Why was the veil never taken away for Israel?
The veil remained over Israel because they could not understand that the Law was finished and done through the work of the cross. Their inability to see the Law's termination kept them attempting to keep it, as they still do today, according to the context.
Les explains that the veil was never taken away for Israel because they could never understand that the Law was now finished and done. The context shows the Law constantly condemned them, putting them down as guilty, and that believers are delivered from the Law to serve in newness of spirit, not in the oldness of the letter. Yet Israel still tries to keep the Law today, not recognizing its termination.
But their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the same vail untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which vail is done away in Christ.
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When is the veil over Israel removed according to 2 Corinthians 3?
The veil over Israel's heart was not taken away in the reading of the Old Testament; it is done away in Christ.