Why was Israel veiled from the truth of the Law?
Israel could not see that the Law was fading away; Moses had to be veiled, and Israel could never understand. The Law could not accomplish what grace does, since believers are not under Law but under grace. Israel remained veiled from that truth.
Les explains that Israel is depicted as veiled from the truth of the Law. They could not see that it was fading away. Moses had to be veiled, and Israel could never understand. By contrast, believers with open face behold as in a glass the glory of the Lord and are transfigured from glory to glory by the Spirit, so the world sees His reflection. The Law could never do 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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