Meditations on 2 Corinthians 3:7-18

2Co 3:7 Now if the ministry that brought death, which was engraved in letters on stone, came with glory, so that the Israelites could not look steadily at the face of Moses because of its glory, fading though it was,
2Co 3:8 will not the ministry of the Spirit be even more glorious?
2Co 3:9 If the ministry that condemns men is glorious, how much more glorious is the ministry that brings righteousness!
2Co 3:10 For what was glorious has no glory now in comparison with the surpassing glory.
2Co 3:11 And if what was fading away came with glory, how much greater is the glory of that which lasts!
2Co 3:12 Therefore, since we have such a hope, we are very bold.
2Co 3:13 We are not like Moses, who would put a veil over his face to keep the Israelites from gazing at it while the radiance was fading away.
2Co 3:14 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.
2Co 3:15 Even to this day when Moses is read, a veil covers their hearts.
2Co 3:16 But whenever anyone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away.
2Co 3:17 Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.
2Co 3:18 And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect[1] the Lord's glory, are being transformed into his likeness with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.

What more can I say! Do you feel the weight of that passage, the ultimate glory of the eternal glory which has been unveiled by the redeeming lamb? I hear many say that Christianity is a condemning religion, one that only sees people to Hell. I say that is not so, or it not be so. Christianity is a religion of hope, glorious hope. The thought, that the old covenant which was brought as condemnation by Moses, was even yet glorious but now we have the new covenant of freedom which was brought by Christ, which is the most glorious of all! Let us not revel in the boredom of religion lets glory in the freedom which is brought about by the Spirit of the Lord. What a glorious hope we have in salvation, let us Praise the Lord for what a glorious ministry he has accomplished through the death of His son and that he left the Glory of the Spirit as an eternal guide to our lives!