from death: “The creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God” (Romans 8:21). A second result: Believers are gradually being transformed into the likeness of God. Paul explains how this occurs when he notes that God’s children with “unveiled faces all reflect the Lord’s glory.” The veil of spiritual dullness and misunderstanding has been removed. Believers are in this sense like Moses at Mount Sinai. The glory of the Lord
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