Matthew 13:24-30 – NKJV 24 Another parable He put forth to them, saying: “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field; 25 “but while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat and went his way. 26 “But when the grain had sprouted and produced a crop, then the tares also appeared. 27 “So the servants of the owner came and said to him, ‘Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? How then does it have tares?’ 28 “He said to them, ‘An enemy has done this.’ The servants said to him, ‘Do you want us then to go and gather them up?’ 29 “But he said, ...

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