Why was Israel unable to see that the Law was fading away?
Israel was unable to see the Law was fading away because they were veiled from the truth of the Law. Moses had to be veiled, and Israel could never understand. In contrast, believers with open face behold the Lord's glory and are transformed; they are not under Law but under grace.
Les explains that Israel is depicted as being veiled from the truth of the Law, so they could not see that it was fading away. Moses had to be veiled, and Israel could never understand. By contrast, the believer looks at Christ as in a mirror with open face, beholding the glory of the Lord, and is transfigured into the same image from glory to glory by the Spirit of the Lord. As we look at Christ in a mirror, the world sees His reflection on us. The Law could never do any of that, because believers are not under Law but under grace.
And not as Moses, which put a vail over his face, that the children of Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of that which is abolished:
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