Glory of the New Covenant is a different kind of Glory. Different in what way? To prove his point, the Apostle used a story familiar to all Jews. Let’s see what he said: The phrase, “So that the Children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance,” refers to the time when Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the two Tables of Testimony in his hands, with his face shining from being in the Presence of God (Ex. 34:29–30). There was such a glory on his
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